Pediatrics And Children's Health Archives

A Charlotte baby became the first at UNC Medical Center in Chapel Hill, N.C. to receive a breakthrough gene therapy treatment for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), after his condition was discovered through the Early Check newborn screening pilot study.

David Peden, MD, past president of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, will serve as the academy’s first editor-in-chief of The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: Global.

Joseph Piven, MD, director of the Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities, was named as one of 22 public members of this federal committee that coordinates activities and provides advice to national leaders and administrators.

Stephanie Schwartz, MD, and Tracie Walker, MD, in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, published in the New England Journal of Medicine: "Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children - Initial Therapy and Outcomes."

UNC Children’s is nationally ranked in seven subspecialties, two in the top 25.

Martha Perry, MD, associate professor in the UNC Department of Pediatrics was accepted to the Advanced Improvement Methods (AIM) program to help build a broader and deeper understanding of quality improvement, biostatistics, and planned experimentation.

Workshop presented by the UNC Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Services and Greensboro AHEC to provide healthcare professionals with the knowledge they can use to provide more informed and effective person-centered care for persons with disabilities.

Project Alive, a non-profit organization dedicated to finding a cure for Hunter syndrome, has surpassed its goal of raising $2.5 million dollars for a gene therapy clinical trial to be led by UNC School of Medicine researcher Joseph Muenzer, MD, PhD.

Department of Pediatrics is pleased to announce that Edwin Kim, MD, has been chosen to serve as the next Chief for the Division of Allergy and Immunology. He will start in the role on July 1st, 2021.

Colin Orr, MD, has been selected to join the Continuity Research Network (CORNET) Executive Committee as the Region 4 Research Chair. CORNET is the national research network of the Academic Pediatric Association.

In search of factors that increase vulnerability to the novel coronavirus, UNC Children’s Hospital providers, Tracie Walker, MD, and Stephanie Schwartz, MD, capture real-time data on children and youth hospitalized with COVID-19.

Samantha Schilling, MD, MSHP awarded Research Project Grant (R01) "Child-Adult Relationship Enhancement in Primary Care: Effectiveness Trial of a Primary Care Based Parenting Intervention to Prevent Child Maltreatment."

Category: Pediatrics And Children’s Health

Baby First at UNC to Receive Gene Therapy for SMA, Thanks to Early Check Newborn Screening

Peden Named Inaugural Editor-in-Chief of New AAAAI journal

Piven Appointed to Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee

Schwarts, Walker publish NEJM article on COVID-related Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome

UNC Children’s Named to U.S. News’ “Best Children’s Hospitals” for 13th Straight Year

Perry Accepted in AIM Program

Psychosocial and Cultural Aspects of Disability: A Training Workshop for Health Professionals

Community Rallies to Raise $2.5 Million for Gene Therapy Trial at UNC

Edwin Kim Named Chief of Pediatric Division of Allergy/Immunology

Orr Selected as Continuity Research Network (CORNET) Executive Committee Member

UNC Children’s Hospital in JAMA as part of National COVID Study

Schilling Awarded NIH grant: “Child-Adult Relationship Enhancement in Primary Care: Effectiveness Trial of a Primary Care Based Parenting Intervention to Prevent Child Maltreatment.”