Rumey C. Ishizawar, MD, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Rumey Ishizawar, MD, PhD, is a general rheumatologist seeing all rheumatic conditions. She has been involved in prior research focused on cancer cell signaling pathways and functional genomic research … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: (DOM) Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology, Department of Medicine (DOM), Lineberger Cancer Center, Thurston Arthritis Center |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Arthritis, Cancer Biology, Immunology, Medical Education, Translational Medicine |
Gary L. Johnson |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Spatio-temporal regulation of signal relay systems in cells using live cell fluorescence imaging and targeted gene disruption of signaling proteins to define their role in development, physiology and … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Lineberger Cancer Center, Pharmacology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biophysics, Cancer Biology, Structural Biology |
Amir H. Khandani, MD, Dr med |
| Clinical / Research Focus: I am a Professor of Radiology and Division Chief of Molecular Imaging and Therapeutics at UNC-CH. My principal area of interest and expertise is PET imaging, in particular, developing PET as an imagin … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Radiology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cancer Biology, Clinical Informatics, Drug Delivery, Drug Discovery, Health Services, Imaging, Medical Education, Molecular Medicine, Quality and Patient Safety |
William Kim, MD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Our research explores the role of hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) in tumorigenesis. HIF is a transcription factor that plays a key role in oxygen sensing, the adaptation to hypoxia and the tumor microe … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Department of Medicine (DOM), Genetics, Lineberger Cancer Center, Pharmacology, Urology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cancer Biology, Cell Biology, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Translational Medicine |
Larry Kim, MD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: My clinical interest is in surgical diseases of the endocrine system, especially thyroid, parathyroid, and adrenal disease. This includes cancers, as well as benign tumors and syndromes of hyperfuncti … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Surgery |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cancer Biology, Clinical Trials, Imaging, Surgery |
HJ Kim, MD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Chief of the Division of Surgical Oncology and Endocrine Surgery, and Medical Director of the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center Clinical focus: Pancreatic cancer, hepatobiliary malignancies, panc … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Lineberger Cancer Center, Surgery |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Apps-Devices, Biomedical Engineering, Cancer Biology, Cell Signaling, Clinical Trials, Gastrointestinal Biology, Global Health, Health Services, Medical Education, Surgery |
J. Larry Klein, MD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Dr. Klein’s clinical focus is with invasive cardiology and the appropriate use of advanced cardiac imaging (cardiac CT, MRI, and nuclear cardiology). Dr. Klein’s most current research efforts have foc … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Radiology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Bioinformatics, Cancer Biology, Cardiovascular Biology, Cardiovascular disease, Clinical Informatics, Clinical Trials, Computational Biology, Health Informatics, Health Services, Imaging |
Sergey Krupenko, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Dr. Krupenko’s research is focused on the role of folate metabolism in cellular homeostasis and cancer disease. He is especially interested in the function of a major folate enzyme and a putative tumo … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Nutrition |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biochemistry, Cancer Biology, Cell Signaling, Metabolism, Structural Biology |
Natalia Krupenko, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: My laboratory is interested in the role of folate and related metabolic pathways in methyl group metabolism, and their involvement in pathogenesis and etiology of diseases. We have recently discovered … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Nutrition |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biochemistry, Cancer Biology, Cell Biology, Cell Signaling, Metabolism, Molecular Biology |
Cherie M. Kuzmiak, DO, FACR, FSBI |
| Clinical / Research Focus: I am a board-certified radiologist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with sub-specialty fellowship training in breast imaging. My primary interest is in breast imaging radiogenomics … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Lineberger Cancer Center, Radiology, Women's Health |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Bioinformatics, Cancer Biology, Clinical Trials, Computational Biology, Drug Discovery, Genomics, Global Health, Health Equity, Health Informatics, Imaging, Medical Education, Pathology, Population-based, Surgery, Translational Medicine, Women's Health |
Alain Laederach |
| Clinical / Research Focus: The Laederach Lab is interested in better understanding the relationship between RNA structure and folding and human disease. We use a combination of computational and experimental approaches to study … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, Biology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Bioinformatics, Biophysics, Cancer Biology, Molecular Biology, Systems Biology |
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AFFILIATIONS: Radiology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cancer Biology, Computational Biology, Gastrointestinal Biology, Health Services, Imaging, Medical Education |







