{"id":13974,"date":"2023-01-17T19:10:29","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T00:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/?page_id=13974"},"modified":"2025-02-11T14:54:44","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T19:54:44","slug":"our-team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/divisions\/neurogenetics\/our-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Leadership<\/h2>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/people\/claudia-m-testa-md-phd\/\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11898 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/716\/2021\/10\/Claudia-Testa-portrait-250x300.jpg\" alt=\"Claudia Testa, MD, PhD\" width=\"133\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/716\/2021\/10\/Claudia-Testa-portrait-250x300.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/716\/2021\/10\/Claudia-Testa-portrait-854x1024.jpg 854w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/716\/2021\/10\/Claudia-Testa-portrait-768x921.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/716\/2021\/10\/Claudia-Testa-portrait-600x720.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/716\/2021\/10\/Claudia-Testa-portrait.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 133px) 100vw, 133px\" \/>Claudia Testa, MD, PhD<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Division Chief for Precision Medicine and Neurogenetics<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Professor of Neurology<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Founding Director for the UNC Huntington Disease Program\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Core Team<\/h2>\n<som-cell cell-info=\"{&quot;ID&quot;:20047,&quot;post_author&quot;:&quot;68462&quot;,&quot;post_date&quot;:&quot;2025-01-09 10:53:27&quot;,&quot;post_date_gmt&quot;:&quot;2025-01-09 15:53:27&quot;,&quot;post_content&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;post_title&quot;:&quot;Precision Medicine &amp; 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Hunter, MD, PhD                        <\/a>\n                                    <\/h2> \n                \n                                                                    <ul>\n<li>Assistant Professor - Child Neurology and Epilepsy<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"x_ContentPasted4 x_ContentPasted6 x_ContentPasted8\" data-ogsc=\"rgb(237, 92, 87)\" data-ogsb=\"rgb(255, 255, 255)\">Child Neurology Residency Leadership Panel\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li>UNC Epilepsy Neurogenetics Initiative \u2013 Co-founder and Research Core Leader<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/article>\n\n    \n    <script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n        (function($){\n            var entries = $('.entry-content');\n                entries.each(function(index, entry ){\n                    if( $(entry).find('.post-author').length === 0 ) {\n                        $(entry).parents('article.post.entry').css('min-height', '110px');\n                    }\n                });\n        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