Congratulation to Michelle Hernandez, MD, associate professor in the UNC Department of Pediatrics, on being elected Secretary of the Environmental & Occupational Respiratory Diseases (EORD) Interest Section of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology.
Selected through a vote of her peers, Dr. Hernandez will begin serving as EORD Secretary effective March 1, 2021 through the AAAAI Annual Meeting in San Antonio, TX in February 2023. Since this is a progressive position, after the 2023 Annual Meeting and until the 2025 Annual Meeting, she will serve as Vice Chair, and from 2025 until 2027 she will serve as Chair of the EORD section. In addition to this new leadership role, Dr. Hernandez is the Director of the NC Child Health Research Network, the Associate Medical Director of the NC Children’s Allergy and Asthma Center, Associate Director of Clinical Research and Faculty Director of Clinical Research Unit for the Children’s Research Institute.