Faculty

Advanced, Comprehensive Instruction to Prepare You For Any Career Path

With a faculty of dedicated teachers, clinicians, and researchers – including national leaders in the AAAAI and world-renowned specialists in asthma, and food allergy – the UNC Allergy and Immunology Fellowship Program offers participants a unique opportunity to train with today’s foremost experts. Through a combination of high-impact, evidence-based instruction from top-tier clinical experts and a focus on cutting-edge training in research, the UNC fellowship program ensures that today’s graduates are well positioned for success – whether they choose to pursue careers in in academia, industry, or clinical practice.

It goes without saying, that our faculty are the heart and soul of the UNC Allergy and Immunology Fellowship program. In addition to being nationally and internationally recognized leaders in research and clinical care, they have a key trait that goes beyond their expertise. Our faculty are just as enthusiastic about sharing their knowledge and developing outstanding fellows as they are about providing patients with the most advanced and highest quality care available.

“UNC Allergy was so appealing because of the world class faculty, in essentially every area of A&I. From the food allergy research behemoth on the pediatric side, to alpha gal and mast cell disorders researchers on the adult side, the top-notch asthma research in both kids and adults, and excellent clinical care in all realms – UNC truly has every area covered. The faculty are so approachable, willing to work with us on any topic, and even allow us to explore any research area we can conjure. The fellowship leadership cares so deeply for our success, which sets us up well during our training. Now in private practice, I see how valuable having passionate clinicians and mentors are, which we have abundantly here within the UNC Allergy and Immunology division.”
– Jeremy Owens, MD, 2024 Graduate of UNC Allergy/Immunology Fellowship Program.

ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY FACULTY

Allison Burbank, MD
Associate Program Director, UNC Allergy & Immunology Fellowship
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Co-Director, Pediatric Rural Health Initiative

Wesley Burks, MD
Dean, UNC School of Medicine
CEO, UNC Health Care
Vice-Chancellor For Medical Affairs, UNC-Chapel Hill

Scott Commins, MD, PhD
Associate Chief for Allergy, Division of Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology

Michelle Hernandez, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Children’s Research Institute, Clinical Research Unit
Pediatric and Adolescent Director, North Carolina Network Consortium
Co-Director, Pediatric Rural Health Initiative

Onyinye Iweala, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director, Allergy Mast Cell Disorders Program

Edwin Kim, MD, MS
Division Chief, UNC Pediatric Allergy and Immunology
Associate Program Director, UNC Allergy & Immunology Fellowship
Director, UNC Food Allergy Initiative

Timothy Moran, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics

David B. Peden, MD, MS, FAAAAI
Andrews Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics
Senior Associate Dean for Translational Research
Division of Pediatric Allergy & Immunology

Maureen Petersen, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Stephen Schworer, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Amika Sood, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Program Director, UNC Allergy & Immunology Fellowship Program

Eveline Wu, MD, MSCR
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Division Chief for Pediatrics Rheumatology