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Raising Awareness About Heart Disease in Younger Women

February 14, 2019
Dr. Melissa Caughey of ºÚÁÏÍø Cardiology is interviewed by Self magazine about her research showing increasing rates of heart attack in women between the ages of 35 and 54. The research study, Twenty Year Trends and Sex Differences in Young Adults Hospitalized with Acute Myocardial Infarction: The ARIC Community Surveillance...

Qian and Arora Recognized as Health Care Heroes

February 14, 2019
Li Qian, PhD, associate professor of pathology and laboratory medicine and associate director of the McAllister Heart Institute, and cardiology fellow Sameer Arora, MD, have been recognized by the Triangle Business Journal as 2019 Health Care Heroes. The awards celebrate accomplishments in all areas of medicine.

Medicine Grand Rounds, Point/Counterpoint: Lindsay Wilson and Adrian Austin “Antipsychotics and Delirium Prevention”

February 14, 2019
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ºÚÁÏÍø Researchers Dramatically Reduce Racial Disparities in Early-Stage Lung Cancer Treatment

February 8, 2019
The ºÚÁÏÍø Department of Medicine's Samuel Cykert, MD, from the division of general medicine, led a five-year, multi-institutional trial aimed at reducing the disparity in treatment and outcomes for black lung cancer patients versus white lung cancer patients.

Medicine Grand Rounds Blythe Lecture, Donald Wesson “The Evolving Spectrum of Acid Stress and Its Contribution to Chronic Kidney Disease”

February 7, 2019
This lecture will convey our expanding understanding of how the accumulation of body acid occurs and its detrimental effects on kidney function. Dr. Wesson will discuss how these findings are being translated into new, possibly disease-modifying treatments for chronic kidney disease. Donald Wesson is President of the Baylor Scott &...

McAllister Heart Institute Seminar Series: Yoh-suke Mukouyama, Ph.D

February 6, 2019
Speaker: Yoh-suke Mukouyama, Ph.D, National Institutes of HealthTopic:Macrophage control of neuronal and vascular development Brief summary: Macrophages have diverse functions in immunity as well as in homeostasis, yet their functions during organ development remain largely undefined. Our work employs high-resolution whole-mount imaging and genetic tools to determine how embryonic tissue-resident...

Medicine Holds Research Faculty Conference

February 4, 2019
Research forum encouraged collaborations among research faculty in the Department of Medicine.

Cardiovascular Grand Rounds: Dr. Mahesh Sharma, Failing Fontan Circulation in Adult Congenital Heart Disease

February 4, 2019
Speaker: Mahesh Sharma, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics at ºÚÁÏÍø; Chief, Section of Congenital Cardiac Surgery; and Co-Director, North Carolina Children’s Heart CenterTopic: Failing Fontan Circulation in Adult Congenital Heart Disease

Medicine Grand Rounds, Bryan Roth, “G-Coupled Protein Receptors”

January 31, 2019
Bryan Roth is the Michael Hooker Distinguished Professor of Protein Therapeutics and Translational Proteomics in the Department of Pharmacology. He is a world-renowned scientist best known for creating an innovative scientific method that allows neuroscientists to manipulate and study brain circuits in health and disease. G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) represent...

Fried Receives FDA Award for Regulatory Science Excellence

January 30, 2019
Unique research network is recognized for providing a robust platform that curates real-world data for FDA scientists, helping them communicate the safety and effectiveness of direct-acting antiviral agents in the post-marketing period.

New York Times Article Cites Study By Arora, Stouffer and Caughey

January 25, 2019
A journalist recounts his near-death experience and cites ºÚÁÏÍø's heart attack research, recognizing that the number of younger heart attack victims is increasing.

Medicine Grand Rounds, Patricia Rivera and Jason Akulian “Empyema Thoracis: Diagnostic Challenges and New Insights into an Old Disease”

January 24, 2019
This lecture will review the epidemiology, pathogenesis, microbiology and morbidity and mortality of thoracic empyema. Two cases will be used as examples to highlight pitfalls in the diagnosis of empyema. The role of non-invasive studies including thoracic ultrasound and the approach to pleural drainage and interpleural therapy with tissue plasminogen...