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epartment of Medicine Grants & Funding: April 1 鈥 April 30, 2022

April 30, 2022
Division of Hematology Nigel Key,聽MB, ChB, FRCP has been awarded a 5-year, $2.2M T32 grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Brandi Reeves, MD was awarded a聽2-year, $165,000 Hemostasis and Thrombosis Research Society Mentored Research Award聽to study Hypoxia Inducible Factors in Myeloproliferative Neoplasm-Associated Thrombosis. Rafal聽Pawlinksi, PhD and聽Brandi...

Dr. Young Awarded NIH Grant to Study Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support

April 29, 2022
Dr. Laura Young, MD, PhD, an associate professor in the Division of Endocrinology, has received a grant from the National Institute of Health to increase uptake of diabetes self-management education. According to the Centers for Disease Control, over 37.3 million people live with diabetes. The challenges, costs, and complications of...

Department welcomes two new communication specialists

April 28, 2022
The Department of Medicine would like to welcome two new communication specialists to the family. Kendall Daniels and Morgan Duerden will be providing a number of roles and services for the Department and its Divisions. Their focus will be telling patient and physician stories, highlighting clinical research and supporting internal...

Kidney Transplants Saved Her Life 鈥 Twice

April 26, 2022
When Betsy Crais was a graduate student, she started having abdominal pain and other gastrointestinal symptoms and went to her doctor to find out what was wrong. 鈥淗e showed me the X-rays鈥擨 had black holes all over my kidneys,鈥 she says. Those 鈥渂lack holes鈥 were cysts from polycystic kidney disease....

STD Awareness in April: Infectious Disease Experts Are Working to Advance the Development of Vaccines for Sexually Transmitted Infections

April 20, 2022
During April, STD Awareness provides an opportunity to talk about STIs and聽encourage individuals to be proactive about their sexual health and promotes regular STI/HIV screening and testing.聽Although research in sexually transmitted infections (STIs) has evolved rapidly on multiple fronts, a critical remaining challenge is the development of safe and effective...

Wohl discusses risks associated with dropping mask mandate on public transit

April 20, 2022
黑料网-Chapel Hill infectious disease specialist Dr. David Wohl talked about the risks involved with dropping the mask mandate on public transit, in response to a federal judge’s decision. “When people are eating and drinking, I don’t even drink. I wait,” he said. “I’ll wait till everyone’s done. And then I...

黑料网 Geriatrics Clinic April 2022 Update

April 11, 2022
黑料网 Geriatrics is the largest older adult-focused primary care practice in the Triangle. Also, the past two years have been eventful for the clinic.

Garc铆a Receives ISAR鈥檚 2022 Diversity Speaker Award

April 7, 2022
J. Victor Garc铆a-Martinez, PhD, professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases and the Department of Microbiology & Immunology and Director of the International Center for the Advancement of Translational Science was keynote lecturer at the 35th International Conference on Antiviral Research (ICAR) last month. During the conference he was presented...

Increase in Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease Mortality Accelerates During COVID-19 Pandemic

April 7, 2022
黑料网鈥檚 Sasha Deutsch-Link, MD, a fellow in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, is lead author of a study indicating that alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD) mortality increased from 2017-2020 and accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic in nearly all age groups. Andrew Moon, MD, MPH, is senior author. Sasha Deutsch-Link, MD...

ASBMR Webinar on Intelligent Exercise for Osteoporosis Patients

April 1, 2022
Physicians who treat osteoporosis are frequently asked by their patients for advice to exercise programs 鈥 how to use exercise to impact bone density, how to prevent falls and fractures, or just how to get moving again. Patients complain that doctor鈥檚 don鈥檛 address exercise, and don鈥檛 know the basics. The...

Department of Medicine Grants & Funding: March 1 鈥 March 31, 2022

March 31, 2022
Division of Oncology Yara Abdou, MD, received a METAvivor research grant for 鈥淚nvestigating Survivin as a novel target for immunotherapy in Black women with breast cancer.鈥 Jared Weiss, MD, and聽Barbara Savoldo, MD, received a $1.8M DoD grant to study GD2 CART for lung lancer. Emily Ray, MD, received a 2-year...

Match Day 2022: Welcome to the Class of 2022

March 30, 2022
For medical students, “Match Day” is one of the most thrilling and unforgettable moments of their lives. As they open their envelopes, decorative boxes, and other means of message delivery, students are imbued with the knowledge of where the next steps of their medical education will be. On March 18th,...