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Director of Research
\nAssistant Professor
\nUNC-Chapel Hill<\/p>\n

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Education and Training<\/h3>\n

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, BS, 1996
\nIllinois State University, Bloomington-Normal, MS, 2002
\nUniversity of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, PhD, 2008
\nDuke University, Durham, Postdoctoral, 2008-2011
\nUniversity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Postdoctoral, 2012-2015<\/p>\n

Awards and Honors<\/h3>\n

2009: Duke University Preparing Future Faculty Fellowship
\n2012: K01 Career Development Award, NIAID
\n2014: American Association of Immunologists (AAI) Public Policy Fellowship
\n2017: University of North Carolina SOM Program in Leadership Development
\n2017: University of North Carolina Faculty Administrator Development Program<\/p>\n

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Director of Research Assistant Professor UNC-Chapel Hill Education and Training University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, BS, 1996 Illinois State University, Bloomington-Normal, MS, 2002 University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, PhD, 2008 Duke University, Durham, Postdoctoral, 2008-2011 University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Postdoctoral, 2012-2015 Awards and Honors 2009: Duke University Preparing Future Faculty … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":12667,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-4715","directory","type-directory","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","odd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nMatthew Billard, PhD - Department of Cell Biology and Physiology<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cellbiophysio\/directory\/matthew-billard-phd\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Matthew Billard, PhD - 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