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AOE Honors Multiple Outstanding Educators in Pediatrics

June 13, 2025
At the UNC School of Medicine’s Academy of Educators 2025 Evening of Scholarship multiple Pediatrics faculty and trainees. Founded in 2006, the Academy of Educators is designed to emphasize teaching and support faculty development both in Chapel Hill and across the state. More information can be found at www.med.unc.edu/aoe. This year’s...

Why Do Babies’ Eyes Change Color? Sunlight, Genetics, and More

June 12, 2025
Eye color isn’t fixed at birth. Instead, the shade can change through biological processes that involve melanin, sun exposure, and genetics. Rebecca Chasnovitz, MD, an associate professor of pediatrics, spoke with Popular Science about the factors that can affect the change.

Pain Management in Pediatric Trauma: A Multidisciplinary, Patient-Centered Approach.

June 12, 2025
Gregory H, Wiemer KN, Park DB. Adv Emerg Nurs J. 2025 Jun 6. doi: 10.1097/TME.0000000000000572. Online ahead of print. PMID: 40476724

Disparities in the association of ambient air pollution with childhood asthma incidence in the ECHO consortium: A US-wide multi-cohort study.

June 11, 2025
Wang VA, Habre R, Ryan PH, Coull BA, Datta S, Luttmann-Gibson H, Blossom J, Just AC, Schwartz J, Yanosky JD, Aris IM, Chandran A, Kress AM, Breton C, Farzan SF, Camargo CA Jr, Liang D, Ferrera A, Peterson AK, Kerver JM, Karr CJ, Leve LD, Dabelea D, Karagas MR, Bennett...

Prenatal Air Pollution Exposure and Autism Spectrum Disorder in the ECHO Consortium.

June 11, 2025
Ghassabian A, Dickerson AS, Wang Y, Braun JM, Bennett DH, Croen LA, LeWinn KZ, Burris HH, Habre R, Lyall K, Frazier JA, Glass HC, Hooper SR, Joseph RM, Karr CJ, Schmidt RJ, Friedman C, Karagas MR, Stroustrup A, Straughen JK, Dunlop AL, Ganiban JM, Leve LD, Wright RJ, McEvoy CT,...

Modeling pathogen-driven neonatal late-onset sepsis: a modification to the murine cecal slurry.

June 10, 2025
Sellers-Porter C, Lueschow-Guijosa SR, Santana JM, Cera AJ, Bautista GM, Persiani M, Good M, McElroy SJ.Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2025 Jun 10;15:1589712. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2025.1589712. eCollection 2025. PMID: 40557325.

Pediatric antibiotic stewardship programs: the path forward.

June 9, 2025
Girotto JE, Nichols K, Ogrin SL, Parsons S, Wilson WS. J Pediatr Pharmacol Ther. 2025;30(3)387-397. doi: 10.5863/JPPT-25-01200. Epub 2025 Jun 9. PMID: 40534940 PMCID: PMC12172678.

Perceptions of hospital feeding practices among mothers of infants with severe pneumonia in Malawi: a qualitative descriptive study.

June 8, 2025
Hoekstra NE, Craven DM, Tsidya M, Thom A, Bula A, van der Zalm M, Mvalo T, McCollum ED.BMJ Open. 2025 Jun 8;15(6):e094793. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-094793. PMID: 40484434.

Heat shock protein 90 chaperone activity is required for hepatitis A virus replication.

June 5, 2025
Y. Li, X. Zheng, L. Xie, M. Kapustina, T. Shirasaki, B. Yonish, X. Chen, A. Hirai-Yuki, N. Nagata, R. Suzuki, M. Isogawa, M. R. Vogt, M. Muramatsu, S. M. Lemon. J Virol. 2025 Jun 5:e0050225. doi: 10.1128/jvi.00502-25. Online ahead of print. PMID: 40470959.

Lee and Segal Receive 2025 Cefalo Awards

June 5, 2025
Congratulations to Dr. Amalia Lee, a fellow in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, and Dr. Lilly Segal, a Primary Care Pediatric resident - two of the 2025 Robert C. Cefalo Annual House Officer Award winners. These outstanding members of UNC Hospitals’ house staff are recognized for their exemplary service, professional performance and compassionate...