In a viewpoint perspective published in JAMA on March 9, 2021, a University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researcher and two other experts endorsed the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) requirement for a patient and their doctor to engage in a shared discussion of benefits and harms before proceeding with a low-dose spiral … Read more

Evan S. Dellon, MD, MPH, was featured in Healio discussing the first part of a three-phase study to evaluate the effectiveness of Dupixent in treating patients with eosinophilic esophagitis. Read the article here.

Matthew Foster, MD, associate professor of medicine in the division of hematology, is the lead author of a new study published in the journal Blood about the successful use of an experimental safety switch, incorporated as part of a chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapy, to reduce the severity of treatment side effects that sometimes occur. … Read more

Joe Eron, MD, professor of medicine and chief of the division of infectious diseases, was consulted for a CBS17.com news story about when COVID-19 vaccines might be available for school-aged children and precautions that should continue. Read the story here.        

David Wohl, MD, and David Weber, MD, are featured in a UNC Health video that marks one year since North Carolina’s first COVID-19 case.  Published on WRAL.com, the video also includes Wesley Burks, MD, Alexa Mieses-Malchuk, MD, MPH, Samantha Meltzer-Brody, MD, and Melissa Miller, PhD. Watch the video here.

Seth Berkowitz, MD, MPH, was featured in Health Affairs‘s Health Podyssey podcast: “What New Pandemic Unemployment Benefits Taught Us About Health.”  He discussed the potential health impact of unemployment insurance, the changing nature of work in the U.S., and how direct payments programs, such as universal basic income, could compliment social safety nets. Listen to … Read more

UNC-Chapel Hill research, led by Emily Ciccone, MD, MHS, instructor and fellow in the division of infectious diseases, and Allison Aiello, PhD, professor of epidemiology and Carolina Population Center Fellow, shows that individuals previously infected with SARS-CoV-2 develop a significant antibody response to the first dose of mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines. New research from UNC-Chapel Hill … Read more

Division of Cardiology Matthew Cavender, MD, received a grant from the NHLBI via the UNC Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI) for “Team Proposal: Utilization of Machine Learning Techniques to Identify Clinical and Genetic Determinants of Calcific Aortic Valve Disease.” Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology Andrew Moon, MD, MPH, and Louise Henderson, PhD, professor of radiology, were awarded a … Read more

The Lung Cancer Initiative (LCI) has awarded Shetal Patel, MD, PhD, assistant professor of medicine in oncology and member of the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, a Career Development Award to further her career investigating immunotherapy in lung cancer. The $175,000 two-year grant will fund Patel’s research in the role of myeloid cells in lung cancer … Read more

After winter weather delayed the delivery of 6 million vaccine doses nationwide, David Wohl, MD, professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases, addressed concerns about the supply of second vaccine doses in a WRAL.com interview.  He explained how health systems like UNC Health planned ahead and have second doses in reserve. Find the … Read more

Emily Sickbert-Bennett, PhD, and Phillip Clapp, PhD, spoke with media about research and guidance on wearing masks, double-masking, and the importance of mask material and fit.  Find a link to the briefing in the UNC Health and UNC School of Medicine Newsroom. Sickbert-Bennett and Clapp were also featured in a Yahoo News article explaining these … Read more

Anne Peery, MD, MSCR, associate professor in the division of gastroenterology and hepatology, is the corresponding author of a new article, “Comparative Effectiveness and Harms of Antibiotics for Outpatient Diverticulitis: Two Nationwide Cohort Studies,” published Feb. 23 in Annals of Internal Medicine. Learn more from the UNC Health and UNC School of Medicine Newsroom. Dr. … Read more