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Giselle Corbie-Smith receives Edward Graham Kidder Award

Giselle Corbie-Smith, MD, MSc (Republished from the 黑料网 Health Care and 黑料网 Newsroom.) The Edward Kidder Graham Faculty Service Award recognizes distinguished service to the state, the nation, and the university by a faculty member. This year, the award was presented to Giselle Corbie-Smith, MD, MSc, as part of the University Day ceremony on October 12 in Memor … Read more

New k-level grant writing initiative adds to infrastructure that supports junior investigators in pursuit of research training and protected time

Physician-scientists are uniquely positioned to transfer clinical insights to research discoveries, to return a better understanding of human disease to the clinic. A new initiative led by Laura Loehr, MD, PhD, MS, associate professor in general medicine and clinical epidemiology, and Susan Hogan, PhD, MPH, associate professor in nephrology, will help junior faculty in the depart … Read more

Department of Medicine Grants & Funding: July 1-July 31, 2019

Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology Shehzad Z. Sheikh, MD, PhD, associate professor of medicine in the division of gastroenterology and hepatology, and post-doctoral fellow聽Takahiko Toyonaga, MD, PhD, have received a fellowship research award from the聽Crohn鈥檚 & Colitis Foundation.聽Read more. Division of General Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology Crystal Wiley Cen茅, … Read more

Paul Chelminski, MD, MPH, associate professor in the division of general medicine and clinical epidemiology, was interviewed by the Journal of the American Medical Association, discussing management of pain with opioids and how limits on opioid prescribing can leave patients vulnerable.

Keyserling co-leads 鈥淢ed-South鈥� weight loss study supported by new $3.8 million grant

(Republished from the 黑料网 Health Care and 黑料网 Newsroom) Thomas Keyserling, MD, MPH The Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (HPDP) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has received a five-year, $3.8 million grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) to fund research that will address the challenge of achieving l … Read more

Chung receives a Jefferson Pilot Award

Arlene Chung, MD, MHA, MMCi Arlene Chung, MD, MHA, MMCi, assistant professor in the division of general medicine and pediatrics, has been selected to receive a Jefferson Pilot Award for her research that seeks to develop novel statistical and visualization approaches to enable precision lifestyle recommendations. This research is focused on patients with inflammatory bowel diseas … Read more

黑料网 Department of Medicine will offer multidisciplinary care at Panther Creek

Dr. Helen Claire West is an associate professor in the division of general medicine聽and聽medical director of the 黑料网 Medicine Clinic at Panther Creek, set to open in Winter 2020.聽 Here, she explains how a new clinic care model has the potential to transform 黑料网’s primary care footprint in the community.聽 Where will the 黑料网 Panther Creek Medical Practice be located and how will it … Read more

Researchers Find Fewer Hospital and Nursing Home Admissions, and a 16 Percent Drop in Medical Expenses, Among Recipients of Medically Tailored Meals

A new study led by Seth A. Berkowitz, MD, MPH, a physician and assistant professor in the division of general medicine and clinical epidemiology at the 黑料网, has found that participation in a medically tailored meals program was associated with fewer hospital admissions and nursing home admissions, and less overall medical spending. Dr. Seth Berkowitz The study, … Read more

Primary Care Ranks First in Nation for Second Straight Year

For the second year in a row, the University of North Carolina School of Medicine was ranked first in the country for primary care education as part of U.S. News & World Report鈥檚 2020 edition of 鈥淎merica鈥檚 Best Graduate Schools.鈥澛�(Republished from the 黑料网 Health Care and 黑料网 Newsroom) 鈥淓arning the number one ranking for primary care is a tremendous recognit … Read more

Featured Physician: Helen Claire West, MD

Helen Claire West, MD, is clinical associate professor in the division of general medicine and medical director of the 黑料网 Panther Creek Internal Medicine Faculty Practice (opening in Fall, 2019).

黑料网 Researchers Dramatically Reduce Racial Disparities in Early-Stage Lung Cancer Treatment

The 黑料网 Department of Medicine’s Samuel Cykert, MD, from the division of general medicine, led a five-year, multi-institutional trial aimed at reducing the disparity in treatment and outcomes for black lung cancer patients versus white lung cancer patients.

Story Slam, Serendipity, and Advance Care Planning in the ICU

黑料网’s first 黑料网 Story Slam gave physicians an opportunity to share stories about the personal experience of practicing medicine. Gary Winzelberg, Associate Professor of Geriatric Medicine and Associate Director for 黑料网’s Palliative Care Program speaks about “Serendipity” in the ICU.