Jennifer S. Smith, PhD, MPH |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Dr. Jennifer S. Smith is a Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) Gillings School of Global Public Health. She is an international leader in H … Read more |
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 |
Keith W. Sockman |
| Clinical / Research Focus: I study the ultimate and proximate factors controlling flexibility in reproductive behavior. Using songbirds as a system, I use field and laboratory studies to investigate the ecological cues regulati … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Biology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Behavior, Ecology, Neurobiology, Organismal Biology, Physiology |
Juan Song, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Our primary research interest is to identify the mechanisms that regulate neural circuit organization and function at distinct stages of adult neurogenesis, and to understand how circuit-level informa … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Pharmacology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Behavior, Developmental Biology, Neurobiology |
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 |
Jessica Steinbrenner, PhD, CCC-SLP |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Jessica Steinbrenner’s research interests are in the area of autism spectrum disorder with a focus on school-based interventions and individuals on the spectrum with significant communication needs. S … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: (AHS) Speech and Hearing Sciences, Allied Health Science (AHS) |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Autism, Behavior, Clinical Trials, Education Research, Hearing-Speech, Implementation Science |
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 |
Ron Strauss, DMD, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Ronald P. Strauss Adams Distinguished Professor, Adams School of Dentistry Professor, Social Medicine, School of Medicine Clinical Professor, Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Heal … Read more |
| Mentors: | Undergraduate Students, Medical Students, Graduate Students |
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AFFILIATIONS: Center for AIDS Research (CFAR), Center for Bioethics, Epidemiology, Social Medicine |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Behavior, Bioethics, Global Health, HIV/AIDS, Quality of Life, Social Determinants of Health, Social Medicine |
Weiming Tang, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: I am the Co-Director of UNC Project-China and the Advisor of SESH Global. My background training is in the field of epidemiology, with an emphasis on HIV/STI epidemiology, study design, and data analy … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Epidemiology, Gillings School of Public Health, Institute for Global Health & Infectious Disease |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Behavior, Clinical Trials, Electronic Medicine, Global Health, HIV/AIDS |
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 |
Carmina G. Valle, PhD, MPH |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Other Research and/or Clinical Interests: mHealth, Digital Health Interventions, Physical Activity, Cancer Survivorship |
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AFFILIATIONS: Gillings School of Public Health, Lineberger Cancer Center, Nutrition |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Apps-Devices, Behavior, Cancer, Clinical Trials, Obesity, Other |
Nadja Vielot, PhD, MSPH |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Infectious diseases epidemiologist with interests in primary care delivery, implementation science, vaccination, vaccine development, global health and underserved populations in the US, epidemiologic … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Family Medicine, Institute for Global Health & Infectious Disease, Lineberger Cancer Center |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Bacteriology, Behavior, Clinical Trials, Global Health, HIV/AIDS, Health Informatics, Health Services, Immunology, Implementation Science, Microbiology, Pediatrics, Virology, Women's Health |







