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Dr. Jenny Boyd Selected to Serve as UNC Hospitals CQO

Dr. Jenny Boyd will serve as the next Chief Quality Officer for UNC Hospitals. During her 15 years working in pediatric critical care, hospital operations, and healthcare quality improvement, Dr. Boyd led transformative initiatives to enhance patient safety, clinical performance, and provider accountability.

Welcome New Provider: Jaimi McDonough, PhD

Jaimi McDonough joined the Division of Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics on June 2, 2025 as an Assistant Professor. Dr. McDonough received her BA in Psychology and Sociology from Clemson University in 2008 and earned her PhD in School Psychology from the University of Georgia in 2015. She has previously worked as...

Genomic Analysis of Global Mycobacterium abscessus Isolates Reveals Ongoing Evolution of Drug Resistance-Associated Genes.

Yang T, Beach KE, Zhu C, Gan M, Wang W, Zhou H, Peng L, Wang S, Cai L, Li W, Davis JB, Cicchetti N, Slechta ES, Barker A, Shakir SM, Carey AF, Liu Q. J Infect Dis. 2025 Jun 2;231(5):1150-1154. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiae580. PMID: 39589145; PMCID: PMC12128065.

Respiratory Outcomes After Transcatheter vs Surgical Patent Ductus Arteriosus Closure in Preterm Infants.

Chock VY, Bhombal S, Davis AS, Sankar MN, Do BT, Laughon MM, Van Meurs KP, Backes CH, McNamara PJ; Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network.JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Jun 2;8(6):e2513366. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.13366. PMID: 40459893.

Dysbiotic Microbiota in Necrotizing Enterocolitis: Insights into Pathogenesis, Treatment, and Prevention.

Frazer LC, Orgel KA, Good M. Gastroenterol Clin North Am. 2025 Jun;54(2):415-427. doi: 10.1016/j.gtc.2024.11.001. Epub 2025 Jan 24. PMID: 40348496. 

Children with hepatitis B virus infections, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Morgan CE, Powers KA, Edwards JK, Devkota U, Biju S, Lin FC, Schmitz JL, Cloherty G, Muwonga J, Mboyo A, Tshiamala P, Kashamuka MM, Tshefu A, Emch M, Yotebieng M, Becker-Dreps S, Parr JB, Thompson P. Bull World Health Organ. 2025 Jun 1;103(6):354-365. doi: 10.2471/BLT.24.292013. Epub 2025 Apr 8. PubMed...

A Comparative Analysis of the Full and Short Versions of the Social Responsiveness Scale in Estimating an Established Autism Risk Factor Association in ECHO: Do we Get the Same Estimates?

Patti MA, Ning X, Hosseini M, Croen LA, Joseph RM, Karagas MR, Ladd-Acosta C, Landa R, Messinger DS, Newschaffer CJ, Nguyen R, Ozonoff S, O'Shea TM, Schmidt RJ, Trevino CO, Lyall K. J Autism Dev Disord. 2025 Jun;55(6):2050-2058. doi: 10.1007/s10803-023-06020-8. Epub 2023 Jul 22. PMID: 3748043.

Sarkissian Promoted to Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Aliese Sarkissian, MD, MBOE was promoted to Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Rheumatology, effective June 1, 2025. Dr. Sarkissian has been a faculty member in Pediatrics since August 2018. Dr. Sarkissian received a BA in Biology from DePauw University in Greencastle, IN in 2006 and a post...

Low Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor Levels During Maintenance Phase Are Associated With Treatment Failure in Children With Crohn’s Disease.

Moses J, Adler J, Saeed SA, Firestine AM, Galanko JA, Ammoury RF, Bass DM, Bass JA, Bastidas M, Benkov KJ, Bousvaros A, Cabrera JM, Chun KY, Dorsey JM, Ebach DR, Gulati AS, Herfarth HH, Ivanova A, Jester TW, Kaplan JL, Kusek ME, Leibowitz IH, Linville TM, Margolis PA, Minar P,...

Embracing Difference in Intersex Variations.

Kamoun C, Dalke KB. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2025 Jun;64(6):753-760. doi: 10.1177/00099228241299909. Epub 2024 Nov 25. PMID: 39584462.