Adam Hantman, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Skillful movements contribute to the major functions of the brain, such as perception and manipulation of the world. Skill involves understanding the world, developing appropriate plans, converting th … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Cell Biology & Physiology, Neuroscience Center |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Autism, Behavior, Gene Therapy, Physiology |
Clare Harrop, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: My research focuses on charting developmental trajectories in autistic and non-autistic youth, with a specific focus on sex and gender. My research uses multiple methods (eye tracking, EEG, physiologi … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: (AHS) Speech and Hearing Sciences, Allied Health Science (AHS), Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities (CIDD), Psychology & Neuroscience |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Aging/Geriatrics, Autism, Behavior, Pediatrics, Women's Health |
Heather Cody Hazlett, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Dr. Hazlett is a licensed psychologist with a background in child neuropsychology. Dr. Hazlett’s primary research interests have focused on brain development in various neurodevelopmental and neurogen … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Psychiatry |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Autism, Behavior, Genetics, Imaging, Mental illness, Neurobiology, Pediatrics |
Stephen R. Hooper, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Pediatric Neuropsychologist with interests in both psychosocial and neurocognitive measurement. Current foci include children with chronic kidney disease, extremely low birth weight, rare disor … Read more |
| Mentors: | Medical Students, Graduate Students |
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AFFILIATIONS: Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities (CIDD), Psychiatry |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Autism, Cardiovascular disease, Chronic Kidney Disease, Diabetes, Education Research, Mental illness, Pediatrics, Quality of Life |
Michelle S. Itano, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: I have had a long standing interest in utilizing an interdisciplinary scientific approach to develop and apply novel and innovative fluorescence microscopy imaging techniques to answer critical and pr … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities (CIDD), Cell Biology & Physiology, Neuroscience Center |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Autism, Biophysics, Cell Biology, Computational Biology, HIV/AIDS, Imaging, Microscopy, Molecular Biology, Neurobiology, Quantitative Biology, Virology |
Matt Judson, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: I leverage novel mouse models toward the elucidation of pathophysiological mechanisms underlying neurodevelopmental disorders, with the ultimate goal of developing efficacious gene therapies. Currentl … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Cell Biology & Physiology, Neuroscience Center |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Autism, Developmental Biology, Genetics, Neurobiology, Translational Medicine |
Hiroyuki Kato, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Our primary research goal is to understand the circuit mechanisms underlying how our brain synthesizes auditory information to extract complex sound features, such as our language. Towards this goal, … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities (CIDD), Neuroscience Center, Psychiatry |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Autism, Behavior, Neurobiology, Physiology |
Jessica Kinard, PhD, CCC-SLP |
| Clinical / Research Focus: I am a Research Assistant Professor at UNC Chapel Hill with dual appointments in the Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities and the Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences. My background is … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: (AHS) Speech and Hearing Sciences, Allied Health Science (AHS), Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities (CIDD) |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Autism, Health Equity, Hearing-Speech |
Rita Lahlou, MD, MPH |
| Clinical / Research Focus: My clinical care consists of adult inpatient medicine and outpatient primary care across ages. Areas of clinical interest/expertise include addiction medicine, and care for adolescents and adults with … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Family Medicine |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Addiction/Substance Use Disorder, Autism, Health Equity, Pediatrics |
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 |
Mingxia Liu, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Dr. Liu has a background in machine learning, pattern recognition, and medical image analysis, leading a wide range of research spanning biomedical image reconstruction, processing, analysis, and neur … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Biomedical Research Imaging Center (BRIC), Radiology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Aging/Geriatrics, Autism, Bioinformatics, Biomedical Engineering, Computational Biology, Genetics, Genomics, Imaging, Pathology, Translational Medicine, Women's Health |
Brenna Maddox, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: My research program lies at the intersection of autism services, mental health, and implementation science. My work focuses on improving community services for people on the autism spectrum across the … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Psychiatry |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Autism, Clinical Trials, Comparative Effectiveness, Implementation Science, Mental illness |










