Adam Rosenthal, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: During infection individual cells of a bacterial pathogen can co-occur in distinct physiological states. Such phenotypic heterogeneity has been recently reported in landmark virulence processes … Read more |
| Mentors: | Undergraduate Students, Medical Students, Graduate Students |
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AFFILIATIONS: Microbiology & Immunology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Evolutionary Biology, Microbiology, Molecular Biology |
R. Balfour Sartor, MD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: I am a physician scientist, board-certified gastroenterologist with expertise in managing difficult-to-treat patients with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) and a mucosal immunologist/microbiologist w … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: (DOM) Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Center for GI Biology and Disease (CGIBD), Department of Medicine (DOM), Lineberger Cancer Center, Marsico Lung Institute, Microbiology & Immunology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Gastrointestinal Biology, Immunology, Microbiology |
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AFFILIATIONS: Center for AIDS Research (CFAR), Pathology & Lab Medicine |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: HIV/AIDS, Immunology, Microbiology, Pathology |
Jennifer S. Smith, PhD, MPH |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Dr. Jennifer S. Smith is a Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) Gillings School of Global Public Health. She is an international leader in H … Read more |
Brian D. Strahl, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Eukaryotic genomes are packaged into the nuclei of cells through the actions of histone proteins. These proteins not only play a role in condensing the genome but are fundamental to establishing and m … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Biochemistry & Biophysics |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biophysics, Cancer Biology, Cell Biology, Cell Signaling, Chemical Biology, Computational Biology, Epigenetics and Chromatin Biology, Genetics, Genomics, HIV/AIDS, Microbiology, Microscopy, Molecular Biology, Organismal Biology, Stem Cells, Structural Biology |
Ron Swanstrom, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Our group uses the tools of molecular biology to study HIV pathogenesis and latency. We have specific interests in how the virus evolves to infect a new cell type, usually in the brain, to cause a dis … Read more |
Rita Tamayo, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: We use genetic and biochemical approaches and animal models of disease to study how the intestinal pathogen Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) colonizes the intestinal tract and causes disease. We are … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Center for GI Biology and Disease (CGIBD), Microbiology & Immunology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Bacteriology, Gastrointestinal Biology, Genetics, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Pathogenesis & Infection |
Yuyang Tang, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: The eradication of HIV infection must understand where the virus hides. The central nervous system (CNS) may represent a unique reservoir of persistent HIV infection and cells in the brain are likely … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Department of Medicine (DOM), Institute for Global Health & Infectious Disease |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Clinical Trials, Drug Delivery, HIV/AIDS, Hematology, Immunology, Microbiology, Microscopy, Neurobiology, Virology |
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AFFILIATIONS: Institute for Global Health & Infectious Disease, Pediatrics |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Global Health, Health Equity, Immunology, Microbiology, Pediatrics, Virology |
David van Duin, MD, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: David van Duin, MD, PhD, FIDSA, FAST. Professor with tenure in the Infectious Diseases Division at the University of North Carolina. Dr. van Duin is the founding Director of the Immunocompromised Host … Read more |
Nadja Vielot, PhD, MSPH |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Infectious diseases epidemiologist with interests in primary care delivery, implementation science, vaccination, vaccine development, global health and underserved populations in the US, epidemiologic … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Family Medicine, Institute for Global Health & Infectious Disease, Lineberger Cancer Center |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Bacteriology, Behavior, Clinical Trials, Global Health, HIV/AIDS, Health Informatics, Health Services, Immunology, Implementation Science, Microbiology, Pediatrics, Virology, Women's Health |
Matthew R. Vogt, MD, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: We want to understand why common pediatric respiratory virus infections cause severe disease in some people. Currently we focus on picornaviruses like parechovirus, which causes sepsis and ence … Read more |
| Mentors: | Undergraduate Students, Medical Students, Graduate Students |
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AFFILIATIONS: Children's Research Institute, Marsico Lung Institute, Microbiology & Immunology, Pediatrics |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Drug Discovery, Immunology, Microbiology, Pediatrics, Virology |










