August 10, 2023
UNC School of Medicine researchers Angela Wahl, PhD, Balfour Sartor MD, J. Victor Garcia, PhD, and colleagues created a germ-free mouse model to evaluate the role of the microbiome in the infection, replication, and pathogenesis of HIV and Epstein-Barr virus, the virus that can cause mononucleosis and other serious diseases.
April 3, 2023
Michael Kappelman, MD, MPH, was the lead PI on the clinical trial, which followed nearly 300 children with Crohn’s to evaluate how their conditions changed in response to anti-TNF biologic treatments alone or in combination with a second immune suppressive medication.
March 28, 2023
Andrea Azcarate-Peril, PhD, discusses her research into the bacterial communities that live inside our guts and offers tips on how you can maintain a healthy microbiome.
December 21, 2022
Evan Dellon, MD, MPH, a professor in the Department of Medicine and director of the Center for Esophageal Diseases and Swallowing, co-leads effort to approve an allergy drug, dupilumab, for the treatment in adults and adolescents with eosinophilic esophagitis.
April 6, 2022
UNC’s Sasha Deutsch-Link, MD, a fellow in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, is lead author of a study indicating that alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD) mortality increased from 2017-2020 and accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic in nearly all age groups. Andrew Moon, MD, MPH, is senior author.
February 17, 2022
UNC School of Medicine scientists led by Scott Magness, PhD, sequenced the genes expressed in individual single cells from human digestive tracts to discover new cell-type characteristics and gain insights into important cell functions such as nutrient absorption and immune defense.
December 15, 2021
Anne Peery, MD, MSCR, associate professor in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, is the corresponding author of a new article, "Burden and Cost of Gastrointestinal, Liver and Pancreatic Diseases in the United States: Update 2021," published October 19 in Gastroenterology.
December 7, 2021
Throughout his many years as a teacher and a church music director, Skip Morris touched the lives of many in his community. It is then no surprise the outpouring of support he received during his battle with necrotizing pancreatitis and the complicated recovery following surgery at UNC Health.
September 8, 2021
Jonathan Stem, MD, joins the UNC Department of Surgery as an assistant professor in the division of gastrointestinal surgery. He sat down to discuss what inspired him to become a doctor, forming bonds with his patients, and the advice he gives to all of his trainees.
July 14, 2021
The American College of Gastroenterology announces new co-editors-in-chief Jasmohan Bajaj, MD, of Virginia Commonwealth University, and Millie Long, MD, MPH, of the UNC School of Medicine, starting in 2022.
June 23, 2021
Edward L. Barnes, MD, MPH, assistant professor in the UNC Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, is lead author of a new manuscript published online ahead of print in the Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology. Millie D. Long, MD, MPH, associate professor in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, is the manuscript's senior author.
March 19, 2021
The article explores the clinical epidemiology and basic/translational issues of COVID-19 in patients with liver disease.