Newsworthy from the School of Medicine, Week of Feb 17 – Feb 23
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Single Dose of Azithromycin Reduces Maternal Sepsis or Death
A UAB-UNC School of Medicine collaboration found that a single oral dose of the common antibiotic azithromycin reduced the risk of maternal sepsis or death by 33 percent in women…
News, Pediatrics And Children's Health, School of Medicine, Vital Signs
UNC Team Partnering to Navigate Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Narges Farahi, MD, MPH, of UNC Family Medicine is PI for a grant to develop and test a holistic polycystic ovary syndrome management program within a federally qualified health center….
Faculty, Family Medicine, News, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Primary Care, Research, Social Medicine, Vital Signs, Women's Health
Whole Community Connection Awards Rural Community-Academic Partnerships
WCC supports cohorts of leaders to advance health equity in rural North Carolina by increasing local power to focus on priorities by and at the community level and co-creating a…
Announcements, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Faculty, North Carolina, Research, School of Medicine, Social Medicine, Strategic Plan, UNC Health, Vital Signs
Newsworthy from the School of Medicine, Week of Jan 27 – Feb 2
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Newsworthy from the School of Medicine, Week of Jan 20 – Jan 26
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Newsworthy from the School of Medicine, Week of Jan 13 – Jan 19
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Menard and Team Receive $12.5M to Address Pregnancy-Related Hypertensive Emergencies, Reduce Maternal Morbidity and Mortality
In partnership with multiple community agencies across the Triangle, the UNC Center for Women’s Health Research has received funding—approximately $2.5 million per year for five years—from the National Institutes of…
Cardiology and Heart Health, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women's Health
Newsworthy from the School of Medicine, Week of July 15 – July 21
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UNC, N.C. A&T Team to Lead Project to Address Social Determinants of Health in Women of Color
As part of the American Heart Association’s pledge to address social determinants of health in women of color, Alison Stuebe, MD, and her team of researchers received a $2.4-million grant…
Announcements, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, News, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Research, School of Medicine
Family Medicine Residency Graduates Inaugural Class from Siler City Track
UNC Family Medicine is celebrating the first graduates from its Federally Qualified Health Center Rural Health Track at Siler City. Morgan Layman, MD, Naeemah Munir, MD, MPH, and Emily Samson,…
Announcements, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Education, Family Medicine, News, North Carolina, Primary Care, School of Medicine, UNC Health, Vital Signs
Newsworthy from the School of Medicine, Week of June 10 – June 16
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Mother and Daughter Nurses Make Their Mark, Spread Message of Diversity At UNC Medical Center
The story of Honey Mone’t Jones, an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner in the MICU at UNC Medical Center, and her mother, Venus Standard, a Certified Nurse Midwife, and current Assistant…
Scientists Detect Common Fungicide in Pregnant Women and Children
UNC-Chapel Hill scientists led by Mark Zylka, PhD, found measurable levels of a biomarker for azoxystrobin in pregnant women and young kids, and investigated the fungicide’s ability to pass from…
Study Shows Treating Preexisting High Blood Pressure in Pregnancy Improves Maternal, Fetal Outcomes
Kim Boggess, MD, is the co-author of a New England Journal of Medicine paper detailing important maternal and fetal health findings as part of the largest-ever clinical trial on hypertension…
Newsworthy from the School of Medicine, Week of March 18 – March 24
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MFMU Trial Finds Association Between SARS‑CoV‑2 Infection and Maternal Mortality or Serious Morbidity
A UNC Maternal-Fetal Medicine Network trial has shown that, among pregnant and postpartum individuals, SARS-CoV-2 infection was associated with increased risk of maternal mortality or serious morbidity from obstetric complications.
Clinical Research, Covid-19 / Coronavirus, Infectious Diseases, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women's Health
Chi Named Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Vice Chair for Research and Innovation
Benjamin Chi, MD, is Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has been named Vice Chair for…
Announcements, Faculty, Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Vital Signs
Fernandez and Corbie-Smith author book highlighting vital role of community based change in achieving health equity
Co-edited by Claudia S.P. Fernandez, DrPH, and Giselle Corbie-Smith, MD, healthcare experts from nurses to social workers present a way forward which shifts away from our fragmented and often judgmental…
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Education, Events, Research, School of Medicine, Social Medicine, Vital Signs
Menard named to Advisory Committee on Infant and Maternal Mortality
Kate Menard, MD, MPH, Upjohn Distinguished Professor of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, has been named to the Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Infant and Maternal Mortality (ACIMM) by Secretary of Health and Human…
