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…
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…
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…
The below clickable headlines link directly to outside media outlets, which featured UNC School of Medicine faculty during the past week, starting Friday March 18, 2022.
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
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
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
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…
The Research Advisory Council is accepting applications for two research pilot awards – one for health equity research, and another for clinical research. Submissions are due Feb. 11, 2022.
AdvanTx would like to distribute two external corporate collaboration opportunities for faculty – The Johnson and Johnson Quickfire Challenge for immune-mediated diseases and a Beta-Propellor Proteins Discovery Opportunity.
Biochemistry, Immunology And Microbiology, Pharmacology, Vital Signs
The Best Hospitals for Maternity ratings are determined by a U.S. News & World Report analysis of submitted and other objective data. In order to be recognized among the Best…
Announcements, Awards, Rankings and Recognitions, News, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Family Medicine assistant professor Venus Standard’s Alliance for Black Doulas for Black Mamas (ABDBM) was recently awarded a $525,000 grant from The Duke Endowment for Black doula training to decrease…
Awards, Rankings and Recognitions, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Family Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vital Signs, Women's Health
Enders began her new role on Nov. 15.
Led by Ben Philpot, PhD, and Matt Judson, PhD, the new therapy was generally well-tolerated and prevented key signs of the condition in animal models.
At ten years old, Jahliah Parker likes to have fun with her siblings, play on her Nintendo Switch, and, along with thousands of other children across the country during the…
The Women’s Health Multidisciplinary Consortium (WHMC), a new initiative focused on creating a unified, multidisciplinary community with a vested interest in advancing the health of women and training the next generation,…
A study in Lancet Global Health led by UNC School of Medicine’s Peyton Thompson, MD, MSCR and Jonathan Parr, MD, MPH showed the feasibility and acceptance of hepatitis B virus…
Neeta L. Vora, MD, Associate Professor and Director of Reproductive Genetics in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, has been awarded $3.4 million for a Research Project Grant (R01) from…
Obstetrics and Gynecology, Research, School of Medicine, Women's Health
Mountain Area Health Education Center, Jeffery Heck, MD, has announced his retirement as CEO of the Asheville-based academic health center and safety net provider.
Jennifer Tang, MD, and Rachel Urrutia, MD, of the UNC School of Medicine will co-lead a state-wide effort to reduce racial disparities and improve outcomes in maternal care through data…
