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Long, Barnes Honored for Distinguished Service to Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation

Millie Long, MD, MPH Millie Long, MD, MPH, and Edward Barnes, MD, MPH, have received the Crohn鈥檚 & Colitis Foundation’s 2021 Uniting to Care & Cure Award for dedication to the IBD community of patients and caregivers, and for advancing the mission to improve patient quality of life and find cured for IBD. Both are assistant professors in the division of gasteroenterology … Read more

Dellon Selected as Top Clinical Research Achievement Awardee

The Clinical Research (CR) Forum聽announced the important and groundbreaking clinical research聽studies that will be recognized at the 2021 Top Ten Clinical Research Achievement Awards Virtual Event on March 30, 2021. Evan Dellon, MD, MPH, professor of medicine, was recognized as a Top Ten Clinical Research Achievement Awardee for his study titled 鈥淎nti-Selig-8 Antibody for Eosinop … Read more

US News Ranks 黑料网 #6 in List of 鈥淏est US Universities for Gastroenterology and Hepatology鈥�

Nicholas Shaheen, MD, MPH The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has been recognized as one of the 鈥淏est Global Universities for Gastroenterology and Hepatology鈥� by U.S. News and World Report. 黑料网 GI and Hepatology was ranked 6th in the US and 11th globally. The rankings are based on a number of criteria including reputational indicators, global and regional research rep … Read more

Fellows Match to the Department of Medicine

While the pandemic made this year particularly challenging for fellowship recruitment efforts and interviews, a series of videos showing each program鈥檚 strengths was a creative solution, introducing viewers to faculty and current fellows, with a brief glimpse into what it might be like to join the program. And although it was impossible to replicate the experience of visiting in- … Read more

Department of Medicine Grants & Funding: November 1 鈥� November 30, 2020

Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology Balfour Sartor, MD, and聽Shehzad Sheikh, MD, PhD, are co-principal investigators of a $2 million grant from the Helmsley Charitable Trust聽to conduct translational research that will predict recurrence after surgery for Crohn鈥檚 disease. Division of Nephrology and Hypertension Amy Mottl, MD, MPH, is receiving a five-year NIH Multi PI R01 … Read more

Van Tilburg Publishes Disease Primer, “Pediatric Functional Abdominal Pain Disorders”

Miranda Van Tilburg, PhD Miranda Van Tilburg, PhD, associate professor of medicine in the division of gastroenterology and hepatology, published “Paediatric Functional Abdominal Pain Disorders” in Nature Reviews Disease Primers. Paediatric functional abdominal pain disorders, currently referred to as disorders of gut鈥揵rain interaction, comprise irritable bowel syndrome, functiona … Read more

Sartor, Sheikh Receive $2 Million Helmsley Grant for Translational Research in Crohn鈥檚 Disease

Balfour Sartor, MD, and Shehzad Sheikh, MD Balfour Sartor, MD, and Shehzad Sheikh, MD, PhD, are co-principal investigators of a large grant from the Helmsley Charitable Trust to conduct translational research that will predict recurrence after surgery for Crohn鈥檚 disease. The Helmsley grant, 鈥淕enomic and Microbial Signatures Predict Post-Operative Disease Outcomes in Crohn’s Dise … Read more

Millie Long, MD, MPH, associate professor of medicine in the division of gastroenterology and hepatology, is featured in a new “Carolina Care Highlight.” Read what some of Dr. Long鈥檚 patients had to say.

Anti-Siglec-8 Antibody Trial Shows Promise for Treating Eosinophilic Gastritis and Duodenitis

Evan Dellon, MD, MPH Eosinophilic gastritis and duodenitis are inflammatory diseases characterized by high levels of eosinophils and mast cells (immune system cells) in the stomach and duodenum. These disorders are often under diagnosed and symptoms include chronic abdominal pain and cramping, nausea, bloating, loss of appetite, vomiting and diarrhea. The current standard of care … Read more

Value-Care Action Group’s eConsults Reach Milestone, Styner Explains How They Impact Patient Care

Maya Styner, MD, and Spencer Dorn, MD, MPH eConsults are making access to high quality, specialty care easier, while also helping to increase care value. eConsults are a digitized version of 鈥榗urbside consults鈥�, launched in 2019 through the Value-Care Action Group which encourages redesigning care in ways that increase value. Since then, specialists in the 黑料网 Department of Medic … Read more

TARGET-NASH Data Publication Finds Nearly One In Five Patients With NAFLD Have Prior Prescription Opioid Use

Andrew Moon, MD, MPH Andrew Moon, MD, MPH, a fellow in the division of gastroenterology and hepatology, is lead author of a study finding one in five patients with NAFLD have prior prescription opioid use. Sidney Barritt, MD, MSCR, associate professor, is a co-author. Target RWE, an innovative health evidence solutions company generating real-world evidence (RWE) and delivering r … Read more

Patients With Cirrhosis Face Increased Risk Of Death From COVID-19

Andrew Moon, MD, MPH Researchers at Oxford and 黑料网-Chapel Hill, led by Andrew Moon, MD, MPH, and Sidney Barritt, MD, found increased mortality rates among COVID-19 patients with advanced cirrhosis and alcohol-related liver disease. The study, published in the聽Journal of Hepatology, found that mortality from COVID-19 was particularly high among patients with more advanced cirrhosi … Read more