MSTAR Mentors

Shawn Ahmed, PhD

Professor Cancer Genetics
Professor Department of Biology

Alice Ammerman, DrPH

Mildred Kaufman Distinguished Professor, Department of Nutrition
Director, Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

C. Adrian Austin, MD, MSCR

Instructor, Division of Geriatric Medicine and Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

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

Tamara Baker, PhD

Professor, Department of Psychiatry

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

Anna Beeber, PhD, RN, FAAN

Associate Professor and Beerstecher-Blackwell Distinguished Term Scholar

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

Montika Bush, PhD

Research Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine

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

Timothy S. Carey, MD, MPH

Professor, Social Medicine
Associate Director, UNC Program on Ethnicity, Culture and Health Outcomes
Senior Adviser, RTI-UNC Evidence-Based Practice Center

Matthew A. Cavender, MD, MPH, FACC

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology
Co-Director of Cardiology Clinical Trials

Crystal Wiley Cené, MD, MPH

Associate Professor, Division of General Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology

Becki Cleveland, PhD

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

Todd J. Cohen, PhD

Associate Professor, Neuroscience Research

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

David Fleischman, MD, FACS

Assistant Professor, Glaucoma

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

Laura C. Hanson, MD, MPH

Professor, Division of Geriatric Medicine
Medical Director, UNC Palliative Care Program
Associate Director, Geriatric Fellowship Program

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

O'Rese J. Knight, MD

Assistant Professor Glaucoma

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

Amanda E. Nelson, MD, MSCR, RhMSUS

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

Joshua Niznik, PharmD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine & Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Division of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy

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

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

Rupali (Pali) Shah, MD

Assistant Professor, Division of Voice and Swallowing of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery

Angela Smith, MD, MS

Vice Chair of Academic Affairs
Director of Urologic Oncology
Associate Professor of Urology

Sally Clark Stearns, PhD

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

Karyn Stitzenberg, MD, MPH

Associate Professor, Division of Surgical Oncology

Til Stürmer, MD, MPH, PhD

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

Ray Tan, MD, MSHPM

Urologic Oncology Fellowship Program Director
Assistant Professor of Urology

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

Alisa Wolberg, PhD

Professor Pathology

Zhanhong Wu, PhD

Associate Professor of Radiology Radiochemistry Program

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

Kelli Allen, PhD

Professor of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology
Co-director of Methodology Core for Multi-disciplinary Clinical Research Center
Research Health Scientist, Durham VA Medical Cente

Eran Dayan, PhD

Assistant Professor of Radiology

Mohanish Deshmukh, PhD

Professor UNC Neuroscience Center, Cell Biology and Physiology
Co-Director UNC MD/PhD Program

Susan Gaylord, PhD

Research Associate Professor Director of the Program on Integrative Medicine

Meredith Gilliam, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor, Division of Geriatric Medicine
Assistant Medical Director, UNC Geriatrics Clinic

Trevor Jolly, MBBS

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Oncology

Christine E. Kistler, MD, MASc

Associate Professor, Division of Geriatric Medicine and Department of Family Medicine

Eliza (Leeza) Park, MD, MS

Assistant Professor Psychiatry

Philip Sloane, MD, MPH

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

Rick Stouffer, MD

Ernest and Hazel Craige Distinguished Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine
Chief, Division of Cardiology
Co-Director, McAllister Heart Institute
Physician in Chief, UNC Heart & Vascular Service Line

Carolyn Thorpe, PhD, MPH

Associate Professor Pharmacy
Division of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy

Jared Weiss, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Oncology

William E. Whitehead, PhD

Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Adjunct Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Director, UNC Center for Functional Gastrointestinal and Motility Disorders

Alice Zhang, MD

Assistant Professor Opthamology