Beverly Koller |
| Clinical / Research Focus: We have used gene targeting to generate an animal model for the most common genetic disease in the Caucasian population, cystic fibrosis. We are continuing to characterize this animal and to modify it … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Genetics, Marsico Lung Institute |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Genetics, Pathology |
Silvia M. Kreda, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Dr. Kreda’s lab studies mechanisms of delivery of therapeutic molecules in the lung and other extra-hepatic organs. The main goal is to develop novel and efficacious delivery strategies of therapeutic … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Biochemistry & Biophysics, Department of Medicine (DOM), Marsico Lung Institute |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Cell Signaling, Chemical Biology, Drug Delivery, Drug Discovery, Gastrointestinal Biology, Gene Therapy, Genetics, Genomics, Imaging, Microscopy, Molecular Biology, Molecular Medicine, Pathology, Pharmacology, Pulmonary, Stem Cells, Translational Medicine |
Yun Li, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: The Yun Li group develops statistical methods and computational tools for modern genetic, genomic, and epigenomic data. We do both method development and real data applications. The actual projects in … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, Genetics |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Computational Biology, Genetics, Genomics |
Tengfei Li, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: My research focuses mainly include developing statistical and machine learning approaches in neuroimaging and imaging genetics analyses, by integrating the statistical functional data analysis, dimens … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Biomedical Research Imaging Center (BRIC), Radiology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Aging/Geriatrics, Bioinformatics, Biomedical Engineering, Genetics, Imaging, Neurobiology, Pediatrics, Quantitative Biology |
Sarah Linnstaedt, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: The Linnstaedt lab is interested in understanding mechanisms driving the development of chronic musculoskeletal pain following traumatic stress exposures with the goal of identifying novel therapeutic … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Anesthesiology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Behavior, Computational Biology, Drug Discovery, Epigenetics and Chromatin Biology, Genetics, Genomics, Mental illness, Molecular Biology, Sleep, Systems Biology, Translational Medicine, Veteran’s Health, Women's Health |
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AFFILIATIONS: Cell Biology & Physiology, Pathology & Lab Medicine |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cardiovascular Biology, Cell Biology, Cell Signaling, Developmental Biology, Genetics |
Mingxia Liu, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Dr. Liu has a background in machine learning, pattern recognition, and medical image analysis, leading a wide range of research spanning biomedical image reconstruction, processing, analysis, and neur … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Biomedical Research Imaging Center (BRIC), Radiology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Aging/Geriatrics, Autism, Bioinformatics, Biomedical Engineering, Computational Biology, Genetics, Genomics, Imaging, Pathology, Translational Medicine, Women's Health |
Anne Drapkin Lyerly, MD, MA |
| Clinical / Research Focus: My research addresses socially and morally complex issues in women’s health and reproductive medicine, with a focus on how people assign meaning to reproductive events. A central goal of her work is t … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Center for Bioethics, Social Medicine |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Developmental Biology, Epigenetics and Chromatin Biology, Genetics, Genomics, Global Health, Health Equity, Women's Health |
Nobuyo N. Maeda |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Our research is focused on the genetics and molecular pathology of complex multi-factorial conditions in humans – obesity, diabetes, hypercholesterolemia, insulin resistance, and hypertension. These … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: McAllister Heart Institute, Nutrition, Pathology & Lab Medicine, Toxicology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cardiovascular Biology, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Molecular Medicine, Pathology |
Terry Magnuson, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Terry Magnuson is the Kay M. and Van L. Weatherspoon Eminent Distinguished Professor of Genetics and Founding Chair of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine’s Depar … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, Genetics, Lineberger Cancer Center |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cancer, Cancer Biology, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Epigenetics and Chromatin Biology, Genetics, Genomics, Regenerative Medicine, Stem Cells |
Gregory Matera, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: The research in our laboratory focuses on foundational mechanisms that regulate eukaryotic gene expression. In particular, we are interested in the roles played by RNAs and proteins in genetic … Read more |
| Mentors: | Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students |








