Ambassador William B. Taylor is vice president, of Europe and Russia at the U.S. Institute of Peace. In 2019, he served as chargé d’affaires at the U.S. embassy in Kyiv and as the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine from 2006 to 2009. During the Arab Spring, he oversaw U.S. assistance and support to Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, … Read more
Dr. Scott Commins is the William J. Yount, MD Distinguished Professor at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he is a member of the UNC Food Allergy Initiative, the Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases, and the Southeastern Center of Excellence for Vector Borne Diseases. Dr. Commins maintains an active clinical … Read more
Gustavo A. Heresi, M.D., M.S. is the Head of the Pulmonary Vascular Disease Section of the Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Respiratory Institute at the Cleveland Clinic, Ohio. He is board certified in Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine. After receiving his medical degree from the University of San Agustin Faculty of Medicine in Arequipa, Peru, … Read more
Dr. Davis is a pediatric pulmonologist whose research is focused on diseases that affect the lungs of infants and children such as cystic fibrosis, primary ciliary dyskinesia, and lung disease related to premature birth. Specifically, by gaining a firmer understanding of the early pathogenesis of these diseases, developing new ways of assessing or predicting developing … Read more
Ashalla Freeman, PhD, is the Director of Access and Engagement in the Office of Graduate Education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine (UNC SOM) and has served as Director of the UNC Initiative for Maximizing Student Development since 2014. She develops, administers, and oversees the evaluation of programs and … Read more
Dr. Sorah is a Medical Oncologist with the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center where he specializes in the care of patients with GI malignancies and advanced melanoma. He did his undergrad at Virginia Tech, medical school at Virginia Commonwealth University, before doing his residency and fellowship in Medical Oncology here at UNC. Within the Department … Read more
Dr. Iweala’s primary research interests include 1) the mechanisms of pathogenesis behind alpha-gal mammalian meat (red meat) allergy and 2) the regulation of IgE antibody responses. Dr. Iweala also enjoys caring for individuals with allergic conditions and/or immune dysfunction at the UNC Allergy Clinic. She has a particular interest in patients with alpha-gal allergy, chronic … Read more
Dr. Josephine Briggs is an internationally recognized nephrologist and researcher. She is a graduate of Radcliffe College and Harvard Medical School and did post-graduate internal medicine and nephrology training at Mount Sinai Medical School in NYC, where she served as the first woman chief medical resident. Her research training continued at Yale University and the … Read more
Caprice C. Greenberg MD MPH is the Colin G. Thomas, Jr., MD Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Surgery at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Prior to that, she served as the Moretz-Mansberger Distinguished Chair of the Department of Surgery at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University. She is … Read more
Erin Dunneback, MD Medicine-Pediatrics Chief Resident Erin Dunneback grew up in Michigan where she later attended Michigan State University and received her bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology and Education. She couldn’t imagine leaving her beloved Spartans and stayed at Michigan State for medical school, where she was inducted into the AOA Honor Society and was an active … Read more