A Charlotte baby became the first at UNC Medical Center in Chapel Hill, N.C. to receive a breakthrough gene therapy treatment for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), after his condition was…
Neurology, News, Pediatrics And Children's Health, School of Medicine, Vital Signs
David Peden, MD, past president of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, will serve as the academy’s first editor-in-chief of The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: Global.
Joseph Piven, MD, director of the Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities, was named as one of 22 public members of this federal committee that coordinates activities and provides advice to…
Awards, Rankings and Recognitions, News, Pediatrics And Children's Health, Psychiatry And Mental Health
Stephanie Schwartz, MD, and Tracie Walker, MD, in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, published in the New England Journal of Medicine: “Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children – Initial Therapy and Outcomes.”
Clinical Research, Covid-19 / Coronavirus, Pediatrics And Children's Health, Vital Signs
UNC Children’s is nationally ranked in seven subspecialties, two in the top 25.
Awards, Rankings and Recognitions, News, Pediatrics And Children's Health
Martha Perry, MD, associate professor in the UNC Department of Pediatrics was accepted to the Advanced Improvement Methods (AIM) program to help build a broader and deeper understanding of quality…
Workshop presented by the UNC Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Services and Greensboro AHEC to provide healthcare professionals with the knowledge they can use to provide more informed and…
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Education, Faculty, Neurology, Occupational Therapy, Pediatrics And Children's Health, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Physical Therapy, Rehabilitation Services
Project Alive, a non-profit organization dedicated to finding a cure for Hunter syndrome, has surpassed its goal of raising $2.5 million dollars for a gene therapy clinical trial to be…
Department of Pediatrics is pleased to announce that Edwin Kim, MD, has been chosen to serve as the next Chief for the Division of Allergy and Immunology. He will start…
Announcements, Pediatrics And Children's Health, Vital Signs
Colin Orr, MD, has been selected to join the Continuity Research Network (CORNET) Executive Committee as the Region 4 Research Chair. CORNET is the national research network of the Academic…
In search of factors that increase vulnerability to the novel coronavirus, UNC Children’s Hospital providers, Tracie Walker, MD, and Stephanie Schwartz, MD, capture real-time data on children and youth hospitalized…
Covid-19 / Coronavirus, Pediatrics And Children's Health, Research, UNC Health, Vital Signs
Samantha Schilling, MD, MSHP awarded Research Project Grant (R01) “Child-Adult Relationship Enhancement in Primary Care: Effectiveness Trial of a Primary Care Based Parenting Intervention to Prevent Child Maltreatment.”
Starting in February 2021, a new collaborative initiative between the UNC Institute for the Environment, the Curriculum in Toxicology and Environmental Medicine in the UNC School of Medicine, and the…
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Education, Pediatrics And Children's Health, Toxicology
Meghan E. Rebuli, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, and her team with the Center for Environmental Medicine, Asthma and Lung Biology, had their publication, “Electronic-cigarette use alters nasal mucosal immune…
Immunology And Microbiology, Pediatrics And Children's Health, Pulmonology, Toxicology
At the Improving Pediatric Sepsis Outcomes (IPSO) National Workshop, December 10-11, 2020, UNC Children’s Hospital was recognized for demonstrating important improvements in outcomes for key sepsis measures.
Infection Prevention, Pediatrics And Children's Health, UNC Health, Vital Signs
Congratulations to Dr. Kenya McNeal-Trice on receiving the prestigious 2021 Distinguished Teaching Award for Post-Baccalaureate Instruction. The University Committee on Teaching Awards was greatly impressed by her exemplary excellence in…
Awards, Rankings and Recognitions, Education, Pediatrics And Children's Health, Vital Signs
James S. Hagood, MD, has been named among 55 child-health leaders across the United States as one of American Pediatric Society’s (APS) newest members for 2021. APS members include individuals…
Announcements, News, Pediatrics And Children's Health, School of Medicine, UNC Health
Congratulation to Michelle Hernandez, MD, associate professor in the UNC Department of Pediatrics, on being elected Secretary of the Environmental & Occupational Respiratory Diseases (EORD) Interest Section of the American…
Announcements, Pediatrics And Children's Health, Vital Signs
This study looks at stress due to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic among parents of children with and without chronic conditions across the U.S.
Covid-19 / Coronavirus, Pediatrics And Children's Health, Research, Vital Signs
UNC Speech and Hearing Sciences faculty member, Brenda Mitchell, recently published and released her first children’s book titled, “Anthony’s Adventures: Already a Winner.”
Allied Health Sciences, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Education, Pediatrics And Children's Health, Social Medicine, Vital Signs
