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Socioeconomic and Environmental Drivers of Pediatric Malaria

Ashley Wade is a medical student at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and is mentored by Ross Boyce, MD, MSc. In many parts of Sub‑Saharan Africa, malaria is still one of the main reasons children are hospitalized. In a recent study, Wade and Annika Gunderson, a UNC Epidemiology...

Case Study Highlights Critical Need for Third‑Trimester Syphilis Screening in Carceral Settings to Prevent Congenital Syphilis

Chapel Hill, NC— A newly published case study in the Journal of Correctional Health Care urges immediate action to strengthen syphilis screening protocols for pregnant individuals in U.S. jails and prisons. Researchers at the Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases recently published “Syphilis Screening Among Pregnant Individuals in Carceral...

Mungo Named Robert A. Winn Career Development Award Scholar

December 1, 2025

Chemtai Mungo, MD, MPH, FACOG, a member of the Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases and assistant professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology has been selected for the “Robert A. Winn Excellence in Clinical Trials: Career Development Award” (Winn CDA), a prestigious two-year national program that trains early-career physicians to...

Engaging Family Members to Support Breastfeeding and Anti-Retroviral Therapy, to Prevent Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV

September 29, 2024

Children who are HIV-exposed and uninfected experience poor growth and development compared to children who are HIV-unexposed and uninfected. Exclusive breastfeeding with adherence to anti-retroviral therapy is a recommended practice for preventing mother-to-child transmission, but there are barriers to adherence. A pilot study led by Stephanie Martin, PhD, an...

AI-Enabled Ultrasound Revolutionizes Gestational Age Estimation in Low-Resource Settings

A groundbreaking study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) demonstrates that artificial intelligence (AI) can enable novice users to estimate gestational age as accurately as expert sonographers, potentially transforming pregnancy care in low-resource settings. Researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Institute for...

UNC Research Validates AI-Powered Gestational Age Calculator Used on Butterfly iQ+ for Global Pregnancy Care

October 9, 2023

An innovative AI tool developed at the University of North Carolina (UNC) and deployed on the Butterfly IQ+ handheld ultrasound probe can measure gestational age as accurately as a trained expert using an expensive, full-sized ultrasound machine. Chapel Hill, NC (October 9, 2023) — A groundbreaking study presented today by University...