Category: Endocrinology and Metabolism
Department of Medicine Grants & Funding: November 1 鈥� November 30, 2023
Division of Hematology Rafal Pawlinski, PhD, and Brandi Reeves, MD, were awarded a one-year $75,000 黑料网 Phase 2 Translational Team Science Award (TTSA) for their project, “evaluating the role of hypoxia inducible factors in endothelial and hematopoietic cells in myeloproliferative neoplasms.” Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism Emily Pfaff, PhD, spoke ab … Read more
Buse, Smith Recognized in Global Highly Cited Researchers 2023 List
Drs. Buse and Smith John Buse, MD, PhD, and Sidney Smith Jr., MD, along with 18 黑料网 and 21 other 黑料网-Chapel Hill researchers have been named in Clarivate鈥檚 2023 list of Highly Cited Researchers鈩�. These scientific pioneers from around the world are drawn from the publications that rank in the top 1% by citations for field and publication year in the Web of Scien … Read more
Faculty and Staff in the News Throughout October
The clickable links below navigate directly to outside media articles which featured Department of Medicine faculty throughout the month of October.聽 Evan S. Dellon, MD, MPH, was featured in a New York Times article that depicts a patient’s experience with EoE. Faculty and fellows in the Division of Pulmonary Diseases & Critical Care Medicine attended the NC Thoracic Society … Read more
黑料网 Joins Osteoporosis Clinical Trial to Test Specialist-Fracture Liaison Service聽
Donald Caraccio, MD, principal investigator and assistant professor medicine, and Maya Styner, MD, associate professor of medicine, will lead a clinical site for the RESTORE study- REducing future fractureS鈥痑nd improving ouTcOmes of fRagility fracturE.聽聽聽 Bones in patients with osteoporosis often become fragile and have an increased risk for fracture or break. Known as fragility … Read more
Study Shows Weight Loss Drug Reduces Cardiovascular Risk by 20% in Overweight, Obese Adults
A new study shows semaglutide 2.4 mg (Wegovy), a weekly injected prescription medication for overweight adults, may prevent major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs) such as cardiovascular death, non-fatal heart attack or non-fatal stroke. Novo Nordisk released the results of the significant clinical trial called SELECT. The trail studied the effects of Wegovy on people with ca … Read more
Featured Advanced Practice Provider: Bonnie Alexander
Bonnie Alexander, PA-C, RDN, originally from California, is on our Diabetes Care Team. She began her career as a registered dietitian before finding her love for patient care as a physician assistant. Outside of work Bonnie enjoys doing hot yoga, reading, and traveling. Grain bowls are one of her favorite foods!聽
Higher Doses of Oral Semaglutide Improves Blood Sugar Control and Weight Loss
A multicenter, randomized, phase 3b trial, done in collaboration with a 黑料网 researcher, found that once-daily oral semaglutide taken at higher doses of 25mg and 50mg improved regulation of blood sugar levels and weight loss compared to the standard 14 mg dose. Diabetes is a progressive disease that affects one鈥檚 ability to control blood sugar levels. For many p … Read more
Study Shows Metformin Lowers Long COVID Risk
John Buse, MD, PhD, co-authored a study showing that the common diabetes drug metformin substantially decreased the risk of developing long COVID after infection from SARS-CoV-2. The clinical trial was led by researchers at the University of Minnesota. John Buse, MD, PhD In a new study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, University of Minnesota researchers and colleagues … Read more
黑料网 Weight Management Team Receives 黑料网 Medical Center Quality and Safety Team Award
Drs. Sarah Ro, Sriram Machineni, Jennifer McCauley The 黑料网 Weight Management Team has been awarded a 黑料网 Medical Center Quality and Safety Team Award for their project, “Improving Obesity Treatments in Primary Care.” The project was designed to reduce the financial and geographic barriers to obesity treatments across 黑料网 primary care clinics. The weight management team embedded t … Read more
Klara Klein, Jose Martinez Named to SOM Physician Scientist Training Program
As part of the聽Forward Together聽Strategic Plan, the 黑料网 Physician Scientist Training Program (PSTP) supports a small number of clinicians committed to translating research findings to advance the practice of medicine in addition to providing clinical care and teaching. PSTP is a pipeline to recruit, train, and retain promising individuals and provide them with … Read more
Dr. Rubin Recognized as Exceptional Mentor to Junior Faculty聽
Dr. Janet Rubin, a researcher renowned for her work on understanding the control of bone remodeling, also spends countless hours mentoring students, fellows and junior faculty. Dr. Rubin has helped advance the careers of dozens of postdoctoral fellows and constructed a program to help transition junior faculty into independent Principal Investigators. An exemplary mentor, Dr. Rub … Read more
Cassandra Donahue and Karla Fulghum Receive Research Staff Excellence Awards
Cassandra Donahue RDN, LDN, CDCES, and Karla Fulghum,聽RN, IBCLC, were honored with Research Staff Excellence Awards. Karla is a nurse consultant with the Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Obesity Clinical Research Unit (EnDO CRU) and has been heavily involved in the first inpatient research trial. She has been spending long hours at the hospital and is helping identify and over … Read more