August 9, 2023
Newsworthy from the School of Medicine, Week of August 4 – August 10
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Author Archives: Brittany Phillips
May 17, 2023
Newsworthy from the School of Medicine, Week of May 12 – May 18
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May 11, 2023
12 Months of Treatment with EPIT Superior to Placebo in Desensitizing Children to Peanuts
The study, called EPITOPE, led by senior author A. Wesley Burks, MD, CEO of UNC Health and dean of the UNC School of Medicine, and contributing author Edwin Kim, MD, MS, associate professor of pediatrics in the Division of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology at the UNC School of Medicine, shows superior results in desensitizing children to peanuts. Results were recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
May 10, 2023
Newsworthy from the School of Medicine, Week of May 5 – May 11
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May 8, 2023
Maximizing Extracellular Vesicles: Diehl Authors Protocol on Isolation and Quantification to Optimize Patient Care
It's a big step forward in using extracellular vesicles (EVs) as a diagnostic tool. Lead study author, J. Nathaniel Diehl, PhD, at the UNC School of Medicine, led research showing how a new protocol in handling extracellular vesicles can improve significant diagnostic and therapeutic potential in disease development.
May 3, 2023
Newsworthy from the School of Medicine, Week of April 28 – May 4
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April 26, 2023
Newsworthy from the School of Medicine, Week of April 21 – April 27
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April 25, 2023
Raffa Talks With CNN Health About the Increase in Kids Treated for Illicit Substance Ingestion
The outbreak of Covid-19 presented many dangers for children, and a new study suggests increased illicit substance ingestions were among them. Lead study author Brittany Raffa, MD, clinical instructor in the Department of Pediatrics at the UNC School of Medicine, talks with CNN Health about the overall stress and parental substance use that contributed to the increase.
April 19, 2023
Newsworthy from the School of Medicine, Week of April 14 – April 20
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April 19, 2023
Clinical Scholars Program Kicks Off Leadership Training Event with Carolina Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz, Gillings Dean Nancy Messonnier, and author Stedman Graham
Clinical Scholars convenes its equity-centered leadership training on April 20-26 at the JB Duke Hotel in Durham, NC with its 5th cohort. Author and educator Stedman Graham, UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz, and UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health Dean Nancy Messonnier will speak during a kickoff panel.
April 12, 2023
Newsworthy from the School of Medicine, Week of April 7 – April 13
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April 5, 2023
Autism Research Center Awards $25K Pilot Grants to Three Interdisciplinary Research Projects
Several UNC School of Medicine faculty members were a part of three interdisciplinary research projects awarded $25,000 pilot grants through the UNC Autism Research Center.