Donita Robinson, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: My scientific expertise lies in neural dynamics of corticostriatal circuits during motivated behavior and drug exposure in animal models. My current research focuses on the brain regions that orchestr … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies, Graduate Education, Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Behavior, Neurobiology, Pharmacology, Physiology, Systems Biology |
Terra Rose, PsyD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Dr. Rose’s clinical interests are in behavioral medicine and the assessment and treatment of populations with serious and persistent mental illness. Research interests include quality of life before a … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: (AHS) Clinical Rehab and Mental Health Counseling, Allied Health Science (AHS), Health Behavior, Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, Surgery |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Addiction/Substance Use Disorder, Behavior, Mental illness, Surgery |
Bryan Roth, MD, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: The ultimate goal of our studies is to discover novel ways to treat human disease using G-protein coupled receptors.,The ultimate goal of our studies is to discover novel ways to treat human disease u … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Pharmacology, Psychiatry |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Chemical Biology, Neurobiology, Pharmacology |
Crystal Schiller, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Dr. Schiller’s NIH-funded research program investigates how changes in ovarian steroid hormones contribute to depression and anxiety across the reproductive lifespan—from puberty through the me … Read more |
| Mentors: | Undergraduate Students, Medical Students, Graduate Students |
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AFFILIATIONS: Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, Women's Health |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Behavior, Imaging, Mental illness, Women's Health |
Mark Shen, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: I am a developmental and translational neuroscientist and Assistant Professor (tenure-track) in the department of Psychiatry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. I am a Primary Member o … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities (CIDD), Neuroscience Center, Psychiatry |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Autism, Clinical Trials, Gene Therapy, Genetics, Genomics, Imaging, Mental illness, Neurobiology, Pediatrics, Sleep, Translational Medicine |
Patrick J. Smith, PhD, MPH |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Dr. Patrick Smith is a lifelong North Carolinian, having grown up in the Chapel Hill – Durham area. His training background has focused within three primary domains: behavioral medicine, neuropsycholo … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Psychiatry |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Aging/Geriatrics, Behavior, Cardiovascular disease, Diabetes, Metabolism, Rehabilitation, Sleep |
William Smith, MD, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Will Smith’s research focuses on ethical, policy, implementation, and behavioral economics in psychiatry, especially in Coordinated Specialty Care (CSC) for first-episode psychosis. Current w … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Psychiatry |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Bioethics, Clinical Trials, Electronic Medicine, Health Services, Mental illness, Population-based |
Nate Sowa, MD, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: My research accomplishments, as outlined below, highlight my overall interest in identifying and implementing the most effective means of delivery of behavioral health care in non-traditional settings … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Psychiatry |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Behavior, Health Services, Mental illness, Population-based |
Rebecca Stephens, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Dr. Stephens is primarily interested in early cognitive development, specifically attention and executive function, and how those skills are related to later cognition. She is also interested in the n … Read more |
| Mentors: | Undergraduate Students |
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AFFILIATIONS: Psychiatry |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Behavior, Imaging, Other, Pediatrics |
Martin Styner, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Dr. Styner is a leading expert in medical image computing with specific research on developing and applying novel neuroimaging methods as well as software tools for structural and diffusion MRI, mainl … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities (CIDD), Psychiatry |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Autism, Computational Biology, Imaging, Other |
Patrick Sullivan |
| Clinical / Research Focus: I study complex traits using linkage, association, and genetic epidemiological approaches. Disorders include schizophrenia (etiology and pharmacogenetics), smoking behavior, and chronic fatigue.,I st … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Genetics, Psychiatry |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Bioinformatics, Genetics, Genomics, Organismal Biology, Pharmacology, Systems Biology |
Lisa M Tarantino, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: The Tarantino lab studies addiction and anxiety-related behaviors in mouse models using forward genetic approaches. We are currently studying a chemically-induced mutation in a splice donor site that … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Genetics, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Psychiatry |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Behavior, Genetics, Genomics, Molecular Biology, Neurobiology, Pharmacology, Systems Biology |








