Patrick Sullivan |
| Clinical / Research Focus: I study complex traits using linkage, association, and genetic epidemiological approaches. Disorders include schizophrenia (etiology and pharmacogenetics), smoking behavior, and chronic fatigue.,I st … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Genetics, Psychiatry |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Bioinformatics, Genetics, Genomics, Organismal Biology, Pharmacology, Systems Biology |
Ron Swanstrom, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Our group uses the tools of molecular biology to study HIV pathogenesis and latency. We have specific interests in how the virus evolves to infect a new cell type, usually in the brain, to cause a dis … Read more |
Rita Tamayo, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: We use genetic and biochemical approaches and animal models of disease to study how the intestinal pathogen Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) colonizes the intestinal tract and causes disease. We are … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Center for GI Biology and Disease (CGIBD), Microbiology & Immunology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Bacteriology, Gastrointestinal Biology, Genetics, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Pathogenesis & Infection |
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 |
Joan M. Taylor, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: The goal of our research is to identify signaling mechanisms that contribute to normal and pathophysiological cell growth in the cardiovascular system. We study cardiac and vascular development as we … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: McAllister Heart Institute, Pathology & Lab Medicine |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cardiovascular Biology, Cell Signaling, Developmental Biology, Genetics, Pathology |
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 |
Laura Marie Thornton, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Eating disorders Suicide Pediatric obesity |
| Mentors: | Graduate Students |
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AFFILIATIONS: Psychiatry |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Diabetes, Genetics, Obesity, Other, Women's Health |
Jenny Ting, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Topics include gene discovery, genomics/proteomics, gene transcription, signal transduction, molecular immunology. Disease relevant issues include infectious diseases, autoimmune and demyelinating di … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Genetics, Institute for Global Health & Infectious Disease, Lineberger Cancer Center, Microbiology & Immunology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Bacteriology, Cancer Biology, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Genetics, Immunology, Molecular Biology, Neurobiology |
Rebecca Traub, MD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Natural history, translational and treatment trials for inflammatory and hereditary polyneuropathies |
| Mentors: | Medical Students, Graduate Students |
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AFFILIATIONS: Neurology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Clinical Trials, Genetics, Immunology, Physiology |
Jackson Trotman, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: The vast majority of the RNA produced by the cell does not encode protein. My research aims to uncover the mechanisms by which noncoding RNA can regulate epigenetic, transcriptional, and post-t … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Lineberger Cancer Center, Other, Pharmacology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Cancer Biology, Cell Biology, Computational Biology, Epigenetics and Chromatin Biology, Evolutionary Biology, Genetics, Genomics, Molecular Biology, Other, Stem Cells |
Jackson Trotman, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Other UNC Center and/or Department Affiliation: RNA Discovery Center Other Research and/or Clinical Interests: RNA Biology The vast majority of the RNA produced by the cell does not encode protein. My … Read more |
| Mentors: | Undergraduate Students |
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AFFILIATIONS: Lineberger Cancer Center, Other, Pharmacology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Cancer Biology, Cell Biology, Chemical Biology, Computational Biology, Epigenetics and Chromatin Biology, Evolutionary Biology, Genetics, Genomics, Molecular Biology, Other, Stem Cells |
Ageliki Tsagaratou, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Our lab is interested in epigenetic and transcriptional regulation of conventional and unconventional T cell development, differentiation and function. Our research aims to decipher how aberrations in … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Genetics, Lineberger Cancer Center, Microbiology & Immunology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biochemistry, Cancer Biology, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Epigenetics and Chromatin Biology, Genetics, Genomics, Immunology, Molecular Biology, Molecular Medicine, Systems Biology |





