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Early research indicates vaping impairs lung immune function
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Lung cell impairment can occur with exposure to e-cigarettes, but other short and long-term effects of vaping remain unknown.
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2018
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Aug. 23
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Three SOM Students Named Impact Award, Horizon Award Recipients for 2020
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UNC-Chapel Hill graduate students, recent graduate alumni within numerous programs earned honors for research benefiting North Carolina.
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2019
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Dec. 12
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Hernandez Featured on AAAAI Podcast About Vaping
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Michelle Hernandez, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, discusses e-cigarettes and vaping on the latest episode of "Conversations from the World of Allergy," a podcast from the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology.
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2019
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September 26
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Rebuli wins 2020 Best Postdoctoral Publication Award
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Meghan E. Rebuli, PhD, a postdoctoral research associate in the Curriculum in Toxicology & Environmental Medicine and the Center for Environmental Medicine, Asthma and Lung Biology, has been awarded the 2020 Best Postdoctoral Publication Award by the Society of Toxicology for outstanding work in the field of toxicology.
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2019
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December 19
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SOM Students Earn Impact, Horizons Awards from UNC Graduate School
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Each year, the UNC Graduate School honors students around the university with awards celebrating their work.
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2019
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March
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UNC School of Medicine departments rank high on “Best Global Universities” list
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In the annual U.S. News & World Report rankings, pharmacology and toxicology were lumped into one category and ranked first among public universities. Among all universities around the globe, UNC pharmacology/toxicology ranked second behind Harvard.
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2018
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February
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Jaspers, Clapp featured in NY Times for e-cigarette research
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Researchers in lab of Ilona Jaspers, PhD, found that the common food additive cinnamaldehyde impaired cilia -- the hair-like structures on lung cells crucial for proper respiratory function.
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2018
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June
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Why Underestimating the Health Effects of Vaping is a Bad Idea
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In this video, UNC School of Medicine toxicologist Ilona Jaspers, PhD, explains the science of inhaling vapor from e-cigarette products and why we should not compare vaping or "juuling" to smoking.
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2018
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November
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UNC School of Medicine researchers receive $9.96 million U.S. DoD grant
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The US Department of Defense tabbed UNC Marsico Lung Institute researchers led by Richard Boucher, MD, and Ilona Jaspers, PhD, to study the adverse effects of inhaling toxic fumes from burn pits in the field.
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2018
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December
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Put that in your e-cigarette and smoke it, or should you?
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UNC researcher Ilona Jaspers, PhD, to present her findings on the potential effects of e-cigarettes
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2016
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February