Category: Research News
Boynton Study Highlights Effectiveness of Messages from Public Health Organizations
Marcella Boynton, MD A new national study led by Marcella Boynton, MD, assistant professor in the division of general medicine and clinical epidemiology, and a member of the NCTraCS Education Team, used an experimental design to examine the effect of message source on reactions to coronavirus prevention messages. The study concluded that messages referencing a public health organ … Read more
Recognizing Mental Health Month for Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC), An Interview with Amy Weil, MD, on Trauma Informed Care
Since 2008, July has been recognized as Black, Indigenous People, and People of Color Mental Health Awareness Month. Bebe Moore Campbell, who was a renowned American author who dedicated her life to advocacy for mental health in the black and other minority communities, is credited for this recognition. Traumatic events in a person鈥檚 life can have lasting effects and go far beyon … Read more
Week of wellness promotes provider health
Wellness champion Amy Weil, MD, invites colleagues to submit questions and share perspectives on institutional well-being, to inspire actionable insights. Wellness Expo Week kicks off this Monday, November 18, sponsored by the Office of Faculty Affairs & Leadership Development and the 黑料网 Well-Being Committee. Amy Weil, MD, professor of general medicine and … Read more
Research Highlights: Nephrology and Hypertension
New Research in ANCA Vasculitis This research is a successful collaboration between basic and translational scientists, epidemiologists, geneticists, and nephropathologists. The themes of the projects mirror questions that patients frequently ask: what causes their disease, what will make their disease better or worse, and what will assure that their disease goes into remission a … Read more
New k-level grant writing initiative adds to infrastructure that supports junior investigators in pursuit of research training and protected time
Physician-scientists are uniquely positioned to transfer clinical insights to research discoveries, to return a better understanding of human disease to the clinic. A new initiative led by Laura Loehr, MD, PhD, MS, associate professor in general medicine and clinical epidemiology, and Susan Hogan, PhD, MPH, associate professor in nephrology, will help junior faculty in the depart … Read more
Research Highlights: Gastroenterology and Hepatology
The Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, and its affiliated Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease, is a national leader in gastrointestinal and liver disease research. In 2018, the Division received more than $23 million in research awards, one of the largest funding bases in 黑料网鈥檚 School of Medicine, including both basic and clinical departments. Remarkably, th … Read more
Research Highlights: General Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology
Seth A. Berkowitz investigates ways to address food insecurity in vulnerable patients. Seth A. Berkowitz, MD, MPH, is investigating programs that address food insecurity, for patients with limited or uncertain access to nutritious food because of cost, to consider how they might improve health and healthcare utilization. In one project, Berkowitz is working with Community Serving … Read more
黑料网 Hospitalists Contribute to Education at Annual National Meeting
Hospitalist medicine is the fastest growing medicine specialty and it continues to lead the way in transforming healthcare and revolutionizing patient care.聽 黑料网 faculty physicians from the division of hospital medicine had a strong presence at the national meeting of the Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) in March, held in Washington, DC, representing the 黑料网 Department of Medic … Read more
Eron, Kuhlman named Smithies Investigators
Joe Eron, MD, and Brian Kuhlman, PhD (Republished from the 黑料网 Health Care and 黑料网 Newsroom.) The 黑料网 has selected Joe Eron, MD, professor of medicine and vice chief for the division of infectious diseases, and Brian Kuhlman, PhD, professor of biochemistry and biophysics, as Oliver Smithies Investigators, an annual award to honor senior facul … Read more
A Population Health Approach to Dramatically Reduce Heart Disease Risk
黑料网 doctors enlisted a network of health care professionals from small primary care practices and used data analytics to help identify North Carolinians at risk for cardiovascular disease. Primary care doctors could use this approach to dramatically reduce heart disease risk for tens of thousands of people across the state.
Research Highlights: Endocrinology and Metabolism
Examining the role of dietary fatty acids – Eric Klett, MD Not only does actin (green) form the structuring scaffold of the cell, it provides a road on which insulin granules travel to be released. Dr. Eric Klett is a physician-scientist whose research interest is in the role of dietary fatty acids, specifically polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), and their effects on the develo … Read more
Research Highlights: Geriatric Medicine
Handing Off the Older Patients: Improved Documentation of Geriatrics Assessment in Transitions of Care 鈥� Maureen C. Dale, MD Older adults, particularly frail elders, are at an increased risk for poor health outcomes and avoidable re-hospitalization during transitions of care. Nearly one of five older adults are re-hospitalized within 30 days of The Geriatric Medicine Fellowship C … Read more