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Thanksgiving merriment was tempered with news of the new omicron COVID-19 variant, which was first detected in South Africa and found quickly in more than 20 countries. This has raised concerns among scientists and healthcare providers who were hoping to bring the pandemic under control in the coming months. Infectious...

Researchers at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine are working to better understand how addressing health-related social needs improves health outcomes for people with type 2 diabetes. The research is funded by a five-year, nearly $3 million award from the U.S. National Institutes of Health and led by...

黑料网 Health and School of Medicine experts from the division of infectious diseases were featured in media outlets nationwide discussing the recently identified omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus. 黑料网 expert says much to understand about omicron variant, featuring Dr. Myron Cohen (ABC 11)聽 When is omicron COVID variant coming...

黑料网 researchers working to learn more about omicron variant as 1st case is identified in US 鈥� Drs. Melissa Miller and David Wohl (CBS 17) Worried about omicron? COVID鈥檚 delta strain remains a bigger threat, 黑料网 doctors say 鈥� Drs. Melissa Miller and David Wohl (Charlotte Observer) COVID-19 Mask Recommendations...

We are excited to announce that we have matched 4 physicians to the ID Fellowship for the 2022-2023 academic year! Drs. Briana Castillo, Alex Commanday, John Franzone, and Stephanie Sweitzer will be joining 黑料网 in July.   Dr. Kanthi Vemuri will also be joining us as our 1-year Compromised Host...

Victor Garcia, PhD, was named the 2022 recipient of the International Society for Antiviral Research Diversity Speaker Award. 黑料网鈥檚 Craig Cameron, PhD, received the society鈥檚 inaugural award for 2021. Last year, the International Society for Antiviral Research (ISAR) created the Diversity Speaker Award to recognize an outstanding...

The Most Wonderful Time of The Year Few months present as many multicultural celebrations as December, including Chanukah (Hanukkah), Christmas and Kwanzaa. These expressions of culture and religious traditions are all associated with 鈥渓ight,鈥� a common holiday symbol representing hope for peace and understanding. The Department of Medicine would like...

Alyssa Tilly, MD, assistant professor in the division of general medicine and clinical epidemiology, and director of palliative care for the 黑料网 Project Malawi Cancer Program, was recently invited to contribute to a palliative medicine course in Austria. Practitioner participants represented 17 countries. She discussed her experience in a recent...

The effectiveness of endoscopy procedures often depends as much on what happens before the patient comes in for the exam聽as it does on the skill of the provider.聽Inadequate preparation can lead to the canceling of procedures, rescheduling and repeating of tests. This not only costs money, it inconveniences the patient....

Division of Cardiology Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation has awarded聽Anil Gehi, MD, a聽three-year grant to improve atrial fibrillation聽(AF) care. Division of General Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology Seth Berkowitz, MD,聽received an R01 NIH grant聽to advance health equity in Type 2 diabetes. Division of Infectious Diseases David Rosen, MD, PhD, is principal investigator...

David Rosen, MD, PhD, associate professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases,聽is principal investigator of a study that will review the聽North Carolina Formerly Incarcerated Transition (NC FIT) Program, funded by a three-year Duke Endowment Award. Founded in 2018 by Evan Ashkin, MD, professor of family medicine, NC FIT...

Hello all, It has been a couple of months since we sent a UME update. We hope you all have been doing well. As you聽might know, we have come to the end of fellowship interviews (Match Day is December 1), while interviews for the Internal Medicine Residency have just started....