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| Read news media coverage from the past week featuring interviews with UNC School of Medicine faculty, staff and students. | | |
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| | Researchers Show SARS-Cov-2 Infection Affects Energy Stores in the Body, Causing Organ Failure |
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| An international research team, including Jonathan C. Schisler, PhD, in the UNC School of Medicine, has found how SARS-CoV-2 causes widespread “energy outages” throughout major organs, and how these effects contribute to debilitating long COVID symptoms. | | |
| | | Study Shows Peer-to-peer Education Increases Awareness, Engagement, Diversity in Lupus Clinical Trials |
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Results of the study, which was led by Saira Sheikh, MD, were recently published in The Open Rheumatology Journal, the journal of the American College of Rheumatology.
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| | | Hospital Care for Children Has Shifted from General Hospitals to Children’s Hospitals Over Last 20 Years |
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| Children’s hospital care is now concentrated in fewer locations, and this has important implications for hospital planning and readiness, according to a new study led by Michael Steiner, MD, MPH, of UNC Health. | | |
| | | Loeser Lab Publishes Research Regarding a New Mechanism Underlying Cartilage Destruction in Osteoarthritis |
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| The paper was published Oct. 31 in the journal Science Signaling, and was titled “Redox-active endosomes mediate α5β1 integrin signaling and promote chondrocyte matrix metalloproteinase production in osteoarthritis.” | | |
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| | Pierce Receives 2023 Dr. Patrick Kenny Certified Nurse of the Year Award |
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| Jonah Pierce, RN, received the 2023 Dr. Patrick Kenny Certified Nurse of the Year Award from the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care. This award is given to the certified nurse who exemplifies excellence in HIV/AIDS Nursing and who advances the mission of the HIV/AIDS Nursing Certification Board. | | |
| | | Schweitzer Fellows Receive Emerging Leader Award After Launching Project BrainSTORM |
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In recognition of their work launching their Schweitzer project, BrainSTORM, the Brain Injury Association of NC presented Emerging Leader Awards to 2022-23 Schweitzer Fellows and UNC medical students Ray Cheever and Callan Loflin at the association’s 40th year of service celebration event. A video about BrainSTORM is included in this story.
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| | | Waller Receives North Carolina Violent Death Reporting System’s Legacy Award from NCDHHS |
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| Anna Waller, ScD, was presented the North Carolina Violent Death Reporting System’s “Legacy Award,” which recognizes her longstanding involvement with an advisory board and work on the reporting system. | | |
| | | Pumpkins! Pumpkins! Pumpkins! Triangle West Pumpkin Decorating 2023 Contest Winners Are Here |
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We had stellar pumpkins competing for this year’s Triangle West Pumpkin Decorating Contest. Congratulations to the winners!
- Triangle West Recognition Committee’s Selection: Rapunzel from SOM Department of Neurosurgery
- UNC Hospitals Leader’s Selection: Just Desserts and Burger from Nutrition & Food Services
- People’s Choice Award: Know Your Pumpkins from Mammography
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| | Cybersecurity: Staying Safe Online |
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School of Medicine Associate Dean for Administration Karlina Matthews, MBA, talks with Chief Information Security Officer for SOM-IT Brian Penders about digital security in a changing landscape for the latest Touchpoint 20. Working together, we can make a big difference in protecting ourselves both at work and at home.
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| | | Reminder: Wellbeing Resources Are Available |
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| Wellbeing resources are available for the UNC School of Medicine community 24/7. | | |
| | | Being Together, Learning Together: Abacus Attends American Evaluation Association Conference |
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Abacus team members traveled to Indianapolis to attend the conference, held Oct. 9 – 14. Through workshops and poster presentations, attendees learned about data visualization and evaluation methods.
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| | | Game Day Parking Reminder |
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| The Tar Heels will take on Campbell at Kenan Stadium on Saturday, Nov. 4, and Radford at the Smith Center on Monday, Nov. 6. | | |
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| | Pizzuto named Physician Service Leader of Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit |
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| Matthew Pizzuto, MD, assistant professor of pediatrics, has been appointed physician service leader of the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit in the North Carolina Children’s Hospital. He has served as interim PCICU service leader since 2021. | | |
| | | New Procedure at UNC Restores Eyesight, Sensation for Patients with Rare Eye Condition |
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| Matthew Miller, MD, Daniel Rubinstein, MD, and Hussam Banna, MD, from the UNC School of Medicine joined forces to perform the first corneal neurotization procedure at UNC, a life-changing surgery for patients who have neurotrophic keratitis. | | |
| | | New Funding Supports “Care for NICU Families” Research and Program |
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The UNC Department of Pediatrics and Collaborative for Maternal and Infant Health -- along with Reaching Our Sisters Everywhere, UC San Francisco and collaborative partners -- have received a $4-million Cooperative Agreement from the CDC to advance best practices to improve postpartum care in and beyond the neonatal intensive care unit.
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| | | Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program Accredited as Comprehensive Care Center |
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| The Adult Congenital Heart Association (ACHA) has awarded the UNC Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program the status of an Accredited Comprehensive Care Center. As an accredited center, UNC will be able to better serve the congenital heart disease community. | | |
| | | Are More Younger Women Getting Breast Cancer? |
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| Women who are younger than 45 account for about 9 percent of breast cancer diagnoses, says UNC Health oncologist Anureet Copeland, MD. Research published in August 2023, however, shows cancer among younger Americans, especially women, is on the rise. | | |
| | | Physicians, PAs Quality Improvement Work Can Earn MOC Credits |
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| Physicians and physicians assistants can earn maintenance of certification or continuing certification credits with their ongoing quality improvement work.
UNC Hospitals is working with the American Board of Medical Specialties Portfolio Program to help our teammates earn MOC Part IV Credit from participating ABMS Member Boards or PI-CME credit from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants.
The deadline to apply for 2023 credit is Monday, Nov. 27. Note: Clicking ‘read more’ will open content requiring a u-number login. | | |
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