May 4, 2022
UNC Children's renamed its hematology/oncology clinic The Reelin' for Research Pediatric Hematology Oncology Clinic in honor of the organization that donated $800,000 this week and more than $5 million since 2009, all to fund cancer research at UNC Children's.
May 2, 2022
Kenya McNeal-Trice, MD, was recently awarded the 2022 Teaching Award for Mid-Career Faculty by the Academic Pediatric Association.
April 29, 2022
James S. Hagood, MD, professor in the UNC Department of Pediatrics and Director of the Program for Rare and Interstitial Lung Disease of the UNC Children’s Research Institute and Marsico Lung Institute, has been selected as a Harrington Scholar-Innovator for his work on a therapeutic Strategy for pulmonary fibrosis.
April 19, 2022
Matthew Vogt, MD, PhD, and Michelle Hernandez, MD, initiate pandemic preparedness study focused on children with NIAID Vaccine Research Center.
April 19, 2022
Kori B. Flower, MD, MPH, has been appointed as the Chief for the Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine within the Department of Pediatrics.
April 14, 2022
The study outlines the main drivers of parent hesitancy as perceived safety and efficacy of the vaccines and lower severity of illness in children. Many vaccine-hesitant parents may be open to vaccination in the future and welcome additional discussion and data, the researchers found.
April 8, 2022
One applicant is allowed from each school and the UNC School of Medicine Office of Research is soliciting pre-applications from School of Medicine faculty within seven years of their terminal degree or seven years from the completion of residency.
March 30, 2022
Molly Berkoff, MD, MPH, was instrumental in developing the recently released plan to address the crisis of children with complex behavioral health needs who come into the care of child welfare services.
March 30, 2022
UNC-Chapel Hill scientists led by Camille Ehre, PhD, show how cells packed with SARS-CoV-2 detach from the upper airway and spread deep into lungs where severe COVID can take root. They also discovered how an asthmatic reaction to allergens battles the virus to hold severe COVID at bay.
March 24, 2022
Matthew Vogt, MD, PhD, was awarded an R01 from NIAID to generate new monoclonal antibodies in hopes of informing pan-enterovirus vaccines.
March 21, 2022
Super Steward Awards recognize colleagues’ meaningful contributions to support the appropriate and effective use of antimicrobials at UNC Medical Center.
March 9, 2022
Black and Latinx patients who used an inhaled glucocorticoid as needed along with usual care had improved asthma outcomes, according to results from a PREPARE, PeRson EmPowered Asthma RElief, trial. Michelle Hernandez, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, was the UNC School of Medicine principal investigator and worked with the study lead, Elliot Israel, MD, at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, to design the trial.