Category: Peds News

According to recent reporting from the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research, the UNC SOM is ranked among the top five public universities for NIH funding in 2025, with Pediatrics included among ten UNC clinical departments in the Top 30.

A newly established lectureship, the Department of Pediatrics Dr. Margaret W. Leigh Lectureship, will honor the legacy of Margaret “Magee” W. Leigh, MD, a now-retired physician in the UNC Division of Pediatric Pulmonology and a highly respected leader in the field. The new lectureship will bring world-renowned experts to UNC...

UNC researchers have received ~$7.3M from NHLBI to lead the Rare Bronchiectatic Diseases Consortium, advancing research on four rare lung diseases that cause progressive bronchiectasis. The effort builds on UNC’s national leadership and aims to accelerate discovery, clinical trials, and new therapies for underserved patient populations.

Martina Gentzsch, PhD was promoted to Professor of Pediatrics effective February 1, 2026. Dr. Gentzsch’s research focuses on uncovering potential targets for therapy of chronic lung diseases

Maureen Petersen, MD, Division of Allergy-Immunology, was promoted to Professor of Pediatrics effective February 1, 2026. Dr. Petersen has been a faculty member at UNC since 2024, following her career in the US Army.

Amy Levenson, MD, Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Endocrinology and Vice Chair of Education, has been selected by the American Pediatric Association to join the National Academy of Distinguished Educators in Pediatrics (NADEP) as a member of its third cohort.

Elizabeth Corteselli used an NC TraCS pilot grant to create a new model for studying lung diseases and potential treatments. Only a few medications are currently approved to treat idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) in the U.S., and these can sometimes cause significant side effects. Elizabeth Corteselli, a pediatric allergy and...

Dr. Dosier joined the Department of Pediatrics as an Associate Professor in the division of Pediatric Pulmonology on January 20, 2026. Dr. Dosier received her BS in 2005 from the University of Southern California, and earned her medical degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2010....

BRAINY-T1D is a nationwide effort aimed at understanding the earliest effects of Type 1 Diabetes in young children. UNC is one of eleven campuses participating in this NIH project. At UNC, the study is led by an interdisciplinary group of investigators whose expertise spans neuroimaging, endocrinology, pediatrics, occupational therapy and...

UNC School of Medicine Office of Research awards pilot funding to Moran and Kulis team for cutting-edge New Approach Methodologies research.