Brittany Phillips

Published in Blood, a new study led by UNC School of Medicine’s Alisa Wolberg, PhD, reveals that reducing or blocking the protein that causes blood clot breakdown does not increase the formation of dangerous clots known as thromboses. Alisa Wolberg, […]

Physician researchers aim to evaluate the use of AI to expand access to prenatal scans and launch a regional opioid stewardship initiative focusing on general surgery. WILMINGTON, N.C. – Thanks to a $1 million investment, Novant Health physicians based in Wilmington

NIH highlights UNC Neurology researcher’s newly developed silent functional MRI (fMRI) technique created to improve biomedical research. Yen-Yu Ian Shih, PhD UNC School of Medicine’s Yen-Yu Ian Shih, PhD, Vice Chair for Research at the UNC Department of Neurology, is working

From advancing community care, pursuing competitive specialties, to becoming a first-generation student, these are the stories of four medical students as they persevered to Match Day 2025. Charlie Roethling – Medical student scores big by turning passion into purpose   Ricardo

Study reveals hypercortisolism identified in 24 percent of patients with difficult-to-control type 2 diabetes. John Buse, MD, PhD, director of UNC’s Diabetes Care Center, is lead author. John Buse, MD, PhD Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated (NASDAQ: CORT), a commercial-stage company engaged

Led by UNC School of Medicine’s Weili Lin, PhD, researchers document cognitive milestones revealed in children from birth to toddlerhood in brain imaging study. Weili Lin, PhD, director of the UNC Biomedical Research Imaging Center (BRIC) In early childhood, growth

Gaorav Gupta, MD, PhD, Misty Good, MD, MS, and Jason Stein, PhD, were selected as Yang Family Biomedical Scholars in the eighth installment of this annual School of Medicine award. Gaorav Gupta, Misty Good, and Jason Stein The UNC School

Four North Carolina families share their journey in experiencing Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome, a rare condition that can result in fetal loss. Read their stories of hope, fears, and overwhelming gratitude for expert care at UNC Hospitals. Excitement. Disbelief. Panic. It’s

A study now published in Nature Communications Earth & Environment, reveals how global warming could exacerbate lung diseases by dehydrating and inflaming human airways. UNC Marsico Lung Institute members Brian Button, PhD, is senior author and Alessandra Livraghi-Butrico, PhD, is

Jeffery L. Dangl, a biologist at UNC-Chapel Hill, was part of an award-winning trio of researchers who received the 2025 Wolf Prize in Agriculture “for groundbreaking discoveries of the immune system and disease resistance in plants.” Jeffery L. Dangl, PhD