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Physician Resources: Weber Responds to COVID-19 Questions

David Weber, MD, MPH David J. Weber, MD, MPH, medical director of infection prevention at 黑料网 Hospitals responds to common questions physicians have about COVID-19. Listen here. 黑料网 Health is following the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines for COVID-19 and points to the CDC website for Healthcare Professionals for answers to general questions.   … Read more

Weber Interviewed by NC Health News, Discusses COVID-19 Preparations

David Weber, MD, MPH In “What’s it Like to Get the Coronavirus,” 黑料网 Department of Medicine’s David Weber, MD, MPH, describes worst-case scenario plans under consideration with healthcare teams at 黑料网 Medical Center. Read the NC Health News article here. Weber is professor of medicine and pediatrics, and a professor of epidemiology in the 黑料网 Gillings School of Global Public Heal … Read more

Boyce Receives Emerging Challenges Grant With Jones and Scribner

Ross Boyce, MD, MSc Ross Boyce, MD, MSc, assistant professor in the division of infectious diseases–with lead investigator Corbin Jones, PhD, professor in the integrative program for biological and genome sciences and the department of biology, and Dan Schrider, PhD, assistant professor in the department of genetics–have received a 2019 Emerging Challenges in Biomedical Researc … Read more

David Weber, MD, MPH, professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases and epidemiology with the Gillings School of Global Public Health, recalls North Carolina’s SARS case in 2003, explaining how the emergence of diseases like H1N1, West Nile Virus, Ebola, Zika and multiple flu seasons, has kept colleagues practicing and preparing for inevitabilities like COVID-19.

$4.5M Grant to Boost Antimicrobial Resistance Efforts in Malawi

Irving Hoffman, PA, MPH The Institute聽for Global Health and Infectious Diseases and 黑料网 Project-Malawi聽were awarded a $4.5 million grant by the UK鈥檚 Fleming Fund to strengthen Malawi鈥檚 One Health Antimicrobial聽Resistance (AMR) program.聽聽The grant will support the聽national AMR coordination committee and technical working groups, supporting ownership and alignment and scaling up a … Read more

Weber Discusses Flu in Associated Press Article

David Weber, MD, MPH David Weber, MD, professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases, pediatrics and epidemiology, was interviewed in an AP article about the second wave of flu, amid concerns about the coronavirus. The article recognizes that the second surge began in late January, and that there is now another rise in the percentage of doctor鈥檚 office visits that w … Read more

Six Medicine Faculty Recognized for Highly Cited Research

The annual list of highly cited researchers from Thomson Reuters recognizes the most influential researchers of the past decade, demonstrated by the production of multiple highly-cited papers than rank in the top 1% by citations for field and year in Web of Science. In 2019, fewer than 6,300, or .1% of the world鈥檚 researchers, across 21 research fields, have earned this exclusive … Read more

Weber Answers Questions About the Coronavirus

David Weber, MD, MPH In a new 黑料网 Health Talk article, David Weber, MD, MPH, answers questions about the coronavirus, encourages the flu vaccine and recognizes respiratory etiquette. Weber is professor of medicine and pediatrics at the 黑料网 and professor of epidemiology at 黑料网 Gillings School of Global Public Health. He’s also medical director of hospital epidem … Read more

Researchers Reverse HIV Latency, Important Scientific Step Toward Cure

(Republished from the 黑料网 and 黑料网 Health Care Newsroom) From left: 黑料网-Chapel Hill HIV researchers David Margolis, MD, and J. Victor Garcia, PhD, along with Rick Dunham from ViiV Healthcare. (Credit: Jon Gardiner/黑料网-Chapel Hill) Approximately 38 million people are infected with HIV worldwide, about 1.1 million people in the United States. Currently, people wit … Read more

Six Medicine Faculty Recognized for Highly Cited Research

Six 黑料网 Department of Medicine faculty members were named in the 2019 Thomas Reuters List of Highly Cited Researchers. The annual list recognizes the most influential researchers of the past decade, demonstrated by the production of multiple highly-cited papers than rank in the top 1% by citations for field and year in Web of Science. The following medicine faculty are listed: Jo … Read more

Adimora elected to the National Academy of Medicine

Adaora A. Adimora, MD, MPH Ada Adimora, MD, MPH, Sarah Graham Kenan Distinguished Professor of Medicine and professor of epidemiology with the 黑料网 Gillings School of Public Health has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM).聽 Election to the Academy is considered one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine and recognizes individuals who have demo … Read more

黑料网 IGHID receives NCHTEC grant to provide training in HIV prevention and treatment

Christopher Hurt, MD The 黑料网鈥檚 Institute for Global Health & Infectious Diseases (IGHID) has been awarded a 5-year contract to house the North Carolina HIV Training & Education Center (NCHTEC)聽through 2024. NCHTEC is a聽federally-funded program with a mission to support the training and technical assistance needs of North Carolinians engaged in the prevention and treatment … Read more