Breathing Beyond Barriers – UNC Research Stories
July 24, 2025
Michelle Hernandez is leading asthma research in rural communities across North Carolina to make care and clinical studies more accessible.
Category: In the Media
Two from UNC Children’s Named in TBJ Health Care Leadership Awards
April 15, 2025
UNC Children's is proud to announce that two physician-researchers were honored by the Triangle Business Journal as recipients of 2025 Health Care Leadership Awards. Congratulations!
Getting Help for Your Child’s Mental Health – Dr. Becky Baum on WRAL
March 7, 2022
Moodiness may seem like the very definition of the teen years. The ups and downs of puberty can perplex even the most patient parent. WRAL picked up some excellent advice from our Dr. Becky Baum, Professor in General Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.
Mother-infant Hepatitis B Treatment, Prevention Feasible in Sub-Saharan Africa
August 25, 2021
A study in Lancet Global Health led by UNC School of Medicine’s Peyton Thompson, MD, MSCR and Jonathan Parr, MD, MPH showed the feasibility and acceptance of hepatitis B virus testing, treatment, and vaccination programs in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Steiner on CBS17: Triangle doctors seeing children ill with viruses that are more active in fall or winter
July 18, 2021
“This summer, we’ve seen RSV and another virus called parainfluenza. Both of those are having a spike at our hospital right now,” explained Dr. Michael Steiner, the pediatrician in chief at UNC Children’s. “We think this is, in part, related to the fact that through the winter season people were...
Dr. Martha Perry – As COVID Restrictions Ease, RSV and Other Viruses Reemerge
June 11, 2021
Dr. Martha Perry discusses why more common viruses may now start circulating simultaneously.