Rumey C. Ishizawar, MD, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Rumey Ishizawar, MD, PhD, is a general rheumatologist seeing all rheumatic conditions. She has been involved in prior research focused on cancer cell signaling pathways and functional genomic research … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: (DOM) Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology, Department of Medicine (DOM), Lineberger Cancer Center, Thurston Arthritis Center |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Arthritis, Cancer Biology, Immunology, Medical Education, Translational Medicine |
Gary L. Johnson |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Spatio-temporal regulation of signal relay systems in cells using live cell fluorescence imaging and targeted gene disruption of signaling proteins to define their role in development, physiology and … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Lineberger Cancer Center, Pharmacology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biophysics, Cancer Biology, Structural Biology |
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AFFILIATIONS: Center for GI Biology and Disease (CGIBD), Department of Medicine (DOM), Lineberger Cancer Center |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Gastrointestinal Biology, Population-based |
Saif Khairat, PhD, MPH |
| Clinical / Research Focus: As a health informatics expert, Dr. Khairat investigates the development, implementation, and evaluation of Health IT solutions to improve health equity and access, particularly, virtual care and elec … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Lineberger Cancer Center |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Health Equity, Health Informatics, Health Services, Implementation Science |
William Kim, MD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Our research explores the role of hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) in tumorigenesis. HIF is a transcription factor that plays a key role in oxygen sensing, the adaptation to hypoxia and the tumor microe … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Department of Medicine (DOM), Genetics, Lineberger Cancer Center, Pharmacology, Urology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cancer Biology, Cell Biology, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Translational Medicine |
HJ Kim, MD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Chief of the Division of Surgical Oncology and Endocrine Surgery, and Medical Director of the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center Clinical focus: Pancreatic cancer, hepatobiliary malignancies, panc … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Lineberger Cancer Center, Surgery |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Apps-Devices, Biomedical Engineering, Cancer Biology, Cell Signaling, Clinical Trials, Gastrointestinal Biology, Global Health, Health Services, Medical Education, Surgery |
Adam J. Kimple, MD, PhD, FACS, FARS |
| Clinical / Research Focus: I am a surgeon scientist at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. My clinic practice is centered around caring for patients with chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS). My research group is centered aro … Read more |
Sasha E. Knowlton, MD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: My clinical and research goals focus on improving the quality of life and functional independence for patients with cancer from the time of diagnosis through treatment and into survivorship. I … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Lineberger Cancer Center, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cancer, Quality of Life, Rehabilitation, Sarcopenia, Women's Health |
Sarah Kowitt, PhD, MPH |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Dr. Kowitt is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine. She received her MPH and PhD from the Department of Health Behavior in the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health and co … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Family Medicine, Lineberger Cancer Center |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Behavior, Health Equity, Population-based |
Cherie M. Kuzmiak, DO, FACR, FSBI |
| Clinical / Research Focus: I am a board-certified radiologist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with sub-specialty fellowship training in breast imaging. My primary interest is in breast imaging radiogenomics … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Lineberger Cancer Center, Radiology, Women's Health |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Bioinformatics, Cancer Biology, Clinical Trials, Computational Biology, Drug Discovery, Genomics, Global Health, Health Equity, Health Informatics, Imaging, Medical Education, Pathology, Population-based, Surgery, Translational Medicine, Women's Health |
David S. Lalush, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Dr. Lalush has a primary focus on human-subject imaging research using PET, MRI, and X-ray CT. Currently, his active areas include PET-MRI neuroimaging, quantitative orthopaedic MRI imaging, and PET-M … Read more |
Yueh Lee, MD, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: I am interested in the development and application of new imaging techniques to answer clinically relevant questions in both human and pre-clinical studies. I have had the fortune of working with near … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Research Imaging Center (BRIC), Lineberger Cancer Center, Radiology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Apps-Devices, Biomedical Engineering, Imaging |









