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Melissa Miller, PhD, Director of the Clinical Molecular Microbiology Laboratory, was featured in various media stories related to UNC developing a diagnostic test for COVID-19, the novel coronavirus.


Various media outlets reported that UNC Medical Center experts developed a test for COVID-19, based on a test out of Germany. The media quoted Melissa Miller, PhD, Director of the Clinical Molecular Microbiology Laboratory at the UNC Medical Center and professor in the UNC Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the UNC School of Medicine.

Here is a sampling of the media outlets, with links embedded:

NPR, WRAL, WCCB, KHPR, KNKX, KVPR, KPCC, WSHU, KNPR, KXJZ, KCRW, KUOW, KERA, KUER, KUNR, KJZZ, WPLN, WAMU, WGBH, KUHF, KCFR, KCRW, WRKF, KCND, KSTX, WWNO, KUT, KWMU, KVCR, KUER, KNOW, KALW, KDPR, WNYC, WUNC, WEVO, WUWM, KOSU, WESA, WFPL, WSHU, WITF, WSCL, WDET, WUOM, WMFE, WYSO, WVXU, WBUR, WFAE, WBFO, WFDD, WAMC, WJCT, WNPR, WXXI, WHVR, WFYI, WCPN, WYPR, WDDE, WABE, KMUW and WVTF.