In 2015, there were 212 million malaria cases worldwide, with the majority of deaths occurring in sub-Saharan Africa. In addition to the human burden of malaria, the economic burden is vast. It is thought to cost African countries more than $12 billion every year in direct losses. For more than a decade, Drs. Juliano and … Read more
Speaker: Kari North, PhDTopic: Genetic Diversity Turns a New PAGE in Our Understanding of Complex Traits Presentation Preview: Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have laid the foundation for many downstream investigations, including the biology of complex traits, drug development, and clinical guidelines. However, the dominance of European-ancestry populations in GWAS creates a biased view of human … Read more
Speaker: Adam Caldwell, MD, Chief Fellow, UNC CardiologyTopic: Genetics of Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Myron Cohen, MD, from the division of infectious diseases has co-authored a perspective about broadly neutralizing antibodies.
Dr. Saira Sheikh, Dr. Carlton Moore and Dr. Richard Wardrop have been selected to participate in the UNC School of Medicine’s Academic Career Leadership Academy in Medicine (ACCLAIM).
A reception to honor the life of renowned researcher and beloved faculty member Harold Roberts, MD, will be held Saturday, November 11 from 5 – 7 p.m. at the Carolina Club.
Atrial fibrillation hospitalizations reduced by 30 percentage points in first year of program.
Anyone who uses sedation to accomplish procedures or surgery must adhere to NPO guidelines. UNC Hospital recently approved contemporary NPO guidelines for all procedural sedation. This lecture will detail what those are and why we have them. Ann Bailey is Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics. She also serves at Associate Chief Medical Officer of UNC … Read more
Patients come because they know UNC cares. The division of hospital medicine responds with care plans that better serve them, and this contributes to physician wellbeing.
Dr. Machineni is a new faculty member in Endocrinology. This lecture will cover the complexity of weight regulation, the biological basis of heterogeneity of response to various treatments for obesity, the role of treatment response predictors and offer a pragmatic approach to medical management of obesity. At the New York Nutrition Obesity Research Center, he … Read more
Speaker: David Lee, MD. Cardiology Fellow, University of North CarolinaTopic: Optimal Therapies and Digital Health in Peripheral Artery Disease: There’s an App for That
Dr. Sean Gaffney wins the department of medicine’s first “discharge competition.”