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 |
Justin Lee, MD, CAQSM, FAAFP, DipABLM |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Lifestyle medicine, osteoarthritis and tendinopathy, running medicine, stress fractures, plant-based nutrition, exercise and affect on mood/depression, supplements as it relates to vegan diets and tra … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Family Medicine |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Arthritis, Obesity, Orthopaedics, Quality of Life, Regenerative Medicine, Sleep |
Zibo Li, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: As the Professor of Radiology and BRIC, my research has been focused on the development and validation of novel radiolabeling methods and multimodality molecular imaging probes for visualization and q … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Biomedical Research Imaging Center (BRIC), Chemistry, Lineberger Cancer Center, Radiology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Addiction/Substance Use Disorder, Aging/Geriatrics, Arthritis, Autism, Biochemistry, Biomaterials, Imaging, Nanomedicine, Prostate Cancer, Surgery, Translational Medicine |
Pengda Liu, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: My laboratory investigates cell signaling networks—particularly protein post-translational modifications and protein–protein interactions—to identify novel drug targets and develop innovative t … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Biochemistry & Biophysics, Lineberger Cancer Center |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Aging/Geriatrics, Arthritis, Biochemistry, Biomaterials, Cancer, Cancer Biology, Cell Biology, Cell Signaling, Chemical Biology, Chronic Kidney Disease, Drug Delivery, Drug Discovery, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Mental illness, Molecular Medicine, Pharmacology, Systems Biology, Translational Medicine |
Richard F. Loeser, Jr., MD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Dr. Richard F. Loeser, MD, is the Joseph P. Archie Jr., Eminent Professor in the Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology and the Director of the Thurston Arthritis Research Center at t … Read more |
| Mentors: | Undergraduate Students, Medical Students, Graduate Students |
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AFFILIATIONS: (DOM) Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology, Cell Biology & Physiology, Orthopaedics, Thurston Arthritis Center |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Aging/Geriatrics, Arthritis, Cell Biology, Cell Signaling, Genomics, Pharmacology |
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AFFILIATIONS: Department of Medicine (DOM), Thurston Arthritis Center |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Arthritis, Drug Delivery, Molecular Biology |
Amanda E. Nelson, MD, MSCR |
| Clinical / Research Focus: I am a board-certified internist and rheumatologist with a Master’s in Clinical Research in Epidemiology. I am clinically active, with a panel of general rheumatology patients, musculoskeletal ultraso … Read more |
| Mentors: | Medical Students, Graduate Students |
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AFFILIATIONS: (DOM) Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology, Department of Medicine (DOM), Epidemiology, Gillings School of Public Health, Program for Precision Medicine in Healthcare (PPMH), Thurston Arthritis Center |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Arthritis, Imaging, Orthopaedics, Population-based |
Daniel Nissman, MD, MPH, MSEE |
| Clinical / Research Focus: As a musculoskeletal radiologist, I am interested in the application of imaging technology to the study of the musculoskeletal system, in particular magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and ultrasonograph … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Radiology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Aging/Geriatrics, Arthritis, Biomedical Engineering, Clinical Informatics, Imaging, Orthopaedics |
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AFFILIATIONS: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Aging/Geriatrics, Arthritis, Imaging, Medical Education, Physical Therapy, Regenerative Medicine, Rehabilitation, Women's Health |
Tracy Paul, MD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: My clinical and research focus is on patients with limb loss or amputations, prosthetics and orthotics, neurorehabilitation, women’s health, and quality improvement. |
| Mentors: | Undergraduate Students, Medical Students, Graduate Students |
Krista M. Perreira, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: I am Professor of Social Medicine, Fellow of the Carolina Population Center and Center for Health Equity Research (CHER), Associate Director of the Inclusive Science Program for the NIH Clinical and T … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Center for Health Equity Research, Social Medicine |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Arthritis, Behavior, Cardiovascular disease, Global Health, Health Equity, Health Services, Mental illness, Pediatrics, Social Medicine, Translational Medicine, Women's Health |
James Sanders, MD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: My research focuses on scoliosis, human growth and their effects on function and particularly pulmonary function |
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AFFILIATIONS: Orthopaedics, Pediatrics |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Arthritis, Biomaterials, Biomechanics, Biomedical Engineering, Orthopaedics, Pulmonary |





