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AFFILIATIONS: Biology, Cell Biology & Physiology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Behavior, Genetics, Neurobiology, Physiology |
Matthew Hirsch, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Our lab works with adeno-associated viral vectors for both the characterization of vector and host responses upon transduction and as therapeutic agents for the treatment of genetic diseases. In part … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Microbiology & Immunology, Ophthalmology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Drug Delivery, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Nanomedicine, Translational Medicine |
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AFFILIATIONS: Genetics |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Bioinformatics, Cancer Biology, Computational Biology, Genetics, Genomics |
Andrea Horimoto, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: My research focuses on population genetics, genetic epidemiology, and statistical genetics, with a particular focus on Alzheimer’s disease and cardiometabolic conditions, including stroke and c … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Genetics |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Bioinformatics, Cardiovascular disease, Chronic Kidney Disease, Computational Biology, Diabetes, Genetics, Obesity, Population-based, Women's Health |
Folami Ideraabdullah, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: The Ideraabdullah lab uses a combination of molecular biology and omics approaches to study how gene-environment interactions in the fetal/developmental environment modulate the epigenome to program t … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Genetics, Nutrition, Toxicology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Developmental Biology, Diabetes, Epigenetics and Chromatin Biology, Genetics, Genomics, Global Health, Metabolism, Molecular Biology, Toxicology |
Corbin Jones |
| Clinical / Research Focus: The goal of my research is to identify, clone, and characterize the evolution of genes underlying natural adaptations in order to determine the types of genes involved, how many and what types of gene … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, Biology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Computational Biology, Evolutionary Biology, Genetics, Genomics, Organismal Biology |
Alan Jones |
| Clinical / Research Focus: The Jones lab is interested in heterotrimeric G protein-coupled signaling and uses genetic model systems to dissect signaling networks. The G-protein complex serves as the nexus between cell surface … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Biology, Pharmacology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Cell Biology, Cell Signaling, Genetics, Pharmacology |
Matt Judson, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: I leverage novel mouse models toward the elucidation of pathophysiological mechanisms underlying neurodevelopmental disorders, with the ultimate goal of developing efficacious gene therapies. Currentl … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Cell Biology & Physiology, Neuroscience Center |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Autism, Developmental Biology, Genetics, Neurobiology, Translational Medicine |
Jonathan J Juliano |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Despite recent success in reducing malaria transmission, the estimated annual numbers of malaria infections (~225 million) and deaths (~781,000) remain high. Despite this immense burden, our understan … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: (DOM) Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine (DOM), Institute for Global Health & Infectious Disease |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Translational Medicine |
Samir Kelada, PhD, MPH |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Broadly speaking, my research interests lay in the arena of gene-environment interactions (GxE) in obstructive respiratory diseases. I view the identification and characterization of GxE as a means by … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Center for Environmental Medicine, Asthma & Lung Biology (CEMALB), Genetics, Marsico Lung Institute, Toxicology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Genetics, Pulmonary, Toxicology |
Joe Kieber, |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Hormones influence virtually every aspect of plant growth and development. My lab is examining the molecular mechanisms controlling the biosynthesis and signal transduction of the phytohormones cytoki … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Biology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cell Signaling, Developmental Biology, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Plant Biology |
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 |



