May 6, 2021
Taking a Risk: Restarting Maternity Care at UNC Chatham
Chatham Hospital is delivering babies for the first time in 28 years and revitalizing health care in rural North Carolina. Watch the videos from NC Healthcare Association.
May 6, 2021
Chatham Hospital is delivering babies for the first time in 28 years and revitalizing health care in rural North Carolina. Watch the videos from NC Healthcare Association.
March 2, 2021
Kathy Higgins, MS, CNM, will be inducted as a Fellow in the American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) in May of this year.
December 1, 2020
Andrea Knittel, MD, PhD, FACOG, has been appointed as a Women’s Reproductive Health Research (WRHR) Scholar. Her work will focus on the health of women involved with the criminal justice system.
October 28, 2020
After 15 years with the department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Jeff Arscott is retiring effective Nov. 1, 2020. Arscott has served in the role of Vice Chair for Administration since January of 2019.
September 24, 2020
Before the new maternity center at UNC Chatham Hospital opened, some expecting couples had to travel an hour or more to deliver their babies.
July 14, 2020
UNC Lineberger researchers led by Victoria Bae-Jump, MD, PhD, launched a major initiative to track 1,000 women across North Carolina with cancer in the lining of the uterus to understand why the cancer is increasing in incidence and mortality, and why the disease is more deadly for some women than others.
July 8, 2020
Jasmine Johnson, MD, third-year Maternal-Fetal Medicine fellow and clinical instructor in the UNC Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, dedicates her research efforts on Black maternal health disparities and quality improvement efforts to reduce maternal mortality and morbidity.
June 19, 2020
Elizabeth Coviello, DO, and William Goodnight, MD, co-led a team approach to overcome a complex medical condition and help UNC OBGYN patient Ashley Long deliver two healthy babies during the COVID-19 pandemic
May 1, 2020
Andrea Knittel, MD, PhD, won the James W. Woods Junior Faculty Award for her research on women’s health and the criminal justice system.
November 21, 2019
Genevieve S. Neal-Perry, MD, PhD, has been named Chair of the UNC School of Medicine Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, effective April 15, 2020.
November 7, 2019
The Office of Faculty Affairs and Leadership Development has appointed Drs. Wanda Nicholson and Silvia Ramos to lead the Association of Professional Women in Medical Sciences (APWIMS). Click to learn more about their vision for the organization and upcoming year.
November 5, 2019
UNC School of Medicine researchers are the first to show in animal models that components of marijuana, including its cannabinoids THC and CBD, can cause brain and facial birth defects if used during the first trimester of pregnancy.