Contact

Robert S. Sandler, MD, MPH

Director, Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease

rsandler@med.unc.edu

(O) 919 843-0758

Tessa Andermann, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor
Dept. of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases

tessa_andermann@med.unc.edu

(O) 919-843-0834

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

janelle_arthur@med.unc.edu

(O) 919-966-2206

M. Andrea Azcarate-Peril, PhD

Associate Professor
UNC Departments of Medicine and Nutrition
Director, Microbiome Core Facility

azcarate@med.unc.edu

(O) 919 966-9838

Edward L. Barnes, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Dept. of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

barnese@email.unc.edu

(O) 919-966-4468

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”

Kim Elaine Barrett, PhD

Vice Dean for Research
School of Medicine

University of California, Davis

A. Sidney Barritt IV, MD, MSCR

Associate Professor
Dept. of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

sid_barritt@med.unc.edu

(O) 919-966-2516

Luther Bartelt, MD

Associate Professor
Dept. of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases

luther_bartelt@med.unc.edu

(O) 919-966-6152

Aadra Bhatt, PhD

Assistant Professor
Dept. of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Director, Mouse Phase 1 Unit, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

aadra_bhatt@med.unc.edu

(O) 919-843-4598

Aadra Bhatt, PhD

Research Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

"Targeting a Gut Bacterial Enzyme to Alleviate NSAID-induced Enteropathy"

Anthony Blikslager, DVM, PhD

Alumni Distinguished Professor of Large Animal Surgery and Gastroenterology
Associate Director, Comparative Medicine Institute

anthony_blikslager@ncsu.edu

(O) 919 513-7725

Diego Bohorquez, PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine
Depts. of Gastroenterology & Neurobiology
Duke University

(O) 919-684-4520

diego.bohorquez@duke.edu

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"

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

Kevin, M. Byrd, DDS, PhD

Research Assistant Professor
Division of Oral & Craniofacial Health Sciences
Anthony R. Volpe Research Scholar and Manager of Oral & Craniofacial Research, ADASRI

kevin_byrd@unc.edu

(O) 260-249-4724

Benjamin Callahan, PhD

Assistant Professor
Department of Population Health and Pathobiology
College of Veterinary Medicine
North Carolina State University

benjamin.j.callahan@gmail.com

(O) 919-515-8536

Kathleen M. Caron, PhD

Professor and Chair
Department of Cell Biology and Physiology

kathleen_caron@med.unc.edu

(O) 919-966-5215

Ian Carroll, PhD

Associate Professor
Department of Nutrition
UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health

ian_carroll@med.unc.edu

(O) 919 843-4893

Xiaoxin (Luke) Chen, MD, PhD

Professor, Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences

lchen@nccu.edu

(O) 919-530-6425

Michael Cowley, PhD

Associate Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
North Carolina State University

macowley@ncsu.edu

(O) 919-513-0818

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

seth_crockett@med.unc.edu

(O) 919-962-2608

Nathan Crook, PhD

Assistant Professor
Dept. of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
North Carolina State University

nccrook@ncsu.edu

(O) 919-513-2429

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@duke.edu

(O) 919-668-5388

Lawrence David, PhD

Assistant Professor, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University

“Personalizing prebiotic treatments that manipulate human gut microbiota”

Christopher M. Dekaney, PhD

Assistant Professor of Gastroenterology
North Carolina State University

cmdekane@ncsu.edu

(O) 919-513-6372

Evan S. Dellon, MD, MPH

Professor, Dept. of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology

edellon@med.unc.edu

919-843-9618

Anna Mae Diehl, MD

Florence McAlister Distinguished Professor of Medicine
Dept. of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology
Duke University

annamae.diehl@duke.edu

(O) 919-684-2366

Lars Eckmann, MD

Professor of Medicine
Gastroenterology

UC San Diego

Matthew Egberg, MD, MPH, MMSc

Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Gastroenterology

matthed@email.unc.edu

(O) 919-966-2435

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

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

swathi@med.unc.edu

(O) 919-966-2514

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

donna_evon@med.unc.edu

(O) 919-966-6732

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

afodor@uncc.edu

(O) 704-687-8214

Terrence (Terry) Furey, PhD

Associate Professor, Dept. of Genetics and Biology

tsfurey@email.unc.edu

(O) 919-966-7033

Joseph Galanko, PhD

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

joseph_galanko@med.unc.edu

(O) 919-966-8557

J. Victor Garcia-Martinez, PhD

Professor, Dept. of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease
Director of the International Center for the Advancement of Translational Science

victor_garcia@med.unc.edu

(O) 919-843-9600

Katherine Garman, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine
Dept. of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology
Duke University

Katherine.garman@duke.edu

(O) 919-684-1205

Liara Gonzalez, DVM, PhD

Associate Professor
Dept. of Clinical Sciences, Gastroenterology and Equine Surgery
North Carolina State University

lmgonza4@ncsu.edu

(O) 919-513-6919

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

Associate Professor
Dept. of Pediatrics, Division of Gastroenterology
Dept. of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

ajay_gulati@med.unc.edu

919-966-1746 (Lab)

Jonathan Hansen, MD, PhD

Associate Professor, Dept. of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

jjhansen@med.unc.edu

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

sjh@med.unc.edu

(O) 919-843-4969

Hans Herfarth, MD, PhD

Professor, Dept. of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

hherf@med.unc.edu

(O) 919-966-6806

Leslie Hicks, PhD

Associate Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

"Molecular drivers of AIEC phenotypes"

Stephen D. Hursting, PhD, MPH

Professor, Department of Nutrition
UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health

hursting@email.unc.edu

(O) 919-966-7346

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”

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"

Muneera Kapadia, MD, MME

Professor of Surgery
Associate Vice Chair of Education
Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery

muneera_kapadia@med.unc.edu

(O) 919-966-8436

Michael D. Kappelman, MD, MPH

Associate Professor, Dept. of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology

Michael_Kappelman@med.unc.edu

(O) 919-843-5908

Temitope O. Keku, PhD, MSPH

Professor, Dept. Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Nutrition

keku@med.unc.edu

(O) 919-966-5828

Arion Kennedy, PhD

Assistant Professor, NC State University

"Identification of Neoantigens in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease"

Mary Claire Kimmel, MD

Assistant Professor
Dept. of Psychiatry
Medical Director, Perinatal Psychiatry Inpatient Unit

makimmel@med.unc.edu

Manuel Kleiner, PhD

Assistant Professor in Microbiomes and Complex Microbial Communities
Department of Plant and Microbial Biology
North Carolina State University

manuel_kleiner@ncsu.edu

(O) 919-515-3792

Manuel Kleiner, PhD

Assistant Professor, NC State University

"The fate of dietary protein from different sources and its impact on the intestinal microbiota"

Samuel K. Lai, PhD

Associate Professor, Eshelman School of Pharmacy
Adjunct Associate Professor, Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology
lai@unc.edu

(O) 919-966-3024

Cristina Lanzas, DVM, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Population Health and Pathobiology
North Carolina State University

clanzas@ncsu.edu

(O) 919-513-6202

Stanley Lemon, MD

Professor, Dept. of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology

smlemon@med.unc.edu

(O) 919-843-1848

Xiaoling Li, PhD

Senior Investigator
Metabolism, Genes, and Environment Group
Signal Transduction Laboratory
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

lix3@niehs.nih.gov

(O) 984-287-3484

Rodger A. Liddle

Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology
Duke University Medical Center

rodger.liddle@duke.edu

(O) 919-681-6380
(F) 919-684-4983

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

Associate Professor
Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

millie_long@med.unc.edu

Kendall Lough, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

"Defining the origins of gut-brain communication"

Kun Lu, PhD

Associate Professor, Dept. of Environmental Engineering
Director, Biomarker Mass Spectrometry Facility, Gillings School of Global Public Health

kunlu@unc.edu

(O) 919-966-7337

Zhe Lyu, PhD

Assistant Professor
Plant and Microbial Biology
North Carolina State University

zlyu3@ncsu.edu

Scott Magness, PhD

Associate Professor, Joint Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, NCSU/UNC-CH, Dept. of Cell & Molecular Physiology
Director, CGIBD Advanced Analytics Core

magness@med.unc.edu

(O) 919-966-6816

Heather McCauley, PhD

Assistant Professor, Cell Biology and Physiology

Heather_McCauley@med.unc.edu

(O) 919-966-6412

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

edward.miao@duke.edu

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 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

Andrew Neilson, PhD

Associate Professor
Plants for Human Health Institute
Dept of Feed, Bioprocessing & Nutrition Sciences
North Carolina State University

aneilso@ncsu.edu

(O) 704-250-5495

Juliane Nguyen, PhD

Associate Professor, Eshelman School of Pharmacy

"Engineering Probiotic Yeast for Targeted Treatment of Ulcerative Colitis"

Jack Odle, PhD

William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor of Nutritional Biochemistry
North Carolina State University

jack_odle@ncsu.edu

(O) 919-515-4050

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

anne_peery@med.unc.edu

Jesse Raab, PhD

Assistant Professor,
Dept. of Genetics

jesse_raab@med.unc.edu

(O) 919 966-2019

Adela Radosova, CRA

Grants Manager

John Rawls, PhD

Associate Professor,
Dept. of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
Director, Duke Microbiome Center

john.rawls@duke.edu

(O) 919 613-7212

Matthew R. Redinbo, PhD

William R. Kenan Distinguished Professor,
Dept. of Chemistry

redinbo@unc.edu

(O) 919-962-4581

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

(O) 919-660-2923

Adam Rosenthal, PhD

Assistant Professor, Microbiology and Immunology

"Characterizing E. coli phenotypic heterogeneity during chronic intestinal inflammation"

R. Balfour Sartor, MD

Margaret and Lorimer W. Midget Distinguished Professor
Co-Director, Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease
Director, Gnotobiotic Core

rbs@med.unc.edu

(O) 919-966-0149

Nicholas J. Shaheen, MD, MPH

Bozymski-Heizer Distinguished Professor
Chief, Dept. of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology

nshaheen@med.unc.edu

(O) 919-966-7047

Shehzad Sheikh, MD, PhD

Associate Professor
Dept. Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

shehzad_sheikh@med.unc.edu

(O) 919-966-6000

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"

Celia E. Shiau, PhD, BS

Assistant Professor
Department of Biology

shiauce@bio.unc.edu

(O) 919-962-7010

Amy Smither, MBA

Center Administrator

amy_smither@med.unc.edu

(O) 919 966-8381

Natasha T. Snider, PhD

Assistant Professor,
Dept. of Cell Biology and Physiology

ntsnider@email.unc.edu

(O) 919 966-1252

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

erin_steinbach@med.unc.edu

(O) 984-974-2645

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

Brian.a.Sullivan@duke.edu

(O) 919-286-0411

Neeraj Surana, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor, Duke University

"Exploring the protective effect of Clostridium immunis in colitis"

Neil Surana, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor
Dept. of Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases), Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, and Immunology
Duke University

neil.surana@duke.edu

(O) 919-613-8742

Francisco A. Sylvester, MD

Professor
Chief, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology
Dept. of Pediatrics

fsylvester@unc.edu

(O) 919-445-0257

Rita Tamayo, PhD

Associate Professor,
Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology

rita_tamayo@med.unc.edu

(O) 919-843-2864

Casey Theriot, PhD

Associate Professor in Infectious Disease
Dept. of Population Health & Pathobiology
North Carolina State University

cmtherio@ncsu.edu

(O) 919-513-0711

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

jenny_ting@med.unc.edu

(O) 919-966-5538

Susan Tonkonogy, PhD

Associate Professor
Department of Population Health and Pathobiology
Scientific Director, Gnotobiotic Core
North Carolina State University

sue_tonkonogy@ncsu.edu

(O) 919-513-6252

Laurianne Van Landeghem, PhD

Assistant Professor
Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences
College of Veterinary Medicine
North Carolina State University

lcvanlan@ncsu.edu

(o) 919-523-7508
(lab) 919-513-6186

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

jeremy_wang@med.unc.edu

(O) 919-886-4006

Scott E. Williams, PhD

Assistant Professor
Dept. of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Scott_Williams@med.unc.edu

(O) 919-966-2737

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

Gastroenterology Postdoctoral Researcher
Liddle Lab
Dept. of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology

ian.williamson@duke.edu

(O) 919-272-8184

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

Jen Jen Yeh, MD

Professor
Dept. of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology
Dept. of Pharmacology

jjyeh@med.unc.edu

(O) 919-966-5221

Amanda Ziegler, DVM, PhD

Assistant Research Professor
Department of Clinical Sciences
North Carolina State University

Amanda_Ziegler@ncsu.edu

(O) 919-513-8099

Amanda Ziegler, DVM, PhD

Postdoctoral Trainee, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC State University

"Postnatal Development of Intestinal Barrier Repair Mechanisms"