January 31, 2024
In this new Vital Signs series, we feature graduate student Aleah Bailey in the Jaspers lab. Ignited by a longtime passion for environmental justice, Bailey seeks to assess how stress and sociodemographic factors affect systemic immune responses to wildfire smoke exposure.
July 19, 2023
Ilona Jaspers, PhD, director of the UNC Center for Environmental Medicine, Asthma, and Lung Biology, co-authored a study with colleagues from the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on possible effects of wildfire smoke in-utero or in the first weeks of life.
January 31, 2022
The UNC Center for Environmental Medicine, Asthma, and Lung Biology, led by Ilona Jaspers, PhD, was awarded an EPA cooperative agreement for $4.5 million over three years.
February 3, 2021
Starting in February 2021, a new collaborative initiative between the UNC Institute for the Environment, the Curriculum in Toxicology and Environmental Medicine in the UNC School of Medicine, and the Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences at North Carolina Central University (NCCU), will provide research opportunities for diverse undergraduates through a new program called the 21st Century Environmental Health Scholars (21EH Scholars).
February 3, 2021
Meghan E. Rebuli, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, and her team with the Center for Environmental Medicine, Asthma and Lung Biology, had their publication, "Electronic-cigarette use alters nasal mucosal immune response to live-attenuated influenza virus. A clinical trial." named Extramural Paper of the Month for February 2021 by the NIEHS Environmental Factor.
September 11, 2019
The Conversation, a nonprofit international news organization featuring academics who want to write for a general audience, posted an article written by Ilona Jaspers, PhD, toxicologist and professor of pediatrics and microbiology & immunology.