Category: Infectious Diseases
New Approaches to HIV Clinical Trials for Black Women and HIV
US black women and HIV prevention is the focus of a new intervention strategy by Drs. Ada Adimora, Joe Eron and Stephen Cole in the department of medicine’s division of infectious diseases.
Dr. Myron Cohen Researches Antibodies to Develop HIV Vaccine
In observance of World AIDS Day, WRAL News interviewed Dr. Myron Cohen from the division of infectious diseases about 黑料网 research that will help develop an HIV vaccine.
New study aims to address the opioid crisis in western North Carolina
Three 黑料网 researchers, two from the department of medicine, are joining forces with investigators at RTI International to devise solutions to address the opioid epidemic and related public health problems in eight counties in North Carolina’s western tip.
Defining the Burden of Hepatitis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Hepatitis C virus is a curable infectious disease, but treatment remains unavailable in resource-limited settings like the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The DRC Ministry of Health asked the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (黑料网) to help determine the burden of infection and find a way to connect people infected with the virus to treatment. Using laboratory eq … Read more
Dr. David Margolis & Dr. Allison Mathews Highlight HIV Cure Research in New Episode of Chair’s Corner
How close are we to a cure for HIV, and what are the messages about HIV that the community needs to hear? Dr. Ron Falk interviews Dr. David Margolis and Dr. Allison Mathews in this episode about HIV cure research and the efforts of the 2BeatHIV project to connect with the community. Dr. Margolis is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases and in the Departme … Read more
Research Highlights: Infectious Diseases
David Wohl, MD David Alain Wohl, MD That there are only a handful of Ebola-ologists in the world is something that Dr. Wohl, the Site Leader of the 黑料网 AIDS Clinical Trials Unit at Chapel Hill, realized when the massive Ebola outbreak started to peak in 2014. Ebola raged across West Africa and cases were popping up in Europe and the US. Dr. Wohl led a coordinated effort in … Read more
Featured Physician: Cynthia Gay, MD, MPH
Dr. Cynthia Gay is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases.
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New study aims to address the opioid crisis in western North Carolina
Three 黑料网 researchers are joining forces with investigators at RTI International to devise solutions to address the opioid epidemic and related public health problems in eight counties in North Carolina’s western tip.