Bianca A. Allison, MD, MPH, assistant professor of Pediatrics at the UNC School of Medicine, led a qualitative study showing that adolescents know and care about the changing legal landscape…
For more than 35 years, the Award has been given to the physician who best embodies Fuller’s commitment to patient care, teaching, and community.
Awards, Rankings and Recognitions, Faculty, News, Pediatrics And Children's Health
The study, called EPITOPE, led by senior author A. Wesley Burks, MD, CEO of UNC Health and dean of the UNC School of Medicine, and contributing author Edwin Kim, MD,…
News, Pediatrics And Children's Health, Research, School of Medicine, Vital Signs
The outbreak of Covid-19 presented many dangers for children, and a new study suggests increased illicit substance ingestions were among them. Lead study author Brittany Raffa, MD, clinical instructor in…
Covid-19 / Coronavirus, News, Pediatrics And Children's Health
Michael Kappelman, MD, MPH, was the lead PI on the clinical trial, which followed nearly 300 children with Crohn’s to evaluate how their conditions changed in response to anti-TNF biologic…
Gastrointestinal, Infectious Diseases, News, Pediatrics And Children's Health, Research
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…
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
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
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
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
Benny Joyner, MD, MPH, spoke about the rise in hospitalizations due to RSV in the inaugural podcast for UNC Children’s Hospital.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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…
