July 2, 2020
Moll Publishes Guidance for Unexplained Arterial Thromboembolism
Stephan Moll, MD, professor of medicine in the division of hematology, has published an article on the subject in Blood, the journal of the American Society of Hematology.
Category: Vital Signs
July 2, 2020
Doctor of Physical Therapy Alumna Ali Sherron ’16 (’19 DPT) Works with Patients with COVID-19 at UNC Rex Healthcare
Ali Sherron joined UNC REX Healthcare as a physical therapist in September 2019; six months into her role conducting inpatient care, Sherron began work on ICU and non-ICU floors treating patients who contracted the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
July 2, 2020
McCann, Hanson Proactively Supported Congregate Living Communities Early in the Pandemic, UNC Health Receives ‘Community Health Partnership Award’
In the early days of the pandemic, Meghan McCann, Laura Hanson, MD, MPH, and newly-formed community teams worked together to protect patients and staff in nursing homes and assisted-living communities. To recognize UNC Health’s long-term care guidance and response, the Chatham County Board of Health has awarded UNC Health its “Community Health Partnership Award.”
July 2, 2020
SECURE-IBD Provides Answers During Uncertain Times
The SECURE-IBD (Surveillance Epidemiology of Coronavirus Under Research Exclusion for Inflammatory Bowel Disease) database was designed by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Mount Sinai to answer questions that patients with IBD and their caregivers might have during these uncertain times. Written by Marla Broadfoot
July 2, 2020
Carolina Care Highlight – Dr. John Kizer
Our patient comment this week recognizes Dr. John Kizer in the Division of Geriatric Medicine in the Department of Medicine: "...he really knows how to listen and help me to sort out various dimensions of my medical situation. I've had many physicians through the years, and I do know Dr. Kizer is exceptional..."
July 2, 2020
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Reproductive Mood Disorders
Seeking qualified applicants for the 2020-21 academic year.
July 1, 2020
i2b2 and ACT – The ultimate demographic-counting advantage in research
i2b2 is a web application designed to improve your research experience. The North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences (NC TraCS) Institute offers a self-paced, online training program that introduces you to i2b2 and teaches you how to get the most out of the application.
June 30, 2020
Reaffirming Support
As our community continues vital conversations on race, we must also reaffirm our support for all underrepresented, LGBTQ, minoritized, and international student and scholar communities. Over the last few weeks, two Supreme Court decisions provided pivotal protections for DACA recipients as well as individuals who identify as LGBTQ.
June 25, 2020
Johnson Awarded Carolyn Jewell “Steel Magnolia” Scholarship
Elisabeth Johnson, PhD, NP, UNC Horizon's Director of Health Services, was selected as this year's recipient of the Carolyn Jewell “Steel Magnolia” Scholarship.
June 25, 2020
UNC Hospitals incorporate tele-antimicrobial stewardship approaches
In March, Carolina Antimicrobial Stewardship Program (CASP) Medical Director, Nikolaos Mavrogiorgos knew everyone would have to adapt to new realities. That’s when he and CASP’s Pharmacy Lead, Lindsay Daniels, put their heads together with the CASP team see how they might adapt interventions to the times, with more physicians and pharmacists doing at least some of their work from home, and those in the hospital with infectious diseases expertise being tapped for the hospitals’ COVID-19 response.
June 25, 2020
Semi-Private Room Reintroduction
The utilization of semi-private beds (aka Shared Suites) were suspended on Med/Surg & Psych areas as an Infection Prevention measure on April 4. Rehab continued to utilize their shared suits with additional careful patient selection criteria without complication. It is important to maximize our capacity to patients who need our care and who may have delayed seeking care over the last several months. PPE supplies have improved and New Universal Precautions have been put into place and thus the careful and cautious reintroduction of shared suites has been implemented.
June 25, 2020
Thank You For Keeping our Research Infrastructure Going
The School of Medicine Dean’s Office and Office of Research would like to thank the dedicated groups that have kept our research infrastructure active during the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic. Nothing we have accomplished together would have been possible without them.