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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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| | Fletcher Featured in ‘Rooted’ Series from UNC Office of Research Communications |
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Craig Fletcher, PhD, director of the division of comparative medicine at UNC-Chapel Hill and professor of pathology and laboratory medicine, is featured in this special series from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research.
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| | | Orr Co-Authors Article About U.S. Pediatric Subspecialty Workforce |
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| Colin Orr, MD, MPH, assistant professor in the Department of Pediatrics, is a co-author of a supplement article published in Pediatrics on Feb. 1. The article, “Child Health and the US Pediatric Subspecialty Workforce: Planning for the Future,” is the first of a multi-part supplement that provides a rigorous analysis of the projected pediatric subspecialty workforce in the United States. | | |
| | | Bryant, MS4 Students Present at Seminar |
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| Amy Bryant, MD, presented alongside fourth-year medical students at the Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics Faculty Development Seminar in Amelia Island, FL. Bryant serves as a faculty advisor for Brittany Cureton, MPH, Sophia McFarlane, MPH, and Madeline Thornton, MPH. The three students presented on the work they have done over the past year as medical student chiefs. | | |
| | | Empowering Women in Urology: SWIU Conference Highlights |
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The Society of Women in Urology (SWIU) recently held its Clinical Mentoring Conference, and representatives from the UNC Department of Urology, Angela Smith, MD, Katherine Chan, MD, MPH, and Kathryn Hacker Gessner, MD, PhD, attended and presented. Additionally, Smith, who serves as a member of the organization’s board of directors, served as co-chair for this year’s conference.
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| | Black Alumni Experience Project |
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Black History Month honors the contributions and influences of Black Americans to the history of the United States. This Black History Month, the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion wants to highlight the Black Alumni Experience Project.
This project was conceived by medical students from the UNC chapter of the Student National Medical Association and was led by Raúl Necochea López, PhD, of the Department of Social Medicine. The Black Alumni Experience Project documents the lived experience of black alums at the UNC School of Medicine in the 1960s and 1970s.
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| | | Five Questions with Aleah Bailey |
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| In this new Vital Signs series, we feature graduate student Aleah Bailey in the Jaspers lab. Ignited by a longtime passion for environmental justice, Bailey seeks to assess how stress and sociodemographic factors affect systemic immune responses to wildfire smoke exposure. | | |
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| | Rousch Receives American Academy of Audiology Award |
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| Patricia Roush, AuD, who recently retired from the pediatric audiology program, has won the AAA’s Marion Downs Pediatric Audiology Award. Congratulations to Patricia! | | |
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| | ICYMI: McLendon Labs Assessment Update |
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| On Wednesday, Feb. 7, UNC Hospitals & UNC Faculty Physicians leaders shared an update regarding the ongoing environmental assessment of McLendon Labs. | | |
| | | How Two Sisters Continue to Soar with Sickle Cell Disease |
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| Sydney and Sheridan Taylor of Durham, North Carolina, have lived with this rare genetic disorder all of their lives. They and their mother, Helena, recount how far they have come and what more needs to be done during pain crises and emergency visits. | | |
| | | UNC Health Talk: How to Exercise with Limited Mobility |
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Regular physical activity brings numerous health benefits, such as lowering the risk of chronic conditions and improving mood, sleep and focus. While walking is often recommended for its simplicity, if you have limited mobility in your lower body, it can be challenging. In this article from UNC Health Talk, we share some activities that people with limited mobility can pursue to achieve their exercise goals.
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