MSTAR Mentors

NOTE: Mentor availability varies from year to year. Currently, we are surveying mentors for their summer 2022 availability. As a result, we request that you do not directly contact UNC MSTAR mentors before speaking with the MSTAR coordinator.

Currently Available

Shawn Ahmed, PhD

Professor Cancer Genetics
Professor Department of Biology

M. Andrea Azcarate-Peril, PhD

Associate Professor, UNC Departments of Medicine and Nutrition
NC State Department of Plant and Microbial Biology
Director, Microbiome Core Facility

John A. Batsis, MD

Associate Professor, Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gillings School of Global Public Health

Victoria Bautch, PhD

Beverly Long Chapin Distinguished Professor
Affiliations: Program in Molecular Biology & Biotechnology

Ju Youn Beak, PhD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology

Troy Blackburn, PhD, ATC

Adjunct Associate Professor, Orthopaedics Professor, Exercise and Sport Science Adjunct Associate Professor, Physical Therapy Associate Dean and Director, Undergraduate Research Assistant Department Chair, Exercise and Sport Science

Jeffrey M. Blumberg, MD, FACS

Associate Director, Head and Neck Oncology Fellowship
Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, Division of Head and Neck Oncology

Leigh F. Callahan, PhD

Associate Director, UNC Thurston Arthritis Research Center
Mary Link Briggs Distinguished Professor of Medicine
Professor, Departments of Social Medicine and Orthopedics
Director, Osteoarthritis Action Alliance

Becki Cleveland, PhD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology

Eran Dayan, PhD

Assistant Professor of Radiology

Brian Diekman, PhD

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Keturah Faurot, PhD, MPH, PA

Assistant Professor Assistant Director of the Program on Integrative Medicine

Stefanie Ferreri, Pharm.D., BCACP, FAPhA

Chair, Henry L. Smith & James L. Olsen Distinguished Professor

Matthew C. Foster, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology

Jason Franz, PhD

Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering

Kelly Giovanello, PhD

Associate Director for Education and Outreach, Biomedical Research Imaging Center
Professor, Department of Psychology & Neuroscience
Professor, Director of Neuroscience Curricula

Yvonne Golightly, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology

Shakira J. Grant MBBS

Assistant Professor, Division of Hematology, Geriatrics

Adam Jacks, PhD

Associate Professor
Coordinator of Undergraduate Minor in Speech and Hearing Sciences

Brian Colwell Jensen, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology, Division of Cardiology

Thomas Keyserling, MD, MPH

Professor, Division of General Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology

Zhi Liu, PhD

Professor, Department of Dermatology

Richard Loeser, MD

Director, UNC Thurston Arthritis Research Center
Joseph P. Archie, Jr. Eminent Professor of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology

Christopher Mack, PhD

Professor Pathology

Michelle L. Meyer, PhD, MPH

Research Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
Associate Chair of Research

Karen L. Mohlke, PhD

Professor, Genetics
Associate Chair for Research

Adrienne Aiken Morgan, PhD

Clinical Assistant Professor, Geropsychology

Zev Nakamura, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry

Kirsten Nyrop, PhD

Associate Professor, Division of Oncology

Casey Olm-Shipman, MD, MS

Assistant Professor, Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery
Director of Quality Improvement
Associate Director, UNC Institute for Healthcare Quality Improvement

Darin Padua, PhD, ATC

Professor & Chair, Department of Exercise & Sport Science
Adjunct Professor, Department of Orthopaedics; Biomedical Engineering; Allied Health Sciences
Associate Director, MOTION Science Institute

Brian Pietrosimone, PhD

Adjunct Associate Professor, Orthopaedics
Associate Professor, Exercise and Sport Science
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Physical Therapy

Carolyn Quinsey, MD

Assistant Professor, Pediatric Neurosurgery
Associate Program Director
Director of UNC Global Neurosurgery Program
Director of Neurosurgery Skull Base Lab
Research Director for Neurosurgery

Joseph S. Rossi

Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology
Director, Cardiac Catheterization Lab
Program Director, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship
Co-Director of Cardiology Clinical Trials

Deanna Sasaki-Adams, MD

Associate Professor
Section Chief of Cerebrovascular & Skull Base Neurosurgery

Jeff Sekelsky, PhD

Professor, Biology
Professor, Genetics
Director, Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology

Philip Sloane, MD, MPH

Distinguished Professor & Director of Academic Advancement, Department of Family Medicine

Sally Clark Stearns, PhD

Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management
Adjunct Professor, Economics, UNC College of Arts and Sciences

Til Stürmer, MD, MPH, PhD

Nancy A. Dreyer Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Epidemiology

Joshua M Thorpe, PhD, MPH

Associate Professor Pharmacy Division of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy
Healthcare Scientist in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
Director of Analytics and Research in the VA’s National Center for End-of-Life Care

Mark Toles, PhD, RN, FAAN

Associate Professor and Beerstecher-Blackwell Distinguished Term Scholar

Blair Wendlandt, MD, MSCR

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicine

Sharon Wallace Williams, PhD

Associate Professor, Director of the Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences

Susan Wilson, DNP, RN, MSN, ANP-C

Associate Professor – Stroke and Vascular Neurology
Director, Neurosciences Clinical Trials Unit
Adult Nurse Practitioner

Zhanhong Wu, PhD

Associate Professor of Radiology Radiochemistry Program

Alice Zhang, MD

Assistant Professor Opthamology

Sheryl Zimmerman, PhD MSW

University Kenan Distinguished Professor
Co-Director, Program on Aging, Disability, and Long-Term Care, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research
Director of Aging Research, School of Social Work

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