Kelsey Fisher-Wellman, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Our lab investigates metabolic differences between cancer and non-cancer that originate within the energy-producing organelle of the cell referred to as the mitochondrion. Mitochondria are present in … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Lineberger Cancer Center |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biochemistry, Cancer Biology, Metabolism |
Constance Foreman, MD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Family Medicine Physician interested in lifestyle medicine and health equity. |
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MARKET(S): CoastalINSTITUTE(S): Community Health & Wellness |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Health Equity, Health Services, Metabolism, Population-based, Quality of Life, Social Determinants of Health, Veteran’s Health |
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Michael Gamcsik, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: The Gamcsik laboratory studies the metabolic dynamics in human disease with our main focus on the role the antioxidant glutathione (GSH) and associated pathways play in the initiation, progression and … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Biomedical Engineering |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biochemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Cancer Biology, Chemical Biology, Computational Biology, Drug Discovery, Imaging, Metabolism, Molecular Medicine, Pharmacology, Systems Biology, Toxicology |
Robert S. Hagan, MD, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: I am an innate immunologist with a focus on pulmonary infections including viral (influenza, SARS-CoV-2) and bacterial (Streptococcus pneumoniae). My training background is in signaling biochemistry a … Read more |
Laura Herring, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Laura Herring is the Director of the UNC Proteomics Core Facility which provides mass spectrometry-based proteomics services for the analysis of proteins from tissues, cells or other biological sample … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Lineberger Cancer Center, Pharmacology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Cancer Biology, Cell Biology, Cell Signaling, Chemical Biology, Drug Discovery, Genetics, Immunology, Metabolism, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Nanomedicine, Neurobiology, Pharmacology, Plant Biology, Quantitative Biology, Systems Biology, Translational Medicine, Virology |
Stephen D Hursting, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Dr. Hursting’s lab focuses on the molecular and metabolic mechanisms underlying nutrition and cancer associations, particularly the impact of obesity and energy balance modulation (eg, calorie restri … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Nutrition |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biochemistry, Cancer Biology, Cell Signaling, Metabolism, Physiology |
Janice Hwang, MD, MHS |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Dr. Hwang’s academic interests are at the intersection of metabolism and neuroscience. Her research focuses on using advanced brain imaging modalities such as functional MRI and magnetic resonance spe … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: (DOM) Endocrinology & Metabolism, Cell Biology & Physiology, Department of Medicine (DOM), Lineberger Cancer Center |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Aging/Geriatrics, Diabetes, Imaging, Metabolism, Neurobiology, Sleep |
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 |
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AFFILIATIONS: Department of Medicine (DOM), McAllister Heart Institute |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cardiovascular Biology, Metabolism, Molecular Biology, Pharmacology, Physiology |
Guochun Jiang, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: The Jiang Lab, situated within the UNC HIV Cure Center and BCBP, is dedicated to unraveling the molecular mechanisms governing stable HIV reservoirs within the immune cells of people with HIV ( … Read more |
Sergey Krupenko, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Dr. Krupenko’s research is focused on the role of folate metabolism in cellular homeostasis and cancer disease. He is especially interested in the function of a major folate enzyme and a putative tumo … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Nutrition |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biochemistry, Cancer Biology, Cell Signaling, Metabolism, Structural Biology |
Natalia Krupenko, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: My laboratory is interested in the role of folate and related metabolic pathways in methyl group metabolism, and their involvement in pathogenesis and etiology of diseases. We have recently discovered … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Nutrition |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biochemistry, Cancer Biology, Cell Biology, Cell Signaling, Metabolism, Molecular Biology |






