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    Peanut Sublingual Immunotherapy Provides Desensitization to Peanut in Toddlers

    Edwin Kim, MD Edwin Kim, MD, associate professor of medicine and pediatrics in the division of rheumatology, allergy and immunology, led a study presented at the 2021 AAAAI Virtual Annual Meeting, showing聽that this therapy could be an option for early peanut allergy intervention.聽Accompanying this article is a video featuring Dr. Kim, whose children suffer from nut and legume all … Read more

  • Rumey Ishizawar, MD

    黑料网鈥檚 New Immuno-Oncology Prospective Database and Registry is Now Open for Patient Enrollment

    Rumey Ishizawar, MD, medical director of the 黑料网 Rheumatology Clinic, founded the multi-disciplinary 黑料网 Immuno-Oncology Group (IOG) in 2017 to optimize clinical management of cancer patients who develop immune related adverse events (irAEs). The goal of the IOG is to develop a research infrastructure to facilitate the study of mechanisms of autoimmunity versus tolerance in the i … Read more

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    CRISPR Could Make Wheat Safe for Celiac Disease. What About Peanut Allergies?

    Onyinye Iweala, MD, PhD Onyinye Iweala, MD, PhD, was featured in a FreeThink article about biotech startup Ukko, which is looking to use CRISPR gene editing 鈥� along with computational biology, protein engineering, and immunology techniques 鈥� to design foods that are both safe and delicious for those suffering from celiac disease and gluten sensitivities. The article recognizes Uk … Read more

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    Callahan Offers Perspectives On Health Disparities in Podcast

    Leigh Callahan, PhD Leigh F. Callahan, PhD, was a recent guest on the “Movement for Life” Podcast. She discussed perspectives on health disparities through an epidemiology lens and shared important findings on how a range of disparate outcomes and health disparities could be addressed. Listen to the podcast here. Callahan is the Mary Link Briggs Distinguished Professor of Medicin … 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

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    Kim Says Allergic Reactions to COVID-19 Vaccine Likely To Be Extremely Rare

    Edwin Kim, MD As the US Food and Drug Administration considers聽whether to authorize emergency use of Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine, medical experts are paying close attention to reports of allergic reactions to the vaccine. Edwin Kim, MD, associate professor of medicine and pediatrics in the division of rheumatology, allergy and immunology, says it’s not immediately clea … Read more

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    Sheikh Leads Largest Ever Double-Blinded, Placebo-Controlled SLE Study

    Saira Sheikh, MD Saira Sheikh, MD, led the 鈥淏ASE鈥� study, now published in The Lancet Rheumatology, which found mortality, AESIs among SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus) patients taking Benlysta similar to placebo. Learn more from the 黑料网 Health and 黑料网 Newsroom.

  • Scott Commins, MD, PhD

    Genetically Altered Pigs Approved For Food, Potential Medical Use

    Scott P. Commins, MD, PhD Agri-Pulse reports the Food and Drug Administration has for the first time approved an intentional genomic alteration, or IGA, in animals that can be used for both food and human therapeutics. The IGA is in what are called GalSafe pigs, bred to eliminate alpha-gal sugar on the surface of the pigs鈥� cells. The article references Scott Commins, MD, PhD, ass … Read more

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    Jordan Receives Distinguished Clinical Investigator Award

    Joanne Jordan, MD, MPH Joanne Jordan, MD, MPH, emeritus professor of medicine in the division of rheumatology, allergy and immunology, has received the “distinguished clinical investigator award” from the American College of Rheumatology for outstanding clinical research in osteoarthritis. As the founding principal investigator and director of the ongoing Johnston County Osteoart … Read more

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    Kwan, Boerneke Support National 鈥楶enicillin Allergy Awareness Day鈥� Efforts With Programs that Train Physicians and Benefit Patients

    Led by Millie Kwan, MD, PhD, assistant professor in the division of rheumatology, allergy and immunology, and Renae Boerneke, PharmD, the team has launched an innovative outpatient program where providers de-lable penicillin allergy through penicillin allergy assessments.

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    Callahan Explains How the OAAA Is Addressing the Impact of Osteoarthritis in Podcast

    In a recent “Joint Action” rheumatology podcast, Leigh Callahan, PhD, the Mary Link Briggs Distinguished Professor of Medicine in the division of rheumatology, allergy and immunology, highlights changes that are needed in health care systems and polices to reduce the impact of osteoarthritis, a leading cause of disability. She also recognizes the work of the Osteoarthritis Action … Read more

  • Saira Sheikh, MD

    Sheikh Talks To WRAL About Fall Allergies and COVID-19

    Saira Sheikh, MD Saira Sheikh, MD, assistant professor of medicine in the division of rheumatology, allergy and immunology, discussed the nuances of allergy symptoms and those commonly associated with COVID-19 in an interview with WRAL’s Go Ask Mom. While the symptoms are similar, like cough and occasionally shortness of breath in kids with asthma and allergies, most symptoms are … Read more