Our Faculty & Staff
Primary Faculty
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Maria Abad
Research Assistant Professor
Email: maria_abad@med.unc.edude Silva Lab
Professor
Eshelman School of Pharmacy
Office: 919-962-4556Email: ainsliek@email.unc.eduResearch Associate Professor of Cell Biology and Physiology
Office: 919-445-2921Email: jamie_arnold@med.unc.eduResearch Interest:
Viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerases and replicasesAssociate Professor
Office: 919-966-2206Email: janelle_arthur@med.unc.eduResearch Interest:
Mechanisms underlying host:microbiota interactions in inflammation-associated digestive diseasesWilliam R. Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Epidemiology
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
Office: 919-966-6152Email: luther_bartelt@med.unc.eduMight host rotation students in 2025-26
Professor
Director of Graduate Studies
Email: bourret@med.unc.eduResearch Interest:
Molecular mechanisms of signal transduction by two-component regulatory systemsResearch Associate Professor
Email: willie_brickey@med.unc.eduResearch Interest:
Immune regulation of diseases and radiation-induced injuriesAssociate Professor of Medicine, Infectious Diseases
Email: epbrowne@ad.unc.eduProfessor of Biochemistry and Biophysics
Office: 919-966-8073Email: brian_button@med.unc.eduResearch Interests:
Mucus biophysical properties, role of the Pericilliary Layer (PCL), and mechanisms of mucociliary clearance in the airwaysProfessor of Surgery
Office: 919-966-8416Email: bruce_cairns@med.unc.eduPaul A. Godley, MD, PhD Distinguished Professor and Chair
Email: craig_cameron@med.unc.eduResearch Interest:
Viral Genome ReplicationAssistant Professor
Office: 919-966-5051Email: jacob_choby@med.unc.eduResearch Interest: Mechanisms of antibiotic heteroresistance and resistance in Gram-negative clinical isolates
Will host rotation students in 2025-26
Distinguished Professor of Medicine Administration
Office: 919-966-2536Email: mscohen@med.unc.eduAssociate Professor
Email: brian_conlon@med.unc.eduResearch Interest:
Antibiotic tolerance and resistance of Staphylococcus aureusLecturer, Assistant Professor of Instruction
Office: 919-843-6919Email: lcramer@med.unc.eduBoshamer Distinguished Professor
Vice Dean for Research
Email: blossom_damania@med.unc.eduMight host rotation students in 2025-26
Research Interest:
Viruses, Cancer, & ImmunityDistinguished Professor of Biology
Professor of Pediatrics
Email: lad@email.unc.eduProfessor
Email: abelk@email.unc.eduResearch Interest:
HIV pathogenesis and prevention strategies in women and childrenProfessor
Office: 919-962-4891Email: desilva@med.unc.eduKenan Distinguished Professor
Office: 919-966-7960Email: dirk_dittmer@med.unc.eduResearch Interest:
The human virome in cancer
Will host rotation students in 2025-26Teaching Associate Professor
Email: gina_donato@med.unc.eduProfessor
Director of Cancer Cellular Immunotherapy
Office: 919-962-8279Email: gdotti@med.unc.eduAssociate Professor of Pediatric Pulmonology
Office: 919-966-0287Email: camille_ehre@med.unc.eduExecutive Director, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
System Chief of Oncology Clinical Services, UNC Health
Email: Robert_Ferris@med.unc.eduResearch Interest:
Cancer immunotherapy, head and neck oncologyAssociate Professor of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Division Chief, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Email: mistygood@unc.eduMight host rotation students in 2025-26
Associate Professor
Office: 919-962-3129Research Interest:
Human immunology with a focus on T cell immunityAssistant Professor of Epidemiology
Email: lgralins@email.unc.eduAssistant Professor of Medicine
Email: simon_gray@med.unc.eduKenan Distinguished Professor
Office: 919-966-8563Email: jdg@med.unc.eduResearch Interest:
Structure of telomeresAssociate Professor of Medicine
Office: 919-966-5952Email: Brent_Hanks@med.unc.eduResearch Interest:
tumor-mediated immune evasion and immunotherapy resistanceMight host rotation students in 2025-26
Professor of Medicine
Email: jonathan_hansen@med.unc.eduProfessor of Genetics
Office: 919-843-1492Email: heisem@med.unc.eduAssociate Professor of Opthalmology
Office: 919-962-7633Email: mhirsch@email.unc.eduResearch Professor of Medicine
Office: 919-966-5050Email: mmhobbs@med.unc.eduAssistant Professor of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Might host rotation students in 2025-26
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics
Office: 919-843-3390Email: Justin_Jenson@med.unc.eduWill host rotation students in 2025-26
Assistant Professor
Email: sbjoseph@email.unc.eduProfessor
Office: 919-843-7635Email: kafri@med.unc.eduProfessor of Pharmacy
Email: lai@unc.eduResearch Interest:
Antibody engineering, mucosal immunology, phage engineering, immune cell engineeringResearch Associate Professor
Email: prem@med.unc.eduResearch Interest:
Viral protein-antibody interactions, diagnostics, therapeutics, and vaccinesTeaching Assistant Professor
Associate Chair for Education and Training
Email: rebekah_layton@med.unc.eduResearch Interest:
Biomedical graduate and postdoctoral education, training, and workforce developmentHosts graduate/postdoctoral Education Research Scholars/BioSTAR ImPACT Interns
Associate Professor
Email: helen.lazear@med.unc.eduResearch Interest:
Flavivirus pathogenesis and antiviral immunity at anatomic barriers
Professor of Medicine, Infectious Diseases
Office: 919-843-1848Email: smlemon@med.unc.eduAssociate Professor of Medicine
Email: linjt@email.unc.eduMight host rotation students in 2024-25
Research Interest:
Molecular epidemiology of malariaAssistant Professor of Genetics
Email: qingyun_liu@med.unc.eduWill host rotation students in 2025-26
Professor of Dermatology
Office: 919-966-0788Email: zhiliu@med.unc.eduAssociate Professor of Medicine
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Nutrition
Division Chief of Pediatric Endocrinology
Email: nancie_maciver@med.unc.eduAssistant Professor
Email: malikank@email.unc.eduMight host rotation students in 2025-26
Professor of Medicine
Email: dmargo@med.unc.eduWill host rotation students in 2025-26
Assistant Professor of Medicine in Oncology
Research Assistant Professor of Genetics
Email: brian_c_miller@med.unc.eduAssistant Professor
Email: justin_milner@med.unc.eduAssociate Professor of Medicine
Email: jason_mock@med.unc.eduResearch Interest:
Critical Care Medicine, Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, and Pulmonary MedicineProfessor
Office: 919-966-2062Email: camoody@email.unc.eduWill host rotation students in 2025-26
Associate Professor
Office: 919-962-4920Email: nmoorman@email.unc.eduWill host rotation students in 2025-26
Associate Professor of Medicine
Email: tmoran@email.unc.eduResearch Interest:
How environmental exposures impact the development of allergic diseases including asthma and food allergyProfessor of Pharmacology
Office: 919-966-6547Email: robert_nicholas@med.unc.eduProfessor of Medicine
Director, UNC Bronchiectasis/NTM Care and Research Center
Academic Office: 919-966-0755Email: kenneth_olivier@med.unc.eduResearch Interest:
Bronchiectasis, Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Infections, Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia, Primary Immunodeficiency Associated Lung DiseaseProfessor of Pediatrics
Associate Professor
Office: 919-966-7044Email: raymond_pickles@med.unc.eduAssociate Professor of Genetics
Email: yuliyap1@email.unc.eduMight host rotation students in 2025-26
Professor of Chemistry
Assistant Professor
Email: Adam_Rosenthal@med.unc.eduResearch Interests:
Uncovering the role of cell-cell heterogeneity in infectionAssociate Professor
Office: 919-843-8685Email: seconlon@email.unc.eduDistinguished Professor of Department of Medicine
Email: rbs@med.unc.eduResearch Interest:
microbial/mucosal immune responses determining mucosal homeostasis vs inflammationCo-Director of UNC Lineberger Immunotherapy Program
Professor of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
Office: 919-962-8413Email: bsavoldo@med.unc.eduProfessor of Pathology & Lab Medicine
Research Interest:
Development, evaluation and improvement of immunologic tests for autoimmunity, infectious disease and transplantation.Division Chief of Hematology
Elizabeth Thomas Professor of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology
Office: 919-966-6975Email: jonathan_serody@med.unc.eduAssistant Professor
Email: deepika_sharma@med.unc.eduAssistant Professor of Epidemiology
Email: sheahan@email.unc.eduAssociate Professor of Biology
Office: 919-962-7010Email: shiauce@unc.eduMight host rotation students in 2025-26
Research Assistant Professor
Research Interest:
Single-Cell Virology, Microfluidics, (Bio)MEMSProfessor of Biochemistry & Biophysics
Office: 919-966-5710Email: risunc@med.unc.eduMight host rotation students in 2025-26
Professor
Email: rtamayo@med.unc.eduAssociate Professor of Cell Biology and Physiology
Email: jess_thaxton@med.unc.eduAssistant Professor
ASOD Oral Craniofacial Health Science
Office: 919-537-5757Email: thurlow@email.unc.eduWill host rotation students in 2025-26
Research Assistant Professor
Office: 919-962-6839Email: shaomin_tian@med.unc.eduWilliam Rand Kenan Professor of Genetics
Email: jenny_ting@med.unc.eduProfessor
Office: 919-966-4766Email: rmtisch@med.unc.eduMight host rotation students in 2025-26
Assistant Professor of Genetics
Office: 919-962-5441Director of Immunocompromised Host Infectious Diseases Section
Professor of Medicine
Email: david_vanduin@med.unc.eduProfessor
Email: barb_vilen@med.unc.eduResearch Interest:
Immune dysregulation in murine and human autoimmune diseaseLeader of MP1U Pre-clinical Immunotherapy Program
Associate Professor of Hematology/Oncology
Office: 919-962-8412Email: benjamin_vincent@med.unc.eduAssistant Professor of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Email: matthew_vogt@med.unc.eduResearch Interest:
Acute flaccid myelitis and enterovirus pathogenesis and human immune responseResearch Associate Professor
Office: 919-966-9773Email: walkerka@email.unc.eduProfessor
Office: 919-966-9728Email: wany@email.unc.eduProfessor of Genetics
Office: 919-843-7080Email: jwhitmir@email.unc.eduProfessor
Office: 919-966-8679Email: matthew_wolfgang@med.unc.eduResearch Interest:
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Pathogenesis and Respiratory Infection BiologyRoper Investigator, Professor of Pediatrics
Director of the Center for Molecular Medicine
Office: 919-962-3285Email: Samuel_Young@med.unc.eduResearch Interest:
Molecular principles of auditory information processing and Gene Therapy approaches to treat neurological disordersAssociate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Office: 919-843-6338Email: zaharoff@email.unc.eduResearch Assistant Professor
Email: shuntaiz@email.unc.edu
Joint Faculty
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Professor
Eshelman School of Pharmacy
Office: 919-962-4556Email: ainsliek@email.unc.eduResearch Associate Professor of Cell Biology and Physiology
Office: 919-445-2921Email: jamie_arnold@med.unc.eduResearch Interest:
Viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerases and replicasesWilliam R. Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Epidemiology
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
Office: 919-966-6152Email: luther_bartelt@med.unc.eduMight host rotation students in 2025-26
Associate Professor of Medicine, Infectious Diseases
Email: epbrowne@ad.unc.eduProfessor of Biochemistry and Biophysics
Office: 919-966-8073Email: brian_button@med.unc.eduResearch Interests:
Mucus biophysical properties, role of the Pericilliary Layer (PCL), and mechanisms of mucociliary clearance in the airwaysProfessor of Surgery
Office: 919-966-8416Email: bruce_cairns@med.unc.eduDistinguished Professor of Medicine Administration
Office: 919-966-2536Email: mscohen@med.unc.eduDistinguished Professor of Biology
Professor of Pediatrics
Email: lad@email.unc.eduAssociate Professor of Pediatric Pulmonology
Office: 919-966-0287Email: camille_ehre@med.unc.eduExecutive Director, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
System Chief of Oncology Clinical Services, UNC Health
Email: Robert_Ferris@med.unc.eduResearch Interest:
Cancer immunotherapy, head and neck oncologyAssociate Professor of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Division Chief, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Email: mistygood@unc.eduMight host rotation students in 2025-26
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
Email: lgralins@email.unc.eduAssistant Professor of Medicine
Email: simon_gray@med.unc.eduAssociate Professor of Medicine
Office: 919-966-5952Email: Brent_Hanks@med.unc.eduResearch Interest:
tumor-mediated immune evasion and immunotherapy resistanceMight host rotation students in 2025-26
Professor of Medicine
Email: jonathan_hansen@med.unc.eduProfessor of Genetics
Office: 919-843-1492Email: heisem@med.unc.eduAssociate Professor of Opthalmology
Office: 919-962-7633Email: mhirsch@email.unc.eduResearch Professor of Medicine
Office: 919-966-5050Email: mmhobbs@med.unc.eduAssistant Professor of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Might host rotation students in 2025-26
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics
Office: 919-843-3390Email: Justin_Jenson@med.unc.eduWill host rotation students in 2025-26
Professor of Pharmacy
Email: lai@unc.eduResearch Interest:
Antibody engineering, mucosal immunology, phage engineering, immune cell engineeringProfessor of Medicine, Infectious Diseases
Office: 919-843-1848Email: smlemon@med.unc.eduAssociate Professor of Medicine
Email: linjt@email.unc.eduMight host rotation students in 2024-25
Research Interest:
Molecular epidemiology of malariaAssistant Professor of Genetics
Email: qingyun_liu@med.unc.eduWill host rotation students in 2025-26
