{"id":2216,"date":"2009-09-29T15:20:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-29T19:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/med.sites.unc.edu\/ivb\/copy_of_faculty\/"},"modified":"2025-04-10T10:34:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T14:34:12","slug":"copy_of_faculty","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ivb\/copy_of_faculty\/","title":{"rendered":"IVB Training Faculty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Area of Research<\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Biochemistry and Biophysics<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Wolfgang Bergmeier, PhD<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Professor<\/td>\nAdhesion mechanisms of platelets and neutrophils<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Sharon Campbell, PhD<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Professor<\/td>\nRegulator molecules in cell growth control and cell adhesion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Saskia Neher, PhD<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Assoc Professor<\/td>\nMaturation and regulation of human lipases<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Biology<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n

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Victoria L. Bautch, PhD<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Professor<\/td>\nAngiogenesis, blood vessel formation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Frank Conlon, PhD<\/td>\nProfessor<\/td>\nCardiac development and disease<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Biomedical Engineering<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Paul Dayton, PhD<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Professor<\/td>\nContrast-Enhanced Ultrasound Imaging, Molecular Imaging<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Caterina Gallippi, PhD<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Professor<\/td>\nElastographic Ultrasound Imaging, Atherosclerosis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Michael Daniele, PhD<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Assoc Professor<\/td>\nVascular tissue engineering<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Jaqueline Cole, PhD<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Assoc Professor<\/td>\nBone vascular development and maintenance<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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William Polacheck, PhD<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Asst Professor<\/td>\nBioengineered models of the vasculature, Notch signaling<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sarah Shelton, PhD<\/td>\nAsst Professor<\/td>\nVascular bioengineering, Tumor microenvironment<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Cell Biology and Physiology<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Kathleen Caron, PhD<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Professor<\/td>\nAdrenomedulin in Placenta and Lymphatic Circulation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Lori O\u2019Brien, PhD<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Asst Professor<\/td>\nKidney vascular development<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Jimena Giudice, PhD<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Asst Professor<\/td>\nRNA splicing in heart and skeletal muscle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Michael Bressan, PhD<\/td>\nAssoc Professor<\/td>\nCardiac conduction system development<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Robert Wirka, MD<\/td>\nAsst Professor<\/td>\nGenetics of coronary artery disease<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Berfin Azizoglu, PhD<\/td>\nAsst Professor<\/td>\nVascularization, organ regeneration<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Whitney Edwards, PhD<\/td>\nAsst Professor<\/td>\nCardiac development and disease<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Epidemiology<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n

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Kari North, PhD<\/td>\nProfessor<\/td>\nCardiovascular epidemiology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Genetics<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n

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Karen Mohlke, PhD<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Professor<\/td>\nHuman genetics of type-2 diabetes and obesity<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Mathematics<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Boyce Griffith, PhD<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Assoc Professor<\/td>\nCardiovascular modeling and simulation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Medicine<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n

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Claire Doerschuk, MD<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Professor<\/td>\nInflammatory and innate immune processes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Ron J. Falk, MD<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Professor<\/td>\nNephrology, renal pathology, autoimmune vasculitis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Nigel Mackman, PhD<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Professor<\/td>\nTissue factor in inflammation and vascular disease<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Timothy C. Nichols, MD<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Professor<\/td>\nCardiology, thrombosis, atherosclerosis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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John Ikonomidis, MD\/PhD<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Professor<\/td>\nVascular biology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Brian Jensen, MD<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Professor<\/td>\nHeart failure, adrenergic receptor biology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Edward Bahnson, PhD<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Asst Professor<\/td>\nVessel wall biology, redox regulation of atherosclerosis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Neurology<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n

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Ian Shih, PhD<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Professor<\/td>\nVascular Imaging<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Pathology and Laboratory Medicine<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Joan Taylor, PhD<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Professor<\/td>\nCardiomyocyte signaling, hypertension, metabolism<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Christopher Mack, PhD<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Professor<\/td>\nVascular biology, hypertension, epigenetics<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Silvio Antoniak, PhD<\/td>\nAssoc Professor<\/td>\nProtease activated receptors<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Alisa Wolberg, PhD<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Professor<\/td>\nThrombosis and hemostasis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Li Qian, PhD<\/td>\nProfessor<\/td>\nCardiac reprogramming, epigenetics<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Matthew Flick, PhD<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Assoc Professor<\/td>\nCoagulation factors in disease<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Jiandong Liu, PhD<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Assoc Professor<\/td>\nCardiac development, trabeculation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Boa Kim, PhD<\/a><\/td>\nAssist Professor<\/td>\nEC lipid signaling<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Pharmaceutical Science (School of Pharmacy)<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Craig R. Lee, PharmD, PhD<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Professor<\/td>\nCyp450 mediated eicosanoid metabolism and atherosclerosis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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David Lawrence, PhD<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Professor<\/td>\nLight-activated drug delivery<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Juliane Nguyen<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Assoc Professor<\/td>\nDevelopment of drug carriers for cardiovascular disease<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Pharmacology<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n

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Maria Aleman, PhD<\/td>\nAssist Prof<\/td>\nErythropoiesis and iron metabolism<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Daniel Dominguez, PhD<\/td>\nAssist Prof<\/td>\nRNA binding proteins<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jonathon Schisler, PhD<\/td>\nAssist Prof<\/td>\nCardiovascular genomics, metabolism, and protein quality control<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Secondary mentors only (UNC)<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n

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Nobuyo Maeda, PhD<\/td>\nProfessor<\/td>\nGenetically modified mouse models of CV disease<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Nigel Key, MD<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Professor<\/td>\nThrombosis and Hemostasis, Gene Therapy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Rick Stouffer, MD<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Professor<\/td>\nVascular disease, Vascular interventions<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Anil Gehi, MD<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Professor<\/td>\nClinical electrophysiology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Joe Rossi, MD<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Professor<\/td>\nInterventional cardiology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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John Vavalle, MD<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Professor<\/td>\nInterventional cardiology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Amir Aghajanian, MD\/PhD<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Assistant Prof<\/td>\nGeneral cardiology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Mirnela Byku, MD<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Professor<\/td>\nGeneral cardiology, Heart failure<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Secondary mentors only (Outside Institutions)<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n

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Howard Rockman, MD (Duke)<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Professor<\/td>\nCardiac Hypertrophy, Signal Transduction<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Christopher Kontos, MD (Duke)<\/td>\nProfessor<\/td>\nHuman genetics of cardiovascular abnormalities<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Anthony Viera, MD (Duke)<\/td>\nProfessor<\/td>\nHypertension<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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