Faculty Experts

Dr. Kavita Shah Arora is an Associate Professor with Tenure and the Division Director for General Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill. Her clinical, research, and education interests center around reproductive justice and ensuring evidence-based and equitable reproductive health policy, with a focus on...

Persistent, latent HIV infection despite anti-retroviral therapy (ART) remains a formidable barrier towards achieving an HIV cure. A major approach to target persistent HIV infection involves latency reversal, using small molecules capable of inducing expression of the HIV provirus, followed by immune mediated clearance of infected cells. The successful implementation...

As a member of the UNC Blood Research Center, we are able to interact and collaborate with experts in blood coagulation and platelet biology. My lab is especially interested in investigating the contribution of the coagulation and platelets to anti-viral immune responses. Furthermore, in a collaborative effort with clinical experts...

Our lab studies genetic and environmental risks for autism. In addition, we study molecular and brain mechanisms that underlie pain sensation. Research includes use of CRISPR/Cas, AAV gene therapy vectors, single cell RNA-seq, molecular biology and behavior. Our long-term goal is to uncover new treatments for chronic pain and neurodevelopmental...

Specialty Areas: Genetic Analysis of Patients with Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD) Research Focus: Dr. Maimoona Zariwala has worked over the past decade to define the genetic basis of ciliopathies, with a focus on Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD). She is co-Investigator on two grants related to ciliary diseases, and recently had...

Dr. Wu cares for women suffering from pelvic floor disorders. In addition to her clinical/surgical practice, she is also focused on conducting clinical research and training future subspecialists in Urogynecology. As the Vice Dean for Academic Affairs for UNC School of Medicine (SOM), she oversees the SOM’s educational enterprise and...

Blood (patho)biology and its role in hemostasis, thrombosis, inflammation, and related diseases, including cancer-associated thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, liver failure, COVID-19, oral contraceptive-induced thrombosis, hemophilia, and other diseases

A major focus of research is in the science and prevention of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). I have served at the Medical Director of the Department of Hospital Epidemiology (Infection Prevention) at the University of North Carolina Hospitals (UNCH) for >35 years. Our Department now consists of 20 persons. I have...

My research interests involve investigation of proinflammatory neuroimmune and epigenetic mechanisms in animal models of developmental neurobiology and neurodegeneration, including (1) alcohol pharmacology, (2) adolescent neurodevelopment, (3) cholinergic system and neurocircuitry, and (4) Alzheimer’s disease. A major focus of the laboratory is elucidation of neuroimmune and epigenetic mechanisms underlying adolescent...

David van Duin, MD, PhD, FIDSA, FAST. Professor with tenure in the Infectious Diseases Division at the University of North Carolina. Dr. van Duin is the founding Director of the Immunocompromised Host ID service. His main research interests are multi-drug resistant Gram-negative bacteria, and infections in immunocompromised patients. He is...

I am an infectious diseases physician and social scientist with a special interest in crowdsourcing and related participatory methods. Crowdsourcing has a diverse group of individuals attempt to solve a problem and then share selected solutions with the public. I have used crowdsourcing to develop HIV interventions and enhance community...

Topics include gene discovery, genomics/proteomics, gene transcription, signal transduction, molecular immunology. Disease relevant issues include infectious diseases, autoimmune and demyelinating disorders, cancer chemotherapy, gene linkage.,Topics include gene discovery, genomics/proteomics, gene transcription, signal transduction, molecular immunology. Disease relevant issues include infectious diseases, autoimmune and demyelinating disorders, cancer chemotherapy, gene linkage.