Jessica Cohen, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: The Cohen Lab investigates how functional brain networks in humans interact and reconfigure when confronted with changing cognitive demands, when experiencing transformations across development, and w … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Neuroscience Center |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Behavior, Neurobiology, Physiology, Systems Biology, Translational Medicine |
Leon Coleman, MD, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: The overriding goal is to identify novel treatments for immune related conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease, addiction, cancer and trauma. Studies in addiction focus on alcohol use disorder and coca … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Pharmacology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Addiction/Substance Use Disorder, Aging/Geriatrics, Behavior, Cancer Biology, Cell Biology, Drug Delivery, Immunology, Mental illness |
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AFFILIATIONS: Center for Health Equity Research, Social Medicine |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Behavior, Bioethics, Clinical Trials, Health Equity, Health Informatics, Health Services, Population-based |
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AFFILIATIONS: Allied Health Science (AHS) |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Behavior, Implementation Science |
Fulton Crews, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Mental disease, including addiction and neurodegeneration, are central themes of Dr. Crews’s research. Addiction has many components, one of which is long-term changes in gene expression and structure … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies, Pharmacology, Psychiatry |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Addiction/Substance Use Disorder, Behavior, Cell Signaling, Neurobiology |
James Crowley, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Dr. Crowley’s research focuses on psychiatric genomics and includes molecular genetic, epidemiological and twin studies of several psychiatric disorders, including obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Genetics, Psychiatry |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Addiction/Substance Use Disorder, Autism, Behavior, Bioethics, Bioinformatics, Developmental Biology, Drug Discovery, Genetics, Genomics, Mental illness, Molecular Biology, Molecular Medicine, Neurobiology, Pharmacology, Population-based, Translational Medicine |
Julie Daniels, MPH, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Environmental influences on pregnancy and children’s health and neurodevelopment. |
Gaurav Dave, MBBS, MPH, DrPH |
| Clinical / Research Focus: I am a Professor of Medicine in the Department of Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC). I have over 20 years of experience in clinical and public health research, c … Read more |
Suzanne Day, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: I am a sociologist with a special interest in community-engaged health research using crowdsourcing and other qualitative methodologies. My research program focuses on three areas : 1) crowdsourcing s … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: (DOM) Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine (DOM) |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Behavior, Bioethics, HIV/AIDS, Health Equity, Social Medicine |
Graham Diering, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Sleep is a fundamental process that supports cognitive function, brain health and development. Our lab is interested in understanding the molecular basis for the benefits of sleep and for the conseque … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Cell Biology & Physiology, Neuroscience Center |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Autism, Behavior, Biochemistry, Cell Signaling, Neurobiology, Pharmacology, Sleep |
Katrina Donahue, MD, MPH |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Dr. Donahue is a professor and vice chair of research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Department of Family Medicine. She is a family physician and senior research fellow at the Ceci … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Family Medicine |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Arthritis, Behavior, Clinical Trials, Comparative Effectiveness, Diabetes, Health Services, Population-based |
Sue Estroff, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Disability, Difference, Narrative Medicine, Mixed Methods Research, Ethnography, Qualitative Methods, Mental Health Policy, First Person Illness Experience Literatrue |
| Mentors: | Undergraduate Students, Medical Students, Graduate Students |
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AFFILIATIONS: Psychiatry, Sheps Center for Health Services Research, Social Medicine |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Behavior, Health Equity, Medical Education, Mental illness, Sexual and Gender Minorities, Social Determinants of Health, Social Medicine |









