Category: Infectious Diseases
Boyce Discusses Coronavirus Antibody Tests On WRAL News
Ross Boyce, MD, MSc, assistant professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases, said there are many unknowns about COVID-19, the illness associated with the virus, and antibody testing. The article reports that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently ordered increased oversight of the hundreds of tests now on the market, some of which may provide unreliable re … Read more
Cohen Inducted Into Order of the Golden Fleece
Myron Cohen, MD, Yeargan-Bate Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Microbiology, and Immunology and Epidemiology and director of the UNC Institute for Global Health, joined Wesley Fowler, MD, associate dean for medical alumni affairs, as new inductees into the Order of the Golden Fleece, UNC’s oldest and most prestigious honor society. Read more here.
Wohl Addresses NC’s Partial Reopening on WRAL
David Wohl, MD, professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases, addresses a partial reopening in North Carolina in a WRAL interview. “This is a hard train to stop so we haven’t all been able to stay at home to stop the transmission completely, from person to person, but we’ve made great strides,” Wohl said. “I think it’s going to slow down, and peak, and then start … Read more
Weber Discusses Possibilities Of Second COVID Wave
David Weber, MD, MPH, medical director of hospital epidemiology (infection prevention), talked with ABC 11 News about new concerns for a second wave. The story reports that Weber “believes it’s not a question of when we’ll have more peaks but how big they are.” Weber, a professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases, says “we’re not going to know for two or maybe fo … Read more
Q&A With David Wohl on COVID-19 and HIV
David Wohl, MD, professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases, offered insight into the current pandemic based on what he witnessed during the Ebola epidemic in an interview with Test Positive Aware Network (TPAN)’s Positively Aware. “Right now, what holds for people living without HIV holds for people living with HIV,” Wohl said in the interview. “This includes k … Read more
Adimora Addresses Concern For the Effects of COVID-19 Among People Living With HIV
Ada Adimora, MD, MPH, the Sarah Graham Kenan Distinguished Professor of Medicine in the division of infectious diseases, expressed concern in an interview with Healio Infectious Disease News, about the lack of studies regarding the specific impact of effect of COVID-19 in people living with HIV (PLWH). “People with well-controlled HIV have an excellent prognosis from an HIV stand … Read more
Schranz Receives Grant from NIH National Institute on Drug Abuse
Asher Schranz, MD, MPH, assistant professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases, has received a grant from the NIH National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) for the project “Drug-use associated infective endocarditis: Post-hospitalization outcomes and patient treatment preferences.” Schranz’s research is broadly focused on the intersection of infectious diseases and … Read more
Novel Primary Care Model Promotes Lifelong Comprehensive Care for People Living with HIV
Shana Ratner, MD, associate professor in the division of general medicine, and section chief for education and clinical practice, announces a novel collaboration with the division of infectious diseases that includes a multidisciplinary primary care clinic to serve people living with HIV. The new model lays the groundwork for multidisciplinary care in advance of the move to Easto … Read more
Cohen Comments On Fauci and Birx As National COVID-19 Advisors
Myron Cohen, MD, professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases, has known NIH Director Anthony S. Fauci, MD, and Deborah Birx, MD, the White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator, since the 1980s, he told the Washington Post in a recent interview. Speaking on their partnership as scientists and public health officials, he emphasized that “the pair are too driven b … Read more
Wohl Discusses Testing Shortages With New York Post
David Wohl, MD, professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases, says the signs were clear in early February and that was the time to ramp up, in the New York Post article “Rich and famous get COVID-19 test but average people can’t.” Wohl expresses his concerns about “a serious lack of preparation and coordination” in overall response. Find the article here.
Department of Medicine Grants & Funding: March 1-March 31, 2020
Division of Hematology and Oncology Nigel Key, MD, ChB, CRCP, received a $180,000 grant for the “Evaluating the Mechanism of Emicizumab-related Thrombotic Microangiopathy.” Tracy L. Rose, MD MPH, received an NCI K08 grant for the project “Selective histone deacetylase inhibition with entinostat to enhance the anti-tumor immune response to immune checkpoint inhibition in urothelia … Read more
Weber Answers Coronavirus Questions on People’s Pharmacy
David Weber, MD, MPH, professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases, answered questions about COVID-19 on The People’s Pharmacy with Joe and Terry Graedon. He explained a cytokine storm and the immune reaction to the virus. He also discussed drugs being considered for treatment. The March 26 podcast can be accessed here.