Christopher Hurt, MD, FIDSA |
| Clinical / Research Focus: I’m very interested in understanding the structural and behavioral factors that influence the spread of HIV among men who have sex with men (MSM) – especially young MSM of color in the Southeas … Read more |
| Mentors: | Medical Students, Graduate Students |
Kendall Hutson, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Light sheet microscopy of the mammalian cochlea. Anatomy and physiology of the central auditory system. |
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AFFILIATIONS: Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Behavior, Hearing-Speech, Microscopy, Structural Biology, Systems Biology |
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 |
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AFFILIATIONS: Obstetrics & Gynecology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Addiction/Substance Use Disorder, Aging/Geriatrics, Behavior, Criminal Justice, HIV/AIDS, Women's Health |
Sarah Kowitt, PhD, MPH |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Dr. Kowitt is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine. She received her MPH and PhD from the Department of Health Behavior in the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health and co … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Family Medicine, Lineberger Cancer Center |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Behavior, Health Equity, Population-based |
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 |
Christine Lathren, MD, MSPH |
| Clinical / Research Focus: My research centers on learning how mindfulness and self-compassion promotes healthy caregivers, parenting behaviors, stress responses, and child development. I enjoy using qualitative techniques in o … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Behavior, Pediatrics, Quality of Life |
Sarah Linnstaedt, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: The Linnstaedt lab is interested in understanding mechanisms driving the development of chronic musculoskeletal pain following traumatic stress exposures with the goal of identifying novel therapeutic … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Anesthesiology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Behavior, Computational Biology, Drug Discovery, Epigenetics and Chromatin Biology, Genetics, Genomics, Mental illness, Molecular Biology, Sleep, Systems Biology, Translational Medicine, Veteran’s Health, Women's Health |
Matt Mauck, MD, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: 1) Chronic pain development following burn injury. Chronic pain is common following burn injury and previous studies in the lab have shown an association between low peritraumatic Vitamin D lev … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Anesthesiology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Behavior, Clinical Informatics, Genetics, Neurobiology |
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 |
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AFFILIATIONS: Allied Health Science (AHS) |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Aging/Geriatrics, Behavior, Biomechanics, Neurobiology, Occupational Science/Therapy, Physical Therapy, Quality of Life |
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AFFILIATIONS: Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities (CIDD), Psychiatry |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Behavior, Drug Discovery, Pharmacology |








