January 25, 2022
The UNC School of Medicine’s Zachary Willis, MD, MPH, co-authored an editorial published in the British Medical Journal in conjunction with new research that shows dramatic reductions in hospital admissions for common and severe childhood infections in England during the pandemic.
January 12, 2022
Christina Cruz, MD, assistant professor in the UNC Department of Psychiatry, is the first author of a study published in Frontiers in Psychiatry that shows how teachers can successfully deliver child mental health care in a low and middle income country.
January 12, 2022
Allied Health professionals have been on the forefront of interprofessional education and practice for decades. This has been especially evident during the COVID-19 pandemic, as UNC students have mobilized to serve their communities. This is one reason why the UNC Department of Allied Health Sciences has received a national award of excellence for its interprofessional work.
December 21, 2021
The UNC Adult Cochlear Implant Program in the Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery completed its 2,021st cochlear implantation procedure in 2021!
December 14, 2021
The Coronavirus Variant Sequencing (CORVASEQ) Surveillance Program, led by a team of UNC researchers, has detected the Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variant in North Carolina. Together, members of the program at UNC-Chapel Hill, UNC-Charlotte, Duke, Wake Forest, and East Carolina have sequenced more than 10,000 samples from COVID-19 positive patients to track the spread and development of the virus across the state.
December 1, 2021
On Wednesday, UNC Health experts David Wohl, and Melissa Miller met with the media to answer questions and offer their expertise regarding what we know so far about the Omicron COVID-19 variant.
November 15, 2021
The Foundation of Hope Child and Adolescent Anxiety and Mood Disorders Program (CHAAMP) within the UNC Department of Psychiatry will conduct cutting-edge translational research to advance understanding and treatment of pediatric and adolescent mood and anxiety disorders.
November 11, 2021
Thank you for your sacrifice, your bravery and the example you set for us all. Thank you for your service. Read messages from UNC Health Veteran teammates.
November 11, 2021
A new and improved UNC Health Find a Doctor website will go live on Monday, Nov. 15.
November 4, 2021
Pengda Liu, PhD, and Janelle Arthur, PhD, earned Jefferson-Pilot Fellowships in Academic Medicine from the UNC School of Medicine for their respective work on understanding the dysregulation of signaling pathways in human diseases and investigating the capabilities and features of gut microbes.
October 28, 2021
The episode, "Prison health and COVID-19," covers US and sub-Saharan African contexts.
October 19, 2021
A study published in Annals of Internal Medicine led by UNC School of Medicine’s Seth A. Berkowitz, MD, MPH, shows that participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) by older adults dually enrolled in Medicare and Medicaid is associated with fewer hospital visits and lower healthcare costs. But millions of Americans do not take advantage of the program.