September 15, 2021
The below clickable headlines link directly to outside media outlets, which featured UNC School of Medicine faculty during the past week, starting Friday September 10, 2021.
August 9, 2021
Dr. Anita Skariah, DO, Medical Director of Orange Family Medical Group, shares her perspective about getting vaccinated and why it's important to protect yourself against the Delta variant.
July 22, 2021
Cindy Gay, MD, and David Wohl, MD, answer questions about the COVID-19 Delta variant, vaccine efficacy and mRNA vaccine safety.
July 12, 2021
A Charlotte baby became the first at UNC Medical Center in Chapel Hill, N.C. to receive a breakthrough gene therapy treatment for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), after his condition was discovered through the Early Check newborn screening pilot study.
July 7, 2021
This year’s Robert C. Cefalo House Officer Awards were given to UNC Medical Center residents: Michael Hart, MD, obstetric anesthesiology; Diya Jost, MD, medicine, pediatrics; Meredith Kugar, MD, plastic and reconstructive surgery; Daniel Markwalter, MD, emergency medicine; and Andriana Tompary, MD, physical medicine & rehabilitation.
July 1, 2021
Two medications, liraglutide and insulin, were better at keeping A1C (a measurement of average blood glucose) levels less than 7% in recent GRADE study. The UNC Diabetes Care Center, led by site principal investigator Sue Kirkman, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism, was one of the 37 sites to be a part of this NIH-funded comparative effectiveness study.
May 25, 2021
UNC Health's COVID Vaccination Mobile Unit continues to meet the need in helping underserved populations get vaccinated. So far, the unit has been able to vaccinate about 1,400 patients since the project started in February.
April 26, 2021
Brandon Teal, a UNC Health Alliance community health worker, shares his experience contributing to UNC Health’s equitable vaccine distribution mission.
April 8, 2021
Rise Above COVID, a nationwide movement, partners with nearly 100 Black-owned barbershops and beauty salons in the Raleigh-Durham area to raise awareness and encourage enrollment in a clinical trial called ACTIV-2.
March 25, 2021
Loc Culp, MICU Nurse Manager, and Mikey Jernigan, Clinical Nurse IV, explain how life has changed during year 2021 inside the Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU) at UNC Medical Center.
March 17, 2021
Hear the stories from four different women who explain the importance of Black participants helping to reach medical advances.
February 26, 2021
Phillip Clapp, PhD, member of the Center for Environmental Medicine, Asthma, and Lung Biology, explains the research behind double-masking and how to make sure your mask fits properly.