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

Beshish AG, Kwiatkowski DM, Sznycer-Taub N, Costello JM, Jergel A, Gillespie S, Cashen K, Asfari A, Batsis M, Buckley JR, Chlebowski MM, Flores S, Goldshtrom N, Migally K, Mills KI, Radman MR, Reddy C, Shutes B, Riley CM, Narasimhulu SS, Mueller D, Amula V, Venkitachalam R, Joy BF, Karki KB,...

Zina McSweeney, DO joined the Pediatric Division of Endocrinology on January 5, 2026 as a part-time Assistant Professor. Dr. McSweeney received her Bachelor of Biomedical Science in 2015 from the University of Central Florida and then earned her DO from Campbell University in 2019. She completed her Pediatric Internship and...

Joseph Muenzer, MD, PhD, leads research on groundbreaking therapy that offers hope for patients across the world living with a devastating genetic disorder. Ongoing clinical research at UNC could lead to a first-of-its-kind enzyme replacement therapy for Hunter syndrome, an ultra-rare disorder that causes progressive multisystem disease and neurologic decline.

Boelig RC, Kavi A, Moore JL, Babineau DC, Metgud MC, Somannavar MS, Goudar SS, Derman RJ, Sunder Tikmani S, Saleem S, Goldenberg RL, Lokangaka AL, Tshefu AK, Bauserman MS, Mwenechanya M, Chomba E, Mazariegos M, Figueroa L, Krebs NF, Nyongesa P, Esamai F, Bucher S, Patel AB, Hibberd PL, Petri WA, Billah SM, Haque R, Koso-Thomas M, McClure EM,...

O'Shea TM, Blackwell CK. Obstet Gynecol. 2026 Jan 1;147(1):8-10. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000006134. PMID: 41411664.

Wong CA, Allin S, Swanson C, Chung RJ, Dubay K, Flower K, Hatley J, Reddi AR, Steiner MJ, Wertman E, Cholera R. Healthc (Amst). 2025 Dec 19;14(1):100773. doi: 10.1016/j.hjdsi.2025.100773. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41420922.

UNC has been approved for funding by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to implement research findings on early childhood obesity prevention. The project is co-led by Dual Principal Investigators Dr. Kori Flower in the UNC Department of Pediatrics and Dr. Eliana Perrin at The Johns Hopkins University.

The Center for Molecular Medicine (CMM), formerly the UNC Gene Therapy Center, launched a new effort to give potential Einsteins a foot in the door. The newly revamped Center, located in the Thurston Bowles Building, is buzzing with undergraduates and high school students looking to get a head start on...

UNC Children’s is proud to announce that The Duke Endowment has awarded $700,000 to launch “Expanding Care for Infants and Children with BPD across North Carolina – an Interdisciplinary Care and Outreach Program”, a new statewide initiative led by Nicole Stephenson, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of...