Diane Armao, MD, and co-presenter Dr. Carolyn Quinsey (UNC Neurosurgery) discussed health risks of radiation from medical imaging as guest speakers at a research webinar hosted by the Hydrocephalus Association in September 2020.
Diane Armao, MD, was awarded funding by Hannah’s Hope Fund to continue a NINDS-sponsored collaborative Phase I gene therapy clinical trial for the treatment of children with GAN, working with UTSW Viral Vector Facility Director Steven J Gray, PhD. The study is entitled, “Intrathecal Administration of scAAV9/JeT-GAN for the Treatment of Giant Axonal Neuropathy.”
Diagnostic Radiology Residents R3 Rachel Brader, MD, R3 Abiola Femi-Abodunde, MD and R2 Joshua Harford, MD, joined the Department’s Global Health Leadership Pathway (GHLP) in October 2020. The GHLP offers UNC Radiology residents a track for becoming future global health leaders in radiology via mentorship, targeted curriculum, project integration and structured education related to global radiology, epidemiology, access implications, and similar methodologies.
R3 Dr. Abiola Femi-Abodunde presented, “Beyond TORCHS: LCMV and the Neonatal Brain” at the American Society of Neuroradiology (ASNR)’s 58th Annual (virtual) Meeting (May/June 2020) (Authors: Femi-Abodunde A, Budd K, Jewells VB).
Professor of Radiology Valerie Jewells, DO, served as Guest Editor for the June 2020 issue (Vol. 41 No. 3) of Seminars in Ultrasound CT and MRI (“White Matter Disease”).
Diagnostic Radiology R4s Sam Glaubiger, MD, and Meredith Johnson, MD, and former Breast Imaging fellow Kelsey Budd, MD, co-authored published in the June 2020 Seminars in Ultrasound CT and MRI(“White Matter Disease”).
* Understanding the Radiologist’s Role in Evaluating Multiple Sclerosis: A Review of the Tip of the Iceberg (Authors: Budd KR, Glaubiger S, Johnson M, Jewells V)
* What Can Mimic Multiple Sclerosis? (Authors: Jewells VL, Latchaw RE)
* CNS Vasculitis – An Overview of This Multiple Sclerosis Mimic: Clinical and MRI Implications (Authors: Latchaw RE, Jewells VL)
* Multimodal Image Analysis for Assessing Multiple Sclerosis and Future Prospects Powered by Artificial Intelligence. (Authors: Kim M, Jewells V).
* Imaging of Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorders. (Author: Hung S-C)
Associate Professor Sheila Lee, MD, joined participants taking the October/November 2020 6-day Relational Leadership @ Carolina (RL@C) course, sponsored by UNC’s Office of the Provost’s Interprofessional Education and Practice. The Relational Leadership Institute’s foundational program allows UNC faculty, staff and students to acquire interprofessional skills regardless of role or title to better lead and build a community where everyone has a voice and feels heard.
Yueh Z. Lee, MD, PhD, and fellow co-authors (Fei Chen, Robert Hubal) received the Certificate of Best Work-in-Progress Award for “Test of the Virtual Patient: Linguistic and Display Engagement Findings” at the Immersive Learning Research Network (ILRN)’s 6th Annual Conference (virtual) in June 2020.
In August 2020, Ben Smith, MD, was named one of 22 scholars in the UNC School of Medicine (SOM) 2020-21 Teaching Scholars Faculty Development Program, designed to promote teaching expertise in medical education. At this virtual ceremony, Assistant Professor Jorge Oldan, MD, was among 12 graduate scholars in the program’s 2019-2020 cohort.
In February 2020, Assistant Professor of Radiology, Jessie Stewart, MD, was selected as the UNC principal investigator (PI) for a multi-site, cohort study entitled, “The RAVI Registry: A Prospective, Multi-Center, Observational Study of Radial Access Embolization Procedures Using HydroPearl Microspheres,” funded by Terumo Medical Corporation. Over 18 months, this observational study will collect data on the procedural success and complication rates in up to 100 patients undergoing HydroPearl embolization procedures via radial access across multiple sites, with UNC targeting a total of 20. To date, UNC investigators have enrolled 8 subjects. (Co-P.I. David Mauro).
At the Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe (CIRSE) 2020 Virtual Summit in September 2020, Associate Professor Hyeon Yu, MD, received one of two CVIR Awards for Outstanding Service to medical journal CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology (CVIR), for most article reviews (19 manuscripts) carried out in 2019.