Program Faculty
Leadership
Principal Investigator
Genevieve Neal-Perry, MD, PhD
Robert A. Ross Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Dr. Neal-Perry research program has focused on the menopause and the impact of nutrition on reproductive and fertility outcomes. She has published a wide range of original research manuscripts, reviews, and book chapters in the field of reproductive science. Dr. Neal-Perry’s clinical interests and expertise include general infertility, cancer and reproductive health, PCOS, in vitro fertilization, third party reproduction, single and same sex reproduction, nutrition and fertility, premature ovarian insufficiency, ovarian aging, menopause and perimenopause complaints, and menstrual cycle dysfunction. She specializes in minimally invasive surgical procedures intended to restore fertility including ovarian cyst removal, tubal reconstruction and uterine polyp and fibroid management.
Research Director
Benjamin Chi, MD, MSc
Professor, Global Women’s Health
Dr. Chi holds appointments in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Department of Epidemiology and has developed an extensive research and mentoring portfolio in global health. His areas of expertise include implementation science; program evaluation; clinical trials; HIV prevention, including the prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT); HIV care and treatment; and maternal-child health. He has received funding from the National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, and other private foundations. In addition, Dr. Chi leads several training programs designed to foster U.S. collaborations abroad, including the UNC Global Women’s Health Fellowship and the UJMT Fogarty Global Health Fellows Consortium.
Recruiting Officers
Victoria Bae-Jump, MD, PhD
Professor, Gynecologic Oncology
Dr. Bae-Jump’s research focuses on understanding the interactions between cell signaling pathways implicated in endometrial cancer pathogenesis as a means to target therapy for this disease. She is also interested in the impact that obesity has on endometrial cancer development and progression which may invariably dictate different treatment options. In addition, she has a clinical trial underway which is a microarray-based endeavor to correlate gene expression patterns with clinical outcomes and parameters in endometrial cancer, including obesity, lymph node status, and recurrence risk.
Kim Boggess, MD
Professor, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Dr. Boggess has been a member of the UNC School of Medicine faculty since 1999. Her clinical focus is high risk pregnancy and critical care obstetrics. She has a special interest in the impact of oral disease on pregnancy outcomes, and was the first investigator to report an association between maternal periodontal infection and preeclampsia. Dr. Boggess also served as the Program Director for the UNC Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (BIRCWH) Program from 2015 to 2021.
Core Mentors
Carla Chibwesha, MD, MSc
Associate Professor of Ob-Gyn
Global Women’s Health
Hendrée Jones, PhD
Professor of Ob-Gyn
Director of the UNC Horizons Program
Tracy Manuck, MD, MS
Associate Professor of Ob-Gyn
Maternal Fetal Medicine
Elizabeth Stringer, MD, MSc
Professor of Ob-Gyn
Maternal Fetal Medicine
Jeffrey Stringer, MD
Professor of Ob-Gyn
Global Women’s Health
Alison Stuebe, MD, MSc
Professor of Ob-Gyn
Maternal Fetal Medicine
Jennifer Tang, MD, MSCR
Associate Professor of Ob-Gyn
Global Women’s Health
John Thorp, Jr, MD
Professor of Ob-Gyn
General Ob-Gyn
Neeta Vora, MD
Associate Professor of Ob-Gyn
Maternal Fetal Medicine
External Advisory Committee
Adaora Adimora, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
UNC
Amy Murtha, MD
Professor and Chair of Ob-Gyn
University of California San Francisco
Winston Thompson, PhD
Professor and Chair of Physiology
Morehouse School of Medicine
Barbara Goff, MD
Professor and Chair of Ob-Gyn
University of Washington
Jerome Strauss, MD, PhD
Emeritus Professor of Ob-Gyn
University of Pennsylvania
Morris Weinberger, PhD
Professor and Chair of Health Policy and Management
UNC