Ashwin Somasundaram, MD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: I am a GI medical oncologist with a focus on upper GI cancers and a research focus on tumor immunology and clinical research. |
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AFFILIATIONS: (DOM) Oncology, Department of Medicine (DOM) |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cancer Biology, Clinical Trials, Immunology |
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: (DHS) Speech and Hearing Sciences, Health Science (DHS) |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Autism, Behavior, Clinical Trials, Education Research, Hearing-Speech, Implementation Science |
Deborah M. Stephens, DO |
| Clinical / Research Focus: The overall goal of my research is to investigate novel targeted therapies and improve the care for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and B-cell lymphoma. In order to achieve thi … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: (DOM) Hematology, Department of Medicine (DOM) |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Aging/Geriatrics, Cancer, Clinical Trials, Genetics, Genomics, Health Equity, Hematology, Imaging, Immunology, Medical Education, Mineralized Tissue, Pathology, Pharmacology, Population-based, Toxicology, Translational Medicine, Virology |
Rick Stouffer, MD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: My clinical research is in coronary artery disease, percutaneous coronary intervention, cardiovascular hemodynamics and myocardial infarction. Current projects involve the optimal use of CYP2C19 genot … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Department of Medicine (DOM), McAllister Heart Institute |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cardiovascular Biology, Cardiovascular disease, Clinical Trials |
Jorge Almodovar Suarez, MD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Other Research and/or Clinical Interests: Ethics, Bioethics General Neurology Motor Neuron Disease Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Ethics |
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AFFILIATIONS: Neurology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Clinical Trials, Health Equity, Medical Education, Other |
Faisal Syed, MD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Associate Professor of Medicine Director of Cardiovascular Artificial Intelligence Research Cardiac electrophysiologists management patients encompassing a wide range of heart rhythm disorders. Curren … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: (DOM) Cardiology, Department of Medicine (DOM) |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Bioinformatics, Biomedical Engineering, Cardiovascular disease, Clinical Trials, Physiology, Translational Medicine |
Yuyang Tang, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: The eradication of HIV infection must understand where the virus hides. The central nervous system (CNS) may represent a unique reservoir of persistent HIV infection and cells in the brain are likely … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Department of Medicine (DOM), Institute for Global Health & Infectious Disease |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Clinical Trials, Drug Delivery, HIV/AIDS, Hematology, Immunology, Microbiology, Microscopy, Neurobiology, Virology |
Jennifer Tang, MD, MSCR |
| Clinical / Research Focus: My research focuses on family planning (HIV and contraception, postpartum family planning), cervical cancer screening and preventive therapy, and maternal health inequities. |
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AFFILIATIONS: Institute for Global Health & Infectious Disease, Lineberger Cancer Center, Obstetrics & Gynecology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Clinical Trials, Comparative Effectiveness, Global Health, Health Equity, Health Informatics, Implementation Science, Women's Health |
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 |
Claudia Testa |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Clinical and translational research in movement disorders with a special interest in genetically based therapeutics, and neurogenetic neurodegenerative disorders |
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AFFILIATIONS: Neurology, Program for Precision Medicine in Healthcare (PPMH) |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Bioethics, Clinical Informatics, Clinical Trials, Computational Biology, Drug Delivery, Gene Therapy, Genetics, Genomics, Health Equity, Neurobiology, Systems Biology, Translational Medicine |
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AFFILIATIONS: Pediatrics |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Clinical Trials, Drug Delivery, Drug Discovery, Pediatrics |
Brianne Tomaszewski, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Dr. Tomaszewski’s research focuses on community and school-based programs for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities focused on quality of life. Her current research is focused o … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Psychiatry |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Autism, Clinical Trials, Comparative Effectiveness, Implementation Science, Mental illness, Quality of Life |







