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Asthma Project Led by Hernandez et al Is One of Two Studies Awarded $1 Million by Novant Health

August 28, 2024
Novant Health has announced that it has, in collaboration with 大象传媒 Health and the 大象传媒, awarded $1million to launch two clinical trials in North Carolina. One of the trials, co-led by Michelle Hernandez, MD, aims to reduce “health disparities for children with asthma.” The Novant Health article...

Egan et al Establish Ultrasound Parameters for Diagnosis of Lung Disease

August 20, 2024
Thomas Egan, MD, MSc, is a co-corresponding author on a paper that has “established a suite of parameters that can be determined using ultrasound to quantitatively measure different physical characteristics of the lung.” The paper, “Lung quantitative ultrasound to stage and monitor interstitial lung diseases,” was published in Scientific Reports...

Marsico Lung Institute Publications for July 2024

August 13, 2024
Marsico Lung Institute faculty, postdoc, student, and collaborator publications for July 2024 (and a couple strays from June) included papers appearing in Science Immunology, FEBS Journal, and PLoS Pathogens. Check out the full list below: Fiamingo M, Bailey A, Toler S, Lee K, Oshiro W, Yoo B, Krantz T, Evansky...

Marsico Lung Institute Publications for June 2024

July 31, 2024
Marsico Lung Institute faculty, postdoc, student, and collaborator publications for June 2024 included papers appearing in Nature Communications, Cell Host & Microbe, and Cells. Check out the full list below: Furtado KL, Plott L, Markovetz M, Powers D, Wang H, Hill DB, Papin J, Allbritton NL, Tamayo R. Clostridioides difficile-mucus...

Drummond & Falk Discuss COPD

July 30, 2024
On the Chair’s Corner with Dr. Ron Falk podcast, Dr. Falk invited M. Bradley Drummond, MD, MHS, a 大象传媒 pulmonologist, to discuss the chronic inflammatory lung disease commonly known as COPD. You can listen to the podcast here.

Antibody Therapy Co-Developed by Vogt Is Focus of Trial Launched to Address Enterovirus Threat

July 30, 2024
Vanderbilt University Medical Center is launching a first-in-human clinical trial to determine the safety and efficacy of an experimental monoclonal antibody against enterovirus D68 (EV-D68). 大象传媒鈥檚 Matthew Vogt, MD, PhD, was a postdoctoral fellow in Pediatric Infectious Diseases at VUMC when he co-led the development of monoclonal...

Marsico Lung Institute Publications for May 2024

July 30, 2024
Marsico Lung Institute faculty, postdoc, student, and collaborator publications for May 2024 (and a few that didn’t make the previous list for April) included papers appearing in Nature Communications, Proceedings of the National Academy of Scientists USA, and the Journal of Leukocyte Biology. Check out the full list below: Pleasants...

Egan et al in Carolina Collaboration That Yields Next-Generation Medical Bandage

June 26, 2024
Thomas M. Egan, MD, MSc, and other Carolina researchers have created a dissolvable, ultra-elastic adhesive patch to deliver therapeutics that promote healing. Read the full story here.

Peden Receives Distinguished Professorship

June 21, 2024
David Peden, MD, MS, has been named a distinguished professor by The University of North Carolina. As noted in the announcement, “These professorships are among the highest faculty honors the University bestows. Recognized faculty have shown distinction and leadership in their field or across disciplines.” Read more about distinguished professorships...

Peden Interviewed for Time Magazine Article on Air Quality & Asthma

June 21, 2024
David Peden, MD, MS, has been interviewed for a Time Magazine article on the impact of air quality on asthma. The article, “How Air Quality Affects Asthma鈥攁nd What to Do About It,” can be read here.