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Chang Presents Nephrology Grand Rounds: Young People May Have Different Needs When They Become Adults and Are Cared for in Adult Kidney Clinics

January 30, 2022
Nephrology Grand Rounds Emily Chang, MD, assistant professor of medicine in the division of nephrology and hypertension, presented Nephrology Grand Rounds in January. The topic was prompted by her own experience with a dialysis patient while working through several medical issues. 鈥淎s an adult nephrologist whose practice consists of a...

鈥淚npatient Transition to Virtual Care During COVID-19 Pandemic鈥 One of Top 10 Downloaded Papers

January 29, 2022
What started as a VCAG project continued with a transition to virtual care during COVID.聽Now, 鈥淚npatient Transition to Virtual Care During COVID-19 Pandemic鈥 is one of the top 10 downloaded papers for 2020 and 2021. The 黑料网 Inpatient Diabetes Co-Management Service started as a VCAG project in 2019, to improve...

Margolis Elected Fellow to the American Association for the Advancement of Science

January 26, 2022
David Margolis, MD, Sarah Graham Keenan Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Microbiology & Immunology, Epidemiology, has been elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). The prestigious honor recognizes distinguished contributions to the field of virology, particularly for making key discoveries on the mechanisms of HIV latency...

Burks Receives Lung Cancer Idea Development Award from the US Department of Defense

January 24, 2022
Allen Cole Burks, MD, assistant professor of medicine in the division of pulmonary diseases and critical care medicine, has received a US Department of Defense Lung Cancer Research Program (LCRP) Idea Development Award (IDA)聽for the development and optimization of a miniaturized high intensity focused ultrasound ablation catheter. The Idea Development...

Featured Physician: Kenton Dover, MD

January 24, 2022
Dr. Kenton Dover comes from Bear Grass, North Carolina, and was a Protestant minister prior to studying medicine. His desire to help people, especially in the most challenging of life鈥檚 circumstances, ultimately led him to pursue a career as a physician in pulmonary diseases and critical care medicine. In addition...

B Cell Function in the Tumor Microenvironment, a Review in Advance, Annual Review of Immunology

January 24, 2022
Jeremy Meier, MD, fellow in the division of hematology, Benjamin G. Vincent, MD, assistant professor in hematology, and Jonathan S. Serody, MD, chief of the division of hematology, are authors of the review “B Cell Function in the Tumor Microenvironment,” soon to be published in the Annual Review of Immunology....

Fading Hope of Herd Immunity, Omicron May Be Nearing Peak, and Vaccines On the Way–Do We Need Them? Dr. David Wohl Discusses These Topics In News the Week of January 14 – January 20

January 24, 2022
David Wohl, MD, professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases, was a featured expert in the following news stories about COVID, the week of January 14 鈥 January 20. How Omicron Highlights Fading Hope of Herd Immunity from COVID 鈥 (KSFO-AM) May be nearing Omicron peak, 黑料网 doctor...

Featured Resident: Hema Chagarlamudi, MD, MPH, MHS

January 24, 2022
Dr. Hema Chagarlamudi has a passion for understanding and improving healthcare disparities, and caring for individuals with chronic and life-impacting diseases. She attended medical school at Florida State University after receiving an MPH through East Carolina University and MHS in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Johns Hopkins School of Public...

Ribiero Publishes “Impact of Airway Inflammation on the Efficacy of CFTR Modulators” in the Journal Cells

January 24, 2022
Carla Ribiero, PhD, professor of medicine in the division pulmonary and critical care medicine, expands the understanding of how airway inflammation improves CFTR rescue and may benefit cystic fibrosis patients, in a new review published in Cells. The cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) protein is responsible for regulating the...

Allen Receives 2-Year NIAMS Grant

January 21, 2022
Kelli Allen, PhD, professor of medicine in the division of rheumatology, allergy, and immunology,聽received a grant for a project titled 鈥淥ptimizing Osteoarthritis Care Through Clinical & Community Partnerships.鈥 The project addresses a critical need to improve care for patients with OA through an evidence-based, comprehensive and sustainable care model. Learn...

Officials Encourage COVID-19 Vaccination as Orange County Faces Omicron Surge

January 19, 2022
Emily Sickbert-Bennett, PhD, MS, was featured in a聽Daily Tar Heel article that urges community members to get vaccinated as聽omicron cases rise in Orange County and 黑料网 students return to campus. Read the article.  

Users Regard Apple Watch As a Medical Tool and Worry About Results

January 16, 2022
The continued addition of health and fitness features to Apple Watch, Fitbit and other devices, has led to wearers treating them as medical tools 鈥 with some over-worrying about their readings. Lindsay A. Rosman, PhD, assistant professor in the division of cardiology, studies the effects of devices on anxiety and...