Scientists Create Model to Make MRI More Accurate, Reliable
The new model, developed by Li Wang, PhD, associate professor of radiology in the UNC School of Medicine, can produce more accurate and reliable analysis of brain structures, which is…
UNC Researchers to Accelerate Mapping of Cells Crucial to Child Respiratory Health and Disease
A research project co-led by James Hagood, MD, professor of pediatrics at the UNC School of Medicine, and colleagues will be supported in creating an atlas of the cells and…
News, Otolaryngology And Ear, Nose Throat, Pediatrics And Children's Health, Research
UNC Scientists Discover New Details of Gene Regulation
A research team led by Daniel McKay, PhD, associate professor in the Departments of Biology and Genetics, has identified a key focal point in the biological processes that control cell…
Scientists Implicate a Novel Cellular Protein in Hepatitis A Infection
A collaboration between Stanley M. Lemon, MD, and fellow infectious diseases colleagues at the UNC School of Medicine has unveiled a crucial role for a protein called PDAP1 in hepatitis…
Cancer, Immunology And Microbiology, Infectious Diseases, News, Research, Virology
Kappelman Leads Landmark Study Revealing That 100,000 American Youth Are Living with Inflammatory Bowel Disease
A comprehensive analysis published in the journal Gastroenterology and led by Michael D. Kappelman, MD, MPH, at the UNC School of Medicine, reveals that U.S. pediatric IBD rates have increased,…
News, Pediatrics And Children's Health, Research, Vital Signs
Kim Receives $1-Million Grant for Novel Multi-nut Allergy Treatment Study
Edwin Kim, MD MS, director of the UNC Food Allergy Initiative at the UNC School of Medicine, will lead the first study of sublingual immunotherapy to address the feasibility and…
Announcements, News, Pediatrics And Children's Health, School of Medicine, Vital Signs
New Study Finds Obesity Can Be Prevented in Very Young Children
A large study co-led by Kori Flower, MD, MS, MPH, division chief of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine at the UNC School of Medicine demonstrates that combining text messaging with…
Let Sleeping Babies Lie: Scientists Highlight Negative Impacts of Sleep Disruption on Early Brain Development
The lab of Graham Diering, PhD, assistant professor of cell biology and physiology at the UNC School of Medicine, shows how sleep loss during early life impacts key aspects of…
A New Therapy to Prevent or Delay Type 1 Diabetes Now Available at UNC Children’s Hospital
Nina Jain, MD, MBA, professor of pediatric endocrinology, and Ali Calikoglu, MD, retired professor of pediatrics, both at the UNC School of Medicine, played a pivotal role in getting this…
Are Biologics the Future of Food Allergy Treatment? One Study Weighs Pros and Cons
Publishing in Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, UNC School of Medicine researchers delve into the perspectives of community and academic providers on the role of biologics and food allergy….
News, Pediatrics And Children's Health, Research, School of Medicine, Vital Signs
Researchers Identify New Protein Pathway, Biological Function Important for Cell Migration, Cancer Metastasis
A new study from the lab of Pengda Liu, PhD, associate professor of biochemistry and biophysics, has identified a new biological function of 2’3’-cGAMP in the control of cell migration…
UNC School of Medicine, BioXcel Therapeutics Team Up to Tackle Acute Stress Disorder
U.S. Department of Defense awarded $2.8 million to UNC Institute for Trauma Recovery researchers led by Samuel McLean, MD, to test the safety and efficacy of BXCL501 – sublingual dexmedetomidine…
Clinical Research, Emergency Medicine, News, Psychiatry And Mental Health
UNC School of Medicine Researchers Take on Chronic Skin Condition
Chris Sayed, MD, professor of dermatology, Yun Li, PhD, professor of genetics and biostatistics, and Karen Mohlke, PhD, professor of genetics, were awarded $2.3 million from the National Institute of…
Researchers Create New System to Decode Genetic Risk for Psychiatric Disorders
The lab of Jason Stein, PhD, associate professor of genetics and member of the UNC Neuroscience Center, has created a controlled model system that could help researchers identify the context-dependent…
UNC Researchers Take on Suicide Risk in Preteen Girls
The National Institutes of Mental Health awarded a $2.5-million grant to UNC School of Medicine researchers Adam Bryant Miller, PhD, and Andrea Pelletier-Baldelli, PhD, in the UNC Department of Psychiatry,…
Small RNA Molecule Discovered to Have Role in Driving Aging
UNC School of Medicine researchers Mohanish Deshmukh, PhD, professor of cell biology and physiology, and Praveen Sethupathy, PhD, a former professor of genetics and current chair of Biomedical Sciences at…
Personalized Brain Stimulation Significantly Decreases Depression Symptoms
In a small pilot study, UNC School of Medicine researchers led by Flavio Frohlich, PhD, used a new closed-loop system to measure the electrical brain patterns of individual patients and…
Researchers Highlight Need for Published Validation Data as Artificial Intelligence is Thrust into Patient Care
Through an analysis of 500+ FDA-authorized AI medical devices, Sammy Chouffani El Fassi, a MD candidate at the UNC School of Medicine and researcher at Duke Heart Center, and Gail…
Researchers Find E-Cigarette Use Disrupts Nasal Microbiome
A new study led by Elise Hickman, PhD, and Ilona Jaspers, PhD, director of the UNC Center for Environmental Medicine, Asthma, and Lung Biology at the UNC School of Medicine,…
Immunology And Microbiology, News, Pediatrics And Children's Health, Research
UNC Hospitals, UNC Health Rex and UNC Health Pardee Earn Top 5-Star Hospital Ratings from CMS for Quality of Care and Safety
Only 14 hospitals in North Carolina received five stars. CMS star ratings are a comprehensive way to measure hospital quality and safety.
