Clyde Hodge, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Our preclinical research is based on the concept that drugs of abuse gain control over behavior by hijacking molecular mechanisms of neuroplasticity within brain reward circuits. To understand this pr … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies, Pharmacology, Psychiatry |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Behavior, Bioinformatics, Cell Signaling, Molecular Biology, Neurobiology, Pharmacology, Systems Biology |
Jonathon W. Homeister MD, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Our cardiovascular research laboratory studies the glycobiology (glycoprotein- and/or glycolipid-dependent biologic processes) inherent to the pathogenesis of inflammatory vascular and blood di … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: McAllister Heart Institute, Pathology & Lab Medicine |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biomedical Engineering, Cardiovascular Biology, Cardiovascular disease, Cell Biology, Immunology, Medical Education, Microscopy, Molecular Biology, Other, Pathology, Systems Biology, Translational Medicine |
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 |
Michelle S. Itano, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: I have had a long standing interest in utilizing an interdisciplinary scientific approach to develop and apply novel and innovative fluorescence microscopy imaging techniques to answer critical and pr … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities (CIDD), Cell Biology & Physiology, Neuroscience Center |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Autism, Biophysics, Cell Biology, Computational Biology, HIV/AIDS, Imaging, Microscopy, Molecular Biology, Neurobiology, Quantitative Biology, Virology |
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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 |
Jonathan J Juliano |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Despite recent success in reducing malaria transmission, the estimated annual numbers of malaria infections (~225 million) and deaths (~781,000) remain high. Despite this immense burden, our understan … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: (DOM) Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine (DOM), Institute for Global Health & Infectious Disease |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Translational Medicine |
Mehmet Kesimer, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: The upper airways serve to clean inspired air from physical, chemical and pathological detritus that might damage the delicate peripheral airways where oxygen exchange is achieved. It is the heart of … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Marsico Lung Institute, Pathology & Lab Medicine |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Pathology, Translational Medicine |
Joe Kieber, |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Hormones influence virtually every aspect of plant growth and development. My lab is examining the molecular mechanisms controlling the biosynthesis and signal transduction of the phytohormones cytoki … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Biology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cell Signaling, Developmental Biology, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Plant Biology |
William Kim, MD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Our research explores the role of hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) in tumorigenesis. HIF is a transcription factor that plays a key role in oxygen sensing, the adaptation to hypoxia and the tumor microe … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Department of Medicine (DOM), Genetics, Lineberger Cancer Center, Pharmacology, Urology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cancer Biology, Cell Biology, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Translational Medicine |
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 |





