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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 Injury Prevention Program Reduces Injuries in Young Children |
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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was one of four academic medical centers on the study, which shows that an intervention program developed by the American Academy of Pediatrics can dramatically reduce injuries in young children.
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| | | UNC Hospitals Performs First Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Replacement in North Carolina |
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John P. Vavalle, MD, MHS, FACC, and Matthew A. Cavender, MD, MPH, FACC, interventional cardiologists and their collaborative team in the Structural Heart Disease Program at UNC, have performed their first transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement in the clinical setting, a revolutionary treatment for patients living with a common type of heart valve disease.
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| | | Editorial Underscores Need to Pair Lung Cancer Screening with Comprehensive Smoking Cessation Support |
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In the editorial, published in the Journal of Thoracic Oncology, UNC Lineberger’s Kimberly Shoenbill, MD, PhD, MS, and Adam Goldstein, MD, MPH, outlined the need for health professionals to work collaboratively to optimize tobacco cessation treatment in patients undergoing lung cancer screening. They contend it is critical to reduce smoking-related health issues and deaths.
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| | | Researchers Discover How We Perceive Bitter Taste |
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A new study in the lab of Bryan Roth, MD, PhD, at the UNC School of Medicine, helps us better understand how we perceive bitter taste on a chemical level. The findings may lead to the development of drugs targeting taste receptors.
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| | | Mazur and Marks Receive $1.3 Million to Develop AI Algorithms to Enhance Patient Safety |
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Lukasz Mazur, PhD, professor in radiation oncology and director of the division of healthcare engineering, along with co-principal investigator Larry Marks, MD, assistant dean for organizational health and quality, were awarded a $1.3-million grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to develop and assess the effectiveness of innovative artificial intelligence/machine learning algorithms focused on radiation therapist providers’ variability in key treatment planning steps.
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| | | UNC Urology Launches Innovative Quality Improvement Program |
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The new quality improvement initiative further enhances the patient experience by implementing a systematic yet dynamic means of identifying best practices and measuring outcomes across the department’s core activities. Hans Arora, MD, PhD, and Dave Friedlander, MD, MPH, were named co-directors of the initiative.
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| | Mehrotra Featured on ABC11 After Helping a Neighbor Escape Her Burning Home |
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The incident took place while Abhi Mehrotra, MD, MBA, professor in the department of emergency medicine, was walking his dog in his neighborhood just prior to leaving for his ER shift at UNC. Later in the day, Mehrotra also cared for a firefighter who was injured in extinguishing the same fire.
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| | | Haendel to join UNC Genetics, Pediatrics, Data Science & Society to Advance Precision Medicine in NC |
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Melissa Haendel, PhD, and her lab of 25-plus members will join UNC-Chapel Hill to focus on early diagnosis of childhood diseases and significantly improve quality of life outcomes.
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| | | Clifton Announced as Associate Chair of Administration for the Department Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery |
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Dana Clifton, M.Ed., has joined the UNC School of Medicine as the associate chair of administration for the Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery. She began her work in this role on April 8.
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| | | New FastTraCS Co-executive Director Wants to Help UNC Clinicians Turn Ideas into Solutions |
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Erin Carey, MD, MSCR, will be a bridge between clinicians at UNC and the engineering and commercialization team at the North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences (NC TraCS) Institute with the goal of expanding collaboration and innovation across the university.
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| | | Vote in SOM Elections by April 18 |
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All SOM faculty have received an email from survey@qualtrics.unc.edu with a link to the Standing Committees Election ballot. It should take 5 minutes or less to complete the ballot, and your responses will be kept confidential. You can only complete the ballot once. The election will close on Thursday, April 18, 2024.
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| | | Five Questions with Austin Allen |
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Born and raised in Asheboro, NC, fourth-year medical student Austin Allen initially saw himself as a skilled aviator, but it wasn’t until his senior year in high school when he decided to navigate the world of medicine.
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| | | Call for Nominations: Leading Transformation in Academic Medicine Program |
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The Office of Faculty Affairs and Leadership Development is set to launch its second year of a leadership development program that could significantly impact your career. Speak with your chair to nominate you for the Leading Transformation in Academic Medicine Program. Nominations are due by April 15.
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| | UNC Honors Carey for Public Service Contributions |
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The Carolina Center for Public Service has presented UNC Lineberger’s Lisa Carey, MD, ScM, FASCO, with the Ned Brooks Award for Public Service. Carey was recognized for her distinguished and sustained record of service over the years to the university and the larger community through outstanding clinical and translational research, and work in eradicating health disparities.
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| | | Four Department of Health Sciences Programs Ranked in Top 5% in Latest U.S. News & World Report Rankings |
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Recent U.S. News & World Report rankings have listed four programs within the Department of Health Sciences as some of the best in the country. The rankings put each in the top 5% of their respective categories nationwide: Audiology (#3), Occupational Therapy (#5), Physical Therapy (#11), Speech-Language Pathology (#12).
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| | Vocera Downtime on April 16 |
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A planned full Vocera downtime is scheduled for Tuesday, April 16, 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. Teammates will not be able to use Vocera badges and/or the Vocera App during this time.
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| | | UNC Health Talk: What to Expect at Your First Prenatal Visit |
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When you find out you’re pregnant, your to-do list instantly becomes much longer. There are people to tell, nurseries to decorate and names to consider. You also need to establish where you’ll receive your prenatal care.
Learn what to expect at your first prenatal visit, in this article from UNC Health Talk. | | |
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