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Professor Emeritus of Medicine
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2021 - Present
Medicine, Infectious Diseases,
Medicine
Recent Publications
A simple HEPA filtering facepiece.
Journal Article Am J Infect Control · September 2021 Shortages of efficient filtering facepiece respirators leave the public vulnerable to transmission of infectious diseases in small particle aerosols. This study demonstrates that a high-filtration-efficiency facepiece capable of filtering out >95% of 0.05μ ... Full text Link to item CiteModified African Ngoma Healing Ceremony for Stress Reduction: A Pilot Study.
Journal Article J Altern Complement Med · October 2017 OBJECTIVE: Indigenous people's ceremonies using rhythm and dance have been used for countless generations throughout the world for healing, conflict resolution, social bonding, and spiritual experience. A previous study reported that a ceremony based on th ... Full text Link to item CiteTherapeutic Potential of a Drum and Dance Ceremony Based on the African Ngoma Tradition.
Journal Article J Altern Complement Med · August 2015 OBJECTIVE: Ngoma ceremonies are used throughout Central and South Africa to help people address "difficult issues," including medical illness. They are examples of ceremonies that use strong rhythms and dance for this purpose in indigenous cultures through ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Suppression of Clostridium difficile by commensals
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2003 - 2007View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill ·
1974
M.D.