Rebecca L. Walker, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: I am a philosopher of medicine whose primary focus is on the relationship between moral theories and concepts and various biomedical practices. My current work focuses on biomedical research including … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Center for Health Equity Research, Psychiatry, Social Medicine |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Bioethics, Clinical Trials, Criminal Justice, Genomics, Health Equity, Quality of Life, Social Medicine, Translational Medicine |
LeShonda Wallace, PhD, FNP-BC, FAAN |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Other UNC Center and/or Department Affiliation: Other Research and/or Clinical Interests: HIV Care *Health equity *Retention in care LeShonda Wallace is a Family Nurse Practitioner and HIV Care Provid … Read more |
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MARKET(S): CoastalINSTITUTE(S): Community Health & Wellness |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: HIV/AIDS, Health Equity, Health Services, Sexual and Gender Minorities, Social Determinants of Health, Women's Health |
NOVANT HEALTH
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AFFILIATIONS: Department of Medicine (DOM) |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Health Equity, Women's Health |
Amber Woodard, DNP, MBA, RN-BC |
| Clinical / Research Focus: – Quality and process improvement – System transformation – EHR design – Clinical decision support – Health equity – Maternal health – LGBTQ+ – Gap closure |
| Mentors: | Graduate Students |
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MARKET(S): CoastalINSTITUTE(S): Hospital-based Medicine, Office of Health Equity, Women’s & Children’s |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Clinical Informatics, Health Equity, Health Informatics, Implementation Science, Pediatrics, Population-based, Quality and Patient Safety, Sexual and Gender Minorities, Social Determinants of Health, Women's Health |
NOVANT HEALTH
Guorong Wu, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: As a computer scientist, my research focus is developing computational tools to facilitate neuroscience and neuroimaging studies. I am actively involved in various research projects including neuropsy … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Computational Medicine Program, Computer Science, Neuroscience Center, Psychiatry |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Autism, Bioinformatics, Biomedical Engineering, Computational Biology, Electronic Medicine, Health Equity, Health Informatics, Imaging, Microscopy, Pathology |
Melinda Yates, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: My research program is focused on cancers that form in the lining of the uterus (endometrium) with a particular emphasis on premalignant biology. My lab studies the earliest molecular changes t … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Lineberger Cancer Center, Pathology & Lab Medicine, Translational Medicine, Women's Health |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cancer, Cancer Biology, Drug Delivery, Health Equity, Obesity, Other, Pathology, Pharmacology, Social Determinants of Health, Toxicology, Translational Medicine, Women's Health |
Theodore Yip, MD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: My clinical focus is optimizing quality of life, independence, and function in children with disabilities and developmental delay. Examples of patients I see clinically include children with cerebral … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Bioethics, Biomechanics, Health Equity, Imaging, Medical Education, Occupational Science/Therapy, Pediatrics, Physical Therapy, Quality of Life, Regenerative Medicine, Rehabilitation, Sleep |
James Yon, MD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Other UNC Center and/or Department Affiliation: Other Research and/or Clinical Interests: Trauma surgery, emergency general surgery, and burns. Focus specifically on disparities in care. |
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MARKET(S): CoastalINSTITUTE(S): Surgical |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Behavior, Bioethics, Education Research, Global Health, Health Equity, Population-based, Rural Health, Surgery |
NOVANT HEALTH
Omar Young, MD, FACOG |
| Clinical / Research Focus: My passion lies in being a clinician-educator. Upon reflecting on the experiences that I have had in my medical training, I realized that what drives me to be the best teacher possible is being able t … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Obstetrics & Gynecology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Health Equity, Medical Education, Women's Health |
Rupal Yu, MD, MPH |
| Clinical / Research Focus: I have a strong interest in caring for marginalized populations, especially primary care for people living with serious mental illness, LGBTQIA+ populations, as well as immigrant and refugee health. |
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AFFILIATIONS: Family Medicine, Psychiatry |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Health Equity, Mental illness, Social Medicine |








