Terry Furey, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Chromatin and Gene Regulation Chromosomes are compacted into increasingly complex chromatin structures within eukaryotic nuclei. High-throughput sequence-based assays have been developed to identify r … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Center for GI Biology and Disease (CGIBD), Genetics |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Epigenetics and Chromatin Biology, Gastrointestinal Biology, Genetics, Genomics, Microscopy, Molecular Biology, Regenerative Medicine, Stem Cells |
José Gaston Guillem, MD, MPH, MBA |
| Clinical / Research Focus: SPECIALTIES Boarded in General Surgery and Colorectal Surgery. Performs procedures for malignant and benign diseases of the colon, rectum, and anus including colon, rectal and anal cancer; inflammator … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Lineberger Cancer Center, Surgery |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biomedical Engineering, Cancer Biology, Clinical Trials, Gastrointestinal Biology, Genetics, Genomics, Imaging, Implementation Science, Other, Population-based, Quality of Life, Surgery |
Carolina V. Guimaraes, MD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Dr. Guimaraes’s research interests lie within pediatric neuroradiology, including fetal and neonatal imaging. Aside from her clinical work, she is also interested in quality improvement and education. … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Radiology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Autism, Behavior, Genetics, Genomics, Imaging, Pediatrics, Quality and Patient Safety, Sleep |
Melissa Haendel, PhD, FACMI |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Translational science breaks down traditional silos between scientific disciplines, empowering research innovation and implementation in biomedicine. The Translational and Integrative Sciences … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, Genetics, Pediatrics, Program for Precision Medicine in Healthcare (PPMH) |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Bioethics, Evolutionary Biology, Genetics, Genomics, Health Informatics, Organismal Biology, Rural Health, Translational Medicine, Women's Health |
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AFFILIATIONS: Genetics |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Bioinformatics, Cancer Biology, Computational Biology, Genetics, Genomics |
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 |
Urmila P. Kodavanti |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Our research focuses on understanding mechanisms of cardiovascular and metabolic health effects of inhaled air pollutants. Specific emphasis is given to susceptibility variations due to underlying car … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Center for Environmental Medicine, Asthma & Lung Biology (CEMALB), Toxicology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cardiovascular Biology, Cell Signaling, Genomics, Molecular Biology, Toxicology |
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 |
Cherie M. Kuzmiak, DO, FACR, FSBI |
| Clinical / Research Focus: I am a board-certified radiologist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with sub-specialty fellowship training in breast imaging. My primary interest is in breast imaging radiogenomics … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Lineberger Cancer Center, Radiology, Women's Health |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Bioinformatics, Cancer Biology, Clinical Trials, Computational Biology, Drug Discovery, Genomics, Global Health, Health Equity, Health Informatics, Imaging, Medical Education, Pathology, Population-based, Surgery, Translational Medicine, Women's Health |
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 |






