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Alexis Announced as Director of the Center for Environmental Medicine, Asthma and Lung Biology

January 14, 2025
Neil Alexis, PhD, Professor in Pediatric Allergy/Immunology, has been named director of the Center for Environmental Medicine, Asthma and Lung Biology (CEMALB). He will take over the role on Monday, Jan. 13, from Ilona Jaspers, PhD, who has accepted a senior investigator role with the National Institutes of Health.

Good Elected to American Society for Clinical Investigation

January 14, 2025
Misty Good, MD, MS, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Division Chief of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine and Co-Director of Carolina Child Health Scholars Program, was recently elected to membership of the American Society for Clinical Investigation.

Apnea After 2-Month Vaccinations in Hospitalized Preterm Infants: A Randomized Clinical Trial

January 6, 2025
Greenberg RG, Rountree W, Staat MA, Schlaudecker EP, Poindexter B, Trembath A,  Laughon M, Poniewierski MS, Spreng RL, Broder KR, Wodi AP, Museru O, Anyalechi EG, Marquez PL, Randolph EA, Aleem S, Kilpatrick R, Walter EB.JAMA Pediatr. 2025 Jan 6. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.5311. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39761016. 

Removal of a Chronically Embedded Coin From the Esophageal Wall Using the “Stent-in-Stent” Approach in a Child.

January 6, 2025
Canakis A, Mir, S, Baron TH. Am J Gastroenterol. 2025 Jan 6;120(7):1438. doi: 10.14309/ajg.0000000000003289. PMID: 39760379.

Heterozygous UBR5 variants result in a neurodevelopmental disorder with autism, epilepsy and genital anomalies.

January 2, 2025
Sabeh P, Dumas SA, Maios C, Daghar H, Korzeniowski M, Rousseau J, Lines M, Guerin A, Millichap JJ, Landsverk M, Grebe T, Lindstrom K, Strober J, Ait Mouhoub T, Zweier C, Steinraths M, Hebebrand M, Callewaert B, Abou Jamra R, Kautza-Lucht M, Wegler M, Kruszka P, Kumps C, Banne E,...

Beyond stigma: Clinician bias in contraceptive counseling to sexual and gender minority youth.

January 1, 2025
Mann ES, Hartheimer J, Bullington BW, Thornton MJ, Arora KS, Allison BA.  Contraception. 2025 Jan;141:110718. doi: 10.1016/j.contraception. 2024.110718. Epub 2024 Sep 25. PMID: 39332608.

Community Collaboration in Public Health Genetic Literacy: Methods for Co-Designing Educational Resources for Equitable Genomics Research and Practice.

January 1, 2025
Salunke J, Byfield G, Powell SN, Torres DF, Leon-Lozano G, Jackson J, Orphanides AK, Shaw J, Owens T, Berg JS, Branch E, Caro L, Giric S, O'Daniel JM, Powell BC, Ray K, Robinson C, Schilling S, Shaw N, Song E, Waltz M, Roberts MC, Foreman AKM, Foss K, Milko LV.Public Health...

Pediatric pulmonology 2023 year in review: Asthma.

January 1, 2025
Espaillat A, Loughlin CE, Stephenson N. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2025 Jan;60(1):e27321. doi: 10.1002/ppul.27321. Epub 2024 Oct 16. PMID: 39412413. 

The use and implementation of omalizumab as food allergy treatment: Consensus-based guidance and Work Group Report of the Adverse Reactions to Foods Committee of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.

January 1, 2025
Anagnostou A, Bird JA, Chinthrajah S, Dribin TE, Fleischer DM, Kim E, Nowak-Wegrzyn A, Rachid R, Shaker MS, Shreffler W, Sicherer S, Tam J, Vickery BP, Virkud YV, Wang J, Young M, Greenhawt M. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2025 Jan;155(1):62-69.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2024.09.031. Epub 2024 Nov 22. PMID: 39580718.

Intranasal immunization with CPAF combined with ADU-S100 induces an effector CD4 T cell response and reduces bacterial burden following intravaginal infection with Chlamydia muridarum. Vaccine.

January 1, 2025
Poston TB, Girardi J, Kim M, Zwarycz P, Polson AG, Yount KS, Hanlan C, Jaras Salas I, Lammert SM, Arroyo D, Bruno T, Wu M, Rozzelle J, Fairman J, Esser-Khan A, and Darville T. 2025 Jan 1;43(Pt1):126526. PMID: 39536454.