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Preference-concordant contraceptive use in a nationally representative sample of adolescents and young adults.

November 19, 2025
Bullington BW, Pleasants E, Allison BA. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2025 Nov 19:S1083-3188(25)00404-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jpag.2025.11.012. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41270885.

2025 Children’s APP Excellence Award Winners

November 18, 2025
The APP Center has announced the winners for the 2025 APP Excellence Awards, and we are proud to two of our Children's teammates recognized, Athena Samaras, DNP, MPH, PPCNP-BC and Wayne Price, MD. Congratulations to our winners and to all the UNC Children's nominees for your outstanding contributions and unwavering...

Machine Learning Risk Prediction for Treated Retinopathy of Prematurity in Infants.

November 18, 2025
Foote HP, Ou YJ, Bhatt S, Engelhard MM, Bederman L, Laughon MM, Zimmerman KO, Kamaleswaran R, Greenberg RG, Tolia VN, Hornik CP, Henao R, Kumar KR. Neonatology. 2025 Nov 18:1-15. doi: 10.1159/000549574. Online ahead of print. PMID: 41252350.

Ross Announced as Associate Dean for Outreach Initiatives

November 13, 2025
Sherry Ross, MD, Associate Professor and Chief of Pediatric Urology, has been named the Associate Dean for Outreach Initiatives at the UNC School of Medicine. She will officially begin her new role on January 1, 2026

Navigating North Carolina’s Medicaid transformation: Caregivers’ perspectives through a family-centered lens.

November 12, 2025
Raffa BJ, Aijaz M, Amezquita-Castro B, Song PH, Lewis VA, Shea CM. J Health Serv Res Policy. 2025 Nov 12:13558196251395593. doi: 10.1177/13558196251395593. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41221777.

Liver-directed AAV gene therapy in mice corrects glycogen storage disease type IX γ2. 

November 12, 2025
Gibson RA, Jeck WR, Koch RL, Jumani N, Choi SJ, Bali D, Young SP, Asokan A, Lim JA, Kishnani PS. Sci Adv. 2025 Nov 14;11(46):eady6760. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.ady6760. Epub 2025 Nov 12. PMID: 41223291.

Fecal calprotectin and other biomarkers are not prospectively associated with food protein-induced allergic proctocolitis.

November 11, 2025
Sun T, Virkud YV, Kirpas M, Gregory K, De Paz J, O'Connell I, Yassour M, Shreffler W, Yuan Q, Martin V. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2025 Nov 11. doi: 10.1002/jpn3.70257. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41220250.

Bauserman Elected Member of American Pediatric Society

November 11, 2025
Melissa Bauserman, MD, MPH, Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, has been elected to the American Pediatric Society (APS), North America’s first and most prestigious academic pediatric organization. The society recognizes distinguished academic leaders, educators, and researchers whose contributions have earned national and international acclaim.

The mouse neonatal small intestine is regionally specialized for protein absorption and transepithelial transport. 

November 10, 2025
Block CL, Childers L, Cortez AL, Sakers K, Lewis TR, Levic DS, Frazer LC, Jania CM, Arshavsky VY, Good M, Eroglu C, Bagnat M. Development. 2025 Nov 10:dev.205127. doi: 10.1242/dev.205127. PMID: 41208810.

Petersen Inducted as ACAAI Vice President

November 7, 2025
Maureen M. Petersen, MD, FACAAI, Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Allergy/Immunology has been inducted as Vice President of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology (ACAAI)