Daniel McKay, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: My laboratory studies the mechanisms of epigenetic gene regulation during development. |
| Mentors: | Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students |
Jason D. Merker, MD, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: The Merker Laboratory is focused on translating novel molecular biomarkers into clinical oncology practice. The overarching goal of this work is to improve the care and survival of patients with cance … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Genetics, Lineberger Cancer Center, Pathology & Lab Medicine |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Bioinformatics, Cancer Biology, Clinical Trials, Computational Biology, Genetics, Genomics, Health Equity, Health Informatics, Molecular Biology, Molecular Medicine, Pathology, Translational Medicine |
Brian C. Miller, MD, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: The Miller lab is interested in understanding how tumors evade the immune response and how we can better activate the immune system to fight cancer. We have a particular focus on a type of immu … Read more |
| Mentors: | Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students |
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AFFILIATIONS: (DOM) Oncology, Genetics, Lineberger Cancer Center, Microbiology & Immunology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cancer, Cancer Biology, Computational Biology, Immunology |
Sarah Mills, PhD, MPH |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Dr. Mills uses a social-ecological framework to examine the roles that the neighborhood in which one lives and public policy play in racial, ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in tobacco use. She co … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Lineberger Cancer Center |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Behavior, Health Equity, Population-based |
Matthew Milowsky, MD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Dr. Milowsky joined UNC to lead the Genitourinary Oncology Research Program with a focus on translational science and clinical trials for patients with urologic cancers including bladder, kidney, pros … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: (DOM) Oncology, Department of Medicine (DOM), Lineberger Cancer Center, Urology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Genomics, Immunology, Translational Medicine |
Gita Mody, MD, MPH |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Other Research and/or Clinical Interests: Thoracic oncology Clinical Interests Thoracic oncology including cancer of lung and esophagus, lung transplantation, ECMO, emphysema, bronchiectasis, Minimall … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Lineberger Cancer Center, Surgery |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Clinical Trials, Global Health, Other, Surgery |
Andrew Moon, MD, MPH |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Dr. Moon has a clinical interest in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and is part of the UNC Multidisciplinary HCC Clinic. He is an associate member within the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. Dr. … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: (DOM) Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Department of Medicine (DOM), Lineberger Cancer Center |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cancer Biology, Comparative Effectiveness, Gastrointestinal Biology, Other, Population-based |
Nat Moorman, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: How does a virus gain control over the host cell? My laboratory is interested in answering this question at the molecular level. By combining molecular biology and virology with new technologies (e.g. … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Lineberger Cancer Center, Microbiology & Immunology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cancer Biology, Cell Biology, Cell Signaling, Molecular Biology, Virology |
John P. Morris IV, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: We study the mechanisms connecting oncogenes and tumor suppressors with the biological transitions that underly step wise carcinogenesis and therapeutic response. We have a specific focus on how cance … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Lineberger Cancer Center, Pharmacology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cancer Biology, Cell Biology, Cell Signaling, Developmental Biology, Drug Delivery, Epigenetics and Chromatin Biology, Gastrointestinal Biology, Genetics, Genomics, Immunology, Metabolism, Microscopy |
Sarah Nyante, MSPH, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Other Research and/or Clinical Interests: cancer risk, cancer screening, quantitative imaging, cancer epidemiology |
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AFFILIATIONS: Biomedical Research Imaging Center (BRIC), Epidemiology, Lineberger Cancer Center, Radiology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Health Equity, Imaging, Other, Population-based, Women's Health |
Julianne O’Daniel, MS, CGC |
| Clinical / Research Focus: As a researcher and genetic counselor, I have a broad background in genomic medicine and genetic counseling with a continual focus on improving clinical access, and broad integration of genomic medici … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: (DOM) Gastroenterology & Hepatology, (DOM) Oncology, Department of Medicine (DOM), Genetics, Lineberger Cancer Center, Program for Precision Medicine in Healthcare (PPMH) |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Genetics, Genomics, Health Equity, Implementation Science |
Adeyemi “Yemi” Ogunleye, MD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Microvascular Surgery and Complex Oncologic Reconstruction, Hand Surgery, Flap neurotization, Surgical treatment of Lymphedema, Neuroma and Nerve Surgery Other Research and/or Clinical Interests: Neur … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Lineberger Cancer Center, Surgery |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Other, Surgery |










