Robert S. Sandler, MD, MPH
Director, Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease
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Tessa Andermann, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
Tessa Andermann, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases
"Secondary bile acid derivatives in Th17-mediated disease: Gut microbes mediate myeloma progression and treatment response"
Janelle Arthur, PhD
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology
M. Andrea Azcarate-Peril, PhD
Associate Professor
UNC Departments of Medicine and Nutrition
Director, Microbiome Core Facility
Edward L. Barnes, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine
Dept. of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Edward L. Barnes, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
“Comparing the Utilization and Effectiveness of Treatment Strategies for Inflammatory Bowel Disease among Patients of Different Races with Medicaid Insurance”
A. Sidney Barritt IV, MD, MSCR
Professor
Dept. of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Luther Bartelt, MD, DTM&H, FIDSA
Associate Professor
Dept. of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology
Michelle Battle, PhD
Professor and Chair
Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences
Aadra Bhatt, PhD
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Director, Mouse Phase 1 Unit, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
Aadra Bhatt, PhD
Research Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
"Targeting a Gut Bacterial Enzyme to Alleviate NSAID-induced Enteropathy"
Alfredo Blakeley-Ruiz, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Plant and Microbiology, NCSU
"Investigating the immune repercussions of changes in gut microbiome function due to dietary protein"
Anthony Blikslager, DVM, PhD, DACVS
Associate Dean and Director of Veterinary Medical Services
Diego Bohórquez, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Depts. of Gastroenterology & Neurobiology
Duke University
Richard C. Boucher, MD
Director, Marsico Lung Institute/ UNC Cystic Fibrosis Center
James C. Moeser Eminent Distinguished Professor of Medicine
Erica Brenner, MD, MSCR
Clinical Instructor of Medicine and Advanced IBD Fellow, Department of Pediatrics
"Improving Reproductive Health for Young Women with Inflammatory Bowel Disease"
Erica Brenner, MD, MSCR
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Gastroenterology
Joseph Burclaff, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease
"Investigating metabolic regulation of human intestinal stem cell activity"
John B. Buse, MD, PhD
Chief, Division of Endocrinology
Verne S. Caviness Distinguished Professor
Director, Diabetes Center
Director, NC Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute
Kathleen M. Caron, PhD
Professor and Chair
Department of Cell Biology and Physiology
Ian Carroll, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Nutrition
UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
Xiaoxin (Luke) Chen, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Michael Cowley, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
North Carolina State University
Michael Cowley, PhD
Assistant Professor, NC State University
"Epigenetic dysregulation of Zac1 and activation of the Imprinted Gene Network in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease"
Seth Crockett, MD, MPH
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Nathan Crook, PhD
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
North Carolina State University
Nathan Crook, PhD
Assistant Professor, North Carolina State University
"In situ diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease using G-protein coupled receptors expressed in probiotic yeast."
Blossom A. Damania, PhD
Vice Dean for Research
Boshamer Distinguished Professor
Michael Daniele, PhD
Assistant Professor, NC State University
"Ischemia/Reperfusion-on-Chip: Developing a dynamic system to model ischemia-reperfusion injury with human epithelium and microsensors"
Lawrence David, PhD
Assistant Professor, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Lawrence David, PhD
Assistant Professor, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University
“Personalizing prebiotic treatments that manipulate human gut microbiota”
Evan S. Dellon, MD, MPH
Professor, Dept. of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology
Anna Mae Diehl, MD
Florence McAlister Distinguished Professor of Medicine
Dept. of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology
Duke University
Matthew Egberg, MD, MPH, MMSc
Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
“Investigation of the Safety and Effectiveness of Anti-TNF-α in the Treatment of Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease”
Swathi Eluri, MD, MSCR
Gastroenterology Fellow, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at ChapeL Hill
“Characterization of Dysphagia and Esophageal Dysmotility in Patients on Chronic Opioids”
Donna Evon, PhD
Professor, Dept. of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Craig A. Fletcher, DVM, PhD
Professor and Vice Chair of Comparative Medicine
Associate Vice Chancellor of Research
Director of the Division of Comparative Medicine
Anthony Fodor, PhD
Professor, Dept. of Bioinformatics and Genomics
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Lauren Frazer, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
"Identification of diagnostic and predictive biomarkers for necrotizing enterocolitis"
Terrence (Terry) Furey, PhD
Professor, Dept. of Genetics and Biology
Joseph Galanko, PhD
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Katherine Garman, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Dept. of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology
Duke University
Liara Gonzalez, DVM, PhD
Associate Professor
Dept. of Clinical Sciences, Gastroenterology and Equine Surgery
North Carolina State University
Misty Good, MD, MS
Associate Professor
Division Chief, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Department of Pediatrics
mistygood@unc.edu
Adam Gracz, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
“Transcriptomic characterization of endogenous and organoid-derived hepatocytes”
Adam Gracz, PhD
Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
"Damage-induced activation of hybrid hepatocytes"
Simon Gray, MD, PhD
Advanced IBD Fellow, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
"Environmental triggers and mechanisms of IBD relapse in mouse-adapted human IBD microbiome driven experimental colitis"
Ajay Gulati, MD
Professor
Dept. of Pediatrics, Division of Gastroenterology
Dept. of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Shuo Han, PhD
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Duke University
"Regulation of host aging and physiology by the human gut microbiota"
Gail Hecht, MD
Professor of Medicine and Microbiology/Immunology
Chief, Gastroenterology and Nutrition
Loyola University Chicago
Susan J. Henning, PhD
Emeritus Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Hans Herfarth, MD, PhD
Professor, Dept. of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Leslie Hicks, PhD
Associate Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
"Molecular drivers of AIEC phenotypes"
Onyinye Iweala, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology
"Developing live tick infestation mouse models of alpha-gal syndrome to understand allergic immune responses to dietary alpha-gal."
Younggeon Jin, DVM, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Equine Surgery, North Carolina State University
“Role of chloride channel ClC-2 in intestinal homeostasis”
M. Maya Kaelberer, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Duke University
Tobias Kaeser, PhD
Assistant Professor, NC State University
"Determine the role of T-helper 2 cells in the induction of eosinophilic food allergies in pigs"
Michael D. Kappelman, MD, MPH
Professor, Dept. of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology
Temitope O. Keku, PhD, MSPH
Professor, Dept. Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Nutrition
Arion Kennedy, PhD
Assistant Professor, NC State University
"Identification of Neoantigens in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease"
Arion Kennedy, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Molecular and Structural Biochemistry
North Carolina State University
Manuel Kleiner, PhD
Associate Professor in Microbiomes and Complex Microbial Communities
Department of Plant and Microbial Biology
North Carolina State University
Manuel Kleiner, PhD
Assistant Professor, NC State University
"The fate of dietary protein from different sources and its impact on the intestinal microbiota"
Stanley Lemon, MD
Professor, Dept. of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology
Rodger A. Liddle
Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology
Duke University Medical Center
Sarah Lieber, MD, MSCR
Gastroenterology Fellow, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
"LiveRight: Improving Immunosuppressant Adherence and Liver Transplant Outcomes Using Patient-Centered Smartphone Technology – A Pilot Study"
Millie Long, MD, MPH
Professor
Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Kendall Lough, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
"Defining the origins of gut-brain communication"
Scott Magness, PhD
Professor, Joint Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, NCSU/UNC-CH, Dept. of Cell & Molecular Physiology
Director, CGIBD Advanced Analytics Core
Heather McCauley, PhD
Assistant Professor, Cell Biology and Physiology
Heather McCauley, PhD
Assistant Professor, Cell Biology and Physiology
"Enteroendocrine cells regulate intestinal signaling pathways via stromal cells"
Kathryn Meurs, DVM, PhD
Professor, Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies
NC State, College of Veterinary Medicine
Edward Miao, MD, PhD
Professor
Department of Immunology, Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Justin Milner, PhD
Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
"Epigenetic regulation of intestinal CD8 T cell differentiation during infection."
Ichiro Misumi, PhD
Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
"Sex-related differences in hepatitis A pathogenesis."
Andrew Moon, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
"Assessing Health Care Utilization After Locoregional Therapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma"
Andrew Moon, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Andrew J. Muir, MD, MHS
Professor of Medicine
Chief, Division of Gastroenterology in the Department of Medicine
Core Faculty in Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Member in the Duke Clinical Research Institute
Juliane Nguyen, PhD
Associate Professor, Eshelman School of Pharmacy
"Engineering Probiotic Yeast for Targeted Treatment of Ulcerative Colitis"
Richard M. Peek, Jr., M.D.
Director, Division of Gastroenterology
Professor of Medicine
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Anne Peery, MD, MSCR
Associate Professor,
Dept. of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Adela Radosova, CRA
Grants Manager
John Rawls, PhD
James B. Duke Distinguished Professor,
Dept. of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
Director, Duke Microbiome Center
Matthew R. Redinbo, PhD
William R. Kenan Distinguished Professor,
Dept. of Chemistry
Daniel Reker, PhD
Assistant Professor, Duke University
"Predicting the effects of microbial metabolites on NOD-like receptors"
Jatin Roper, MD
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology
Pharmacology and Cancer Biology
Duke University
jatin.roper@duke.edu
Adam Rosenthal, PhD
Assistant Professor, Microbiology and Immunology
"Characterizing E. coli phenotypic heterogeneity during chronic intestinal inflammation"
Shengmin Sang, PhD
Distinguished Professor of Functional Foods, Laboratory for Functional Foods and Human Health, Center for Excellence in Post-Harvest Technologies, North Carolina A&T State University
R. Balfour Sartor, MD
Margaret and Lorimer W. Midget Distinguished Professor
Co-Director, Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease
Director, Gnotobiotic Core
Nicholas J. Shaheen, MD, MPH
Bozymski-Heizer Distinguished Professor
Chief, Dept. of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Shehzad Sheikh, MD, PhD
Professor
Dept. Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Shehzad Sheikh, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
"Establishing and Functional Testing Patient Derived Colonoids – A Pathway to Personalized Therapy in Crohn’s Disease"
Natasha T. Snider, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
“CD73 is a multi-functional protein that regulates liver injury”
Erin Steinbach, MD, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
"Investigating the Intestinal Epithelial Cell Barrier in Peanut Allergy Pathogenesis"
Erin Steinbach, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology
Joshua A. Stern, DVM, PhD, DACVIM (Cardiology)
Associate Dean for Research & Graduate Studies
Professor of Cardiology - Department of Clinical Sciences
North Carolina State University, College of Veterinary Medicine
Brian Sullivan, MD, MHS
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Duke University
Neeraj Surana, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Duke University
"Exploring the protective effect of Clostridium immunis in colitis"
Neeraj (Neil) Surana, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases), Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, and Immunology
Duke University
Rita Tamayo, PhD
Associate Professor,
Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology
Casey Theriot, PhD
Professor in Infectious Disease
Dept. of Population Health & Pathobiology
North Carolina State University
Casey Theriot, PhD
Assistant Professor in Infectious Disease, Department of Population Health & Pathobiology, North Carolina State University
“Rational alteration of gut bile acids with targeted bacterial therapy to combat Clostridium difficile infection”
Jenny Ting, PhD
William Rand Kenan Professor
Dept. of Genetics
Director, Center for Translational Immunology
Catalina Berenblum Tobi
Community Representative
Susan Tonkonogy, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Population Health and Pathobiology
Scientific Director, Gnotobiotic Core
North Carolina State University
Laurianne Van Landeghem, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences
College of Veterinary Medicine
North Carolina State University
Laurianne Van Landeghem, PhD
Assistant Professor, NC State College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences
"Enteric glial cells impact colon cancer stem cell chemoresistance”
Jeremy Wang, PhD
Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
"Full-length rRNA sequencing with molecular barcoding to characterize mucosa-adherent bacteria contributing to colitis"
Jeremy Wang, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Genetics
Jia Wen, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University
"Deciphering host-microbiota regulation of apical and basolateral absorption of lipid in enterocytes"
Scott E. Williams, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
“Identification of stem cell niches and quiescence signatures in the upper gastrointestinal tract”
Ian Williamson, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher, Duke University
"Developing organoid-based platforms to measure enteric metabolic reprograming"
Gary D Wu, MD
Associate Director of the Center for Molecular Studies in Digestive and Liver Disease
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Amanda Ziegler, DVM, PhD
Assistant Research Professor
Department of Clinical Sciences
North Carolina State University
Amanda Ziegler, DVM, PhD
Postdoctoral Trainee, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC State University
"Postnatal Development of Intestinal Barrier Repair Mechanisms"