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AFFILIATIONS: Biomedical Engineering, Pharmacology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biomaterials, Cancer Biology, Cell Biology, Cell Signaling, Computational Biology |
Karin Leiderman Gregg, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: My research is focused on studying the influence of biochemical and biophysical mechanisms on blood coagulation, clot formation, and bleeding. My methodology involves the integration of mathematical, … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Cell Biology & Physiology, Pathology & Lab Medicine |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cardiovascular Biology, Cell Biology, Cell Signaling, Developmental Biology, Genetics |
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AFFILIATIONS: Pharmaceutical Sciences |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biochemistry, Biophysics, Cell Signaling, Chemical Biology, Nanomedicine |
Pengda Liu, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: My laboratory investigates cell signaling networks—particularly protein post-translational modifications and protein–protein interactions—to identify novel drug targets and develop innovative t … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Biochemistry & Biophysics, Lineberger Cancer Center |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Aging/Geriatrics, Arthritis, Biochemistry, Biomaterials, Cancer, Cancer Biology, Cell Biology, Cell Signaling, Chemical Biology, Chronic Kidney Disease, Drug Delivery, Drug Discovery, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Mental illness, Molecular Medicine, Pharmacology, Systems Biology, Translational Medicine |
Richard F. Loeser, Jr., MD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Dr. Richard F. Loeser, MD, is the Joseph P. Archie Jr., Eminent Professor in the Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology and the Director of the Thurston Arthritis Research Center at t … Read more |
| Mentors: | Undergraduate Students, Medical Students, Graduate Students |
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AFFILIATIONS: (DOM) Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology, Cell Biology & Physiology, Orthopaedics, Thurston Arthritis Center |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Aging/Geriatrics, Arthritis, Cell Biology, Cell Signaling, Genomics, Pharmacology |
Christopher Mack, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: My research goals are to identify the mechanisms by which environmental factors regulate smooth muscle cell phenotype and to define the transcriptional pathways that regulate SMC-specific gene express … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: McAllister Heart Institute, Pathology & Lab Medicine |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cardiovascular Biology, Cell Signaling, Developmental Biology, Molecular Biology, Pathology |
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AFFILIATIONS: Department of Medicine (DOM), McAllister Heart Institute |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cancer Biology, Cardiovascular Biology, Cell Signaling, Pathology, Translational Medicine |
Shaun D. McCullough |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Dr. McCullough’s lab focuses around the role of the epigenetic elements as both a molecular mechanism mediating the effects of toxic exposures and as a biomarker for predicting susceptible populations … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Center for Environmental Medicine, Asthma & Lung Biology (CEMALB), Toxicology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cardiovascular Biology, Cell Signaling, Molecular Biology, Toxicology, Translational Medicine |
Cary Moody, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: The work in my laboratory focuses on the molecular biology of human papillomaviruses (HPV), small DNA viruses that exhibit epithelial tropism. Certain types of HPV are considered the causative agents … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Microbiology & Immunology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cancer Biology, Cell Signaling, Molecular Biology, Pathogenesis & Infection, Virology |
Nat Moorman, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: How does a virus gain control over the host cell? My laboratory is interested in answering this question at the molecular level. By combining molecular biology and virology with new technologies (e.g. … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Lineberger Cancer Center, Microbiology & Immunology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cancer Biology, Cell Biology, Cell Signaling, Molecular Biology, Virology |
John P. Morris IV, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: We study the mechanisms connecting oncogenes and tumor suppressors with the biological transitions that underly step wise carcinogenesis and therapeutic response. We have a specific focus on how cance … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Lineberger Cancer Center, Pharmacology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cancer Biology, Cell Biology, Cell Signaling, Developmental Biology, Drug Delivery, Epigenetics and Chromatin Biology, Gastrointestinal Biology, Genetics, Genomics, Immunology, Metabolism, Microscopy |



