Russell Broaddus, MD, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: My research lab focuses on the molecular pathogenesis of endometrial cancer, the most common gynecologic cancer in the Western world. Current projects include developing molecular diagnostics for pred … Read more |
| Mentors: | Undergraduate Students, Medical Students, Graduate Students |
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AFFILIATIONS: Lineberger Cancer Center, Pathology & Lab Medicine |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cancer Biology, Molecular Medicine, Pathology, Women's Health |
Amy Brownlee, MD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Clinical: GI/liver and global pathology Research: Diagnostic capacity strengthening in low-resource settings. Translational team science in GI/liver tumors. |
| Mentors: | Undergraduate Students, Medical Students, Graduate Students |
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AFFILIATIONS: Institute for Global Health & Infectious Disease, Pathology & Lab Medicine |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cancer, Cancer Biology, Education Research, Gastrointestinal Biology, Global Health, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Medical Education, Pathology, Translational Medicine |
Kirsten L. Bryant, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: The overall goal of our lab is to perform research that contributes to a better understanding of pancreatic cancer biology and leads to improved treatments for this disease. One major focus of … Read more |
| Mentors: | Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students |
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AFFILIATIONS: Lineberger Cancer Center, Pharmacology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cancer, Cancer Biology, Cell Biology, Cell Signaling, Chemical Biology, Metabolism, Molecular Medicine, Pharmacology |
Lauren M.B. Burke, MD, FSAR |
| Clinical / Research Focus: I am a Clinical Professor in the Department of Radiology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) and currently serve as the Executive Vice Chair of Radiology and the Interim Division … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Radiology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cancer Biology, Computational Biology, Imaging, Translational Medicine |
Charles T. Burke, MD, FSIR, FACR |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Professor of Radiology Dr. Charles Burke was appointed Vice Chair of Strategy in January 2021. He previously served as the Department’s Executive Vice Chair (December 2019 – January 2021). He joined U … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Radiology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cancer Biology, Cardiovascular Biology, Cardiovascular disease, Health Services, Imaging, Medical Education |
Sharon Campbell, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Our research group in the Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, applies multidisciplinary structural (X-ray, NMR, computational), biophysical, bioch … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Biochemistry & Biophysics, Lineberger Cancer Center |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biochemistry, Biophysics, Cancer Biology, Cell Biology, Cell Signaling, Chemical Biology, Computational Biology, Pharmacology, Structural Biology |
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AFFILIATIONS: Department of Medicine (DOM), Lineberger Cancer Center |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cancer Biology, Clinical Trials, Drug Delivery, Genomics, Health Equity, Immunology, Molecular Medicine |
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AFFILIATIONS: Biochemistry & Biophysics, Lineberger Cancer Center |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cancer Biology, Computational Biology, Immunology, Pathology, Systems Biology |
Richard Cheney, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Our research focuses on investigating the cell biology of the actin cytoskeleton, and particularly on actin-based motor proteins of myosin superfamily. Our current research centers on Myo10 (myosin-X) … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Cell Biology & Physiology, Lineberger Cancer Center, Neuroscience Center |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cancer Biology, Cell Biology, Microscopy, Neurobiology |
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: Department of Medicine (DOM), Lineberger Cancer Center |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cancer Biology, Drug Delivery, Immunology |
Jean Cook, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Our long-term aspiration is to understand how the human cell cycle is organized for proliferation control and genome maintenance. Among the principal goals in this endeavor are determining mole … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Biochemistry & Biophysics, Lineberger Cancer Center, Pharmacology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biochemistry, Cancer Biology, Cell Biology, Microscopy, Molecular Biology, Pharmacology |









