Novel Peanut Allergy Treatment Shown to be Safe, Effective, and Lasting
A four-year clinical trial led by Edwin Kim, MD, at the UNC School of Medicine, has found that an increased dosage of a unique type of peanut allergy immunotherapy continues…
How a New Blood-Vessel-on-a-Chip Can Help Researchers Further Understand Vascular Malformations
A research team led by William Polacheck, PhD, at the UNC School of Medicine, has engineered a microfluidic model that mimics a rare genetic disorder affecting the structure of veins,…
Biology, News, Pediatrics And Children's Health, Research, Technology and Innovation
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 Researchers Tackle the E-cigarette or Vaping Product Use–associated Lung Injury (EVALI) Epidemic
Meghan Rebuli, PhD, an assistant professor of pediatrics in the UNC School of Medicine and member of the Center for Environmental Medicine, Asthma, and Lung Biology, shares new findings and…
News, Pediatrics And Children's Health, Pulmonology, Research
Living with Type 1 Diabetes: Izzy Shares Her Story
11-year-old Izzy Dixon is sharing her story on how she is managing her Type 1 diabetes at a young age. Hear her story and how experts at UNC Children’s guided…
Diabetes, News, Pediatrics And Children's Health, Vital Signs
UNC Children’s Hospital Launches Podcast Series
Benny Joyner, MD, MPH, spoke about the rise in hospitalizations due to RSV in the inaugural podcast for UNC Children’s Hospital.
A Bridge to Transplantation: Pediatric Patient is First at UNC Children’s to Become Berlin Heart Recipient
After being diagnosed with severe dilated cardiomyopathy, a 5-month-old infant from Brunswick County was facing an uncertain future. However, she was able to beat the odds after becoming UNC Children’s…
Cardiology and Heart Health, News, Pediatrics And Children's Health
UNC Psychiatry Seeking Participants for Study on Teen Menstrual Cycles, Stress
The UNC Department of Psychiatry seeks female teens with depression, suicidal thoughts, or thoughts of self harm for a study seeking to understand the influence of the menstrual cycle and…
Announcements, Depression, Family Medicine, Health Sciences, Pediatrics And Children's Health, Psychiatry And Mental Health, Research, School of Medicine, UNC Health, Wellness, Women's Health
Park Named First Division Chief of Children’s Cochlear Implant Center
Lisa Park, AuD, has been named the first division chief of the Children’s Cochlear Implant Center within the Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery.
Otolaryngology And Ear, Nose Throat, Pediatrics And Children's Health, School of Medicine, Vital Signs
Knittel, Thompson Receive Clinical Scientist Development Awards
The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation awarded more than $7.9 million in grants to 16 early-career physician scientists, including two from the UNC School of Medicine – Andrea Knittel, MD, PhD…
Awards, Rankings and Recognitions, Clinical Research, Infectious Diseases, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pediatrics And Children's Health, Research
Vander Schaaf Accepted into BRIDGES Program
Emily Vander Schaaf, MD, MPH, assistant professor of pediatrics in the Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, was recently accepted into the 2022 class of the BRIDGES Academic Leadership…
Faculty, Pediatrics And Children's Health, School of Medicine, Vital Signs
Frazer Awarded Thrasher Early Career Award
Lauren Frazer, MD, PhD, was recently awarded an Early Career Award by the Thrasher Research Fund.
Awards, Rankings and Recognitions, Pediatrics And Children's Health, Research, Vital Signs
McNeal-Trice Selected by AAMC for COD Fellowship Program
Kenya McNeal-Trice, MD, Professor of Pediatrics and Vice Chair of Education in the UNC Department of Pediatrics, was recently selected to join the 2022-2023 AAMC Council of Deans Fellowship Program.
Announcements, Faculty, Pediatrics And Children's Health, School of Medicine, Vital Signs
UNC Psychiatry Seeking Participants for Study on Teen Menstrual Cycles, Stress
The Teen Cycle Study aims to understand how stress impacts adolescent girls’ lives and well-being.
Depression, Pediatrics And Children's Health, Psychiatry And Mental Health, Research, School of Medicine
UNC Children’s Renames Pediatric Cancer Clinic to Honor Longtime Donors
UNC Children’s renamed its hematology/oncology clinic The Reelin’ for Research Pediatric Hematology Oncology Clinic in honor of the organization that donated $800,000 this week and more than $5 million since…
McNeal-Trice Awarded 2022 APA Teaching Award for Mid-Career Faculty
Kenya McNeal-Trice, MD, was recently awarded the 2022 Teaching Award for Mid-Career Faculty by the Academic Pediatric Association.
Awards, Rankings and Recognitions, Education, Pediatrics And Children's Health, School of Medicine, Vital Signs
Hagood Awarded Grant from Harrington Discovery Institute
James S. Hagood, MD, professor in the UNC Department of Pediatrics and Director of the Program for Rare and Interstitial Lung Disease of the UNC Children’s Research Institute and Marsico…
Announcements, Awards, Rankings and Recognitions, Pediatrics And Children's Health, Pulmonology, Vital Signs
PREMISE Study Enrolling Children to Prevent Next Pandemic, Focused on Virus Infection that Paralyzes like Polio
Matthew Vogt, MD, PhD, and Michelle Hernandez, MD, initiate pandemic preparedness study focused on children with NIAID Vaccine Research Center.
Flower Appointed Chief of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
Kori B. Flower, MD, MPH, has been appointed as the Chief for the Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine within the Department of Pediatrics.
Faculty, Pediatrics And Children's Health, School of Medicine, Vital Signs
New Study Examines Parent Hesitancy Toward COVID-19 Vaccines for Children
The study outlines the main drivers of parent hesitancy as perceived safety and efficacy of the vaccines and lower severity of illness in children. Many vaccine-hesitant parents may be open…
Covid-19 / Coronavirus, Pediatrics And Children's Health, Research, Vital Signs
