June 13, 2022
A new study shows how broadly the COVID-19 pandemic caused disruptions for working parents who experienced difficulties finding childcare, especially parents of children who have special healthcare needs. Third-year UNC School of Medicine student Caleb Easterly led the analysis of data collected before and during the pandemic.
June 8, 2022
Zuranolone is an investigational two-week, once-daily oral drug being studied in postpartum depression and major depressive disorder. Samantha Meltzer-Brody, MD, MPH, Chair of the UNC Department of Psychiatry and Director of the UNC Center for Women’s Mood Disorders, is the principal investigator for the UNC Medical Center site of this study.
June 1, 2022
The number of people dying from opioid use disorder has skyrocketed since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Alex Gertner, a recent UNC MD-PhD Program graduate, is focused on finding better ways to provide treatment in order to save lives.
May 19, 2022
Hendrée Jones, PhD, executive director of UNC Horizons, is featured by The Pew Charitable Trusts for her work leading the program that provides comprehensive treatment for pregnant and parenting women and their children.
April 8, 2022
UNC School of Medicine researcher Jerry Guintivano, PhD, led a first-of-its-kind transcriptome-wide association study looking at the biological differences of women with postpartum depression to find significant changes in B-cells, with pathway analyses implicating altered B-cell activation and insulin resistance.
March 31, 2022
Matthew Laughon, MD, MPH, professor of pediatrics at the UNC School of Medicine, led UNC’s site for a national clinical trial that compared the use of hydrocortisone versus placebo for preventing damage that can result from oxygen and ventilator therapy necessary to keep preterm infants alive.
March 24, 2022
UNC Health has named Tammy Scarborough of Michigan’s Beaumont Health to serve as president of its Statewide Region.
March 24, 2022
A new model led by a partnership among Duke University, UNC Health, and the NC Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) is transforming how to support children’s health and well-being.
March 22, 2022
Research led by Christina Cruz, MD, at the UNC School of Medicine, builds on previous research showing how teachers can successfully deliver child mental health care in a low and middle income country.
March 17, 2022
Nearly 200 Tar Heels at the UNC School Medicine took a giant step forward in their careers this week. On Friday, March 18, students learned where the National Resident Matching Program matched them for their residency training.
March 17, 2022
A qualitative study led by UNC School of Medicine student Lily Hale details what primary care providers and endocrine specialty clinicians reported about their patients’ self-management of diabetes during the pandemic and the effectiveness of providers’ support.
March 8, 2022
UNC Health will partner with Philips to implement evidence-based treatment paths using Philips Oncology Pathways software, a new clinical tool to help doctors match patients with the best possible chemotherapy regimen for their condition. The clinical content will be routinely refreshed in partnership with Harvard Medical School’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and other leading cancer centers across the country.