November 20, 2024
Newsworthy from the School of Medicine, Week of November 15 – November 21
The below clickable headlines link directly to outside media outlets, which featured UNC School of Medicine faculty starting Friday, November 15, 2024.
Category: News
November 20, 2024
Kappelman Leads Landmark Study Revealing That 100,000 American Youth Are Living with Inflammatory Bowel Disease
A comprehensive analysis published in the journal Gastroenterology and led by Michael D. Kappelman, MD, MPH, at the UNC School of Medicine, reveals that U.S. pediatric IBD rates have increased, ranking among the highest globally.
November 14, 2024
Newsworthy from the School of Medicine, Week of November 8 – November 14
The below clickable headlines link directly to outside media outlets, which featured UNC School of Medicine faculty starting Friday, November 8, 2024.
November 13, 2024
Latest Grant Awards to SOM Faculty
The following is a list of new grants awarded to SOM faculty with project start dates in October of 2024 (the awards listed have a total award amount greater than $100,000):
November 7, 2024
Five Questions with Spencer Sullivan
Helping people with musculoskeletal problems reduce their pain and live a better life full of mobility is a professional goal that UNC School of Medicine 4th-year student Spencer Sullivan is pursuing. Originally from Franklin, Indiana, he shares more about pivotal moments that led him to want to pursue a career in orthopedics.
November 6, 2024
Newsworthy from the School of Medicine, Week of November 1 – November 7
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November 5, 2024
Kim Receives $1-Million Grant for Novel Multi-nut Allergy Treatment Study
Edwin Kim, MD MS, director of the UNC Food Allergy Initiative at the UNC School of Medicine, will lead the first study of sublingual immunotherapy to address the feasibility and safety of treating multiple tree nut allergens simultaneously in children.
November 4, 2024
Four UNC Health hospitals named to “America’s Best-in-State Hospitals 2025” list
Only 16 hospitals in the state of North Carolina are included in this year’s “America’s Best-in-State Hospitals” list.
November 4, 2024
New Study Finds Obesity Can Be Prevented in Very Young Children
A large study co-led by Kori Flower, MD, MS, MPH, division chief of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine at the UNC School of Medicine demonstrates that combining text messaging with in-person clinic counseling reduces obesity in the first two years of life. Samantha Schilling, MD, MSHP, associate professor in the Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine at UNC, was also a co-investigator in the study.
October 31, 2024
Reuniting 22 years Later. The Power of Kidney Donation
Two decades ago, an incredible connection began with UNC Health’s first living non-directed kidney donation from a UNC Health nurse to a woman in need of a kidney transplant. 63-year-old Chapel Hill resident Anne Kelly and 69-year-old Clayton resident Debra Norris share their unique story of selflessness and gratitude and an instant unbreakable bond through one kidney.
October 30, 2024
Newsworthy from the School of Medicine, Week of October 25 – October 31
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October 30, 2024
UNC Children’s Opens Muenzer MPS Center in Chapel Hill
UNC Children's has opened the Muenzer MPS Research and Treatment Center dedicated to improving the lives of patients with mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS), a group of rare inherited conditions, and advancing research with the goal of creating better therapies.