January 3, 2023
Meghan Rebuli, PhD, an assistant professor of pediatrics in the UNC School of Medicine and member of the Center for Environmental Medicine, Asthma, and Lung Biology, shares new findings and recommendations from an expert-led workshop.
November 16, 2022
11-year-old Izzy Dixon is sharing her story on how she is managing her Type 1 diabetes at a young age. Hear her story and how experts at UNC Children's guided her on her journey to wellness.
October 31, 2022
Benny Joyner, MD, MPH, spoke about the rise in hospitalizations due to RSV in the inaugural podcast for UNC Children's Hospital.
October 4, 2022
After being diagnosed with severe dilated cardiomyopathy, a 5-month-old infant from Brunswick County was facing an uncertain future. However, she was able to beat the odds after becoming UNC Children’s very first Berlin Heart EXCOR™ left ventricular assist device recipient – bridging her to a new heart just 11 days before her first birthday.
September 6, 2022
The UNC Department of Psychiatry seeks female teens with depression, suicidal thoughts, or thoughts of self harm for a study seeking to understand the influence of the menstrual cycle and associated hormones on female teens' stress responses and mood systems.
August 9, 2022
Lisa Park, AuD, has been named the first division chief of the Children’s Cochlear Implant Center within the Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery.
August 9, 2022
The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation awarded more than $7.9 million in grants to 16 early-career physician scientists, including two from the UNC School of Medicine – Andrea Knittel, MD, PhD and Peyton Thompson, MD.
June 17, 2022
Emily Vander Schaaf, MD, MPH, assistant professor of pediatrics in the Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, was recently accepted into the 2022 class of the BRIDGES Academic Leadership for Women program. Vander Schaaf will join 35 individuals from varied higher education institutions across North Carolina who comprise the 2022 class.
June 14, 2022
Lauren Frazer, MD, PhD, was recently awarded an Early Career Award by the Thrasher Research Fund.
June 10, 2022
Kenya McNeal-Trice, MD, Professor of Pediatrics and Vice Chair of Education in the UNC Department of Pediatrics, was recently selected to join the 2022-2023 AAMC Council of Deans Fellowship Program.
June 2, 2022
The Teen Cycle Study aims to understand how stress impacts adolescent girls’ lives and well-being.
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.