June 17, 2024
Oberlander Edits Special Issue on Polarization, Partisanship and Health
In the lead essay, Oberlander argues that partisan divisions between Democrats and Republicans are reshaping U.S. health politics.
Category: Vital Signs
June 11, 2024
Lyerly Is Lead Author of Article In The Hastings Center Report
Anne Drapkin Lyerly, MD, professor of Social Medicine and research professor in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the UNC School of Medicine, is lead author of "Beneath the Sword of Damocles: Moral Obligations of Physicians in a Post-Dobbs Landscape."
May 2, 2024
Floris-Moore to Deliver Norma Berryhill Distinguished Lecture
Michelle Floris-Moore, MD, MS, will deliver the lecture in honor of Adaora A. Adimora, MD, MPH on June 20.
April 24, 2024
UNC Addiction Medicine Program and CORE Community Partners Present at 2024 Addiction Medicine Conference
UNC Addiction Medicine Program and CORE NC presented on "Low Threshold MOUD: Partnering with Community to Expand Access" during the Morning Plenary at the 2024 Addiction Medicine Conference and shared new video on the Atlas Mobile Clinic community-campus partnership in Robeson County.
April 24, 2024
Detection of Missed Colorectal Cancer Remains Low for Most Diverticulitis Patients
Published in the Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology journal, a study led by Anne Peery, MD, and Walker Redd, MD in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, shows that the prevalence of colorectal cancer is low in most patients with diverticulitis. However, patients with complicated diverticulitis are the exception.
March 18, 2024
UNC Students and Faculty Release Report on Tobacco Use at Professional Golf Courses
In a research letter published in Nicotine & Tobacco Research, researchers Selena Kleber, Remi Philips, and corresponding author Adam Goldstein, MD, MPH, examined reports of tobacco sales, sponsorships, and policies at professional golf tournaments.
February 29, 2024
Five Questions with Elizabeth Minor
In this new Vital Signs series, we feature graduate student Elizabeth Minor in the Ehre lab. Inspired by an immunology and cancer immunotherapy class during her time at the University of Virginia, Minor now studies viral challenges like SARS-CoV-2 and cystic fibrosis at the prestigious Marsico Lung Institute/UNC Cystic Fibrosis Center.
February 14, 2024
Medicine & Matrimony: Med Student Couple Shares Importance of Relationship & Goals in Becoming Physicians
Spending four hours in the chemistry lab as lab partners at Wake Forest University was when it all started. This Valentine’s Day, Cy and Kandis Fogleman, 4th-year medical students at the UNC School of Medicine, share how their relationship blossomed as they learned about each other’s love for rural medicine, discovered shared values, and pursued their personal and career goals.
February 8, 2024
The Path of Escape: How Breast Tumor Cells Avoid Common Cancer Therapy
An interdisciplinary team of UNC-Chapel Hill researchers from computational medicine, genetics, biostatistics, and surgery investigated how cell cycle flexibility allows tumor cells to escape the effect of anti-cancer drugs that target cell division. UNC Lineberger members Jeremy Purvis, PhD, professor of genetics, and Phillip Spanheimer, MD, assistant professor of surgery, led this study.
February 7, 2024
Five Questions with Rachael Hamm
In this new Vital Signs series, we feature 4th-year medical student Rachael Hamm. From Conover, North Carolina, Rachael had a desire to practice medicine at a very early age. Her passions include pursuing emergency medicine after medical school.
February 5, 2024
Orr Co-Authors Article About U.S. Pediatric Subspecialty Workforce
The article is the first of a multi-part supplement that provides a rigorous analysis of the projected pediatric subspecialty workforce in the United States.
February 2, 2024
How Two Sisters Continue to Soar with Sickle Cell Disease
Sydney and Sheridan Taylor of Durham, North Carolina, have lived with this rare genetic disorder all of their lives. They and their mother, Helena, recount how far they have come since her daughters became patients at UNC Hospitals more than two decades ago and what more needs to be done during pain crises and emergency visits.