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AFFILIATIONS: Pharmaceutical Sciences |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biochemistry, Biophysics, Cell Signaling, Chemical Biology, Nanomedicine |
Sean McLean, MD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Clinically I have a comprehensive pediatric surgery practice with key areas of expertise and focus in : chest wall deformities (Pectus excavatum and Pectus carinatum), congenital lung anomalies, ECMO … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: McAllister Heart Institute, Pediatrics, Surgery |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cardiovascular Biology, Cardiovascular disease, Cell Biology, Health Equity, Imaging, Nanomedicine, Physiology, Pulmonary, Surgery |
Roger Narayan, MD, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: My research focuses on the development of advanced biomaterials and medical devices using cutting-edge additive manufacturing and laser-based processing techniques. My team is a pioneer in the … Read more |
| Mentors: | Undergraduate Students, Medical Students, Graduate Students |
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AFFILIATIONS: Biomedical Engineering |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Apps-Devices, Biomaterials, Biomedical Engineering, Nanomedicine, Toxicology |
Chad Victor Pecot, MD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: The development of metastases is the cause of death in nearly all cancer patients, yet the mechanisms driving metastatic biology remain poorly understood. Also, few cancer therapeutics are being devel … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Department of Medicine (DOM), Lineberger Cancer Center |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Bioinformatics, Cancer Biology, Nanomedicine, Pathology, Translational Medicine |
William Polacheck, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: The Polacheck Laboratory for Translational Microfluidics is an interdisciplinary team of scientists and engineers who build microfluidic models of human tissues and organs-on-chip. Our organizi … Read more |
| Mentors: | Undergraduate Students, Medical Students, Graduate Students |
Roland Tisch, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Our work focuses on T cell-mediated autoimmunity with a particular interest in type 1 diabetes. Efforts involve defining the events driving the breakdown of self-tolerance within the T cell compartmen … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Lineberger Cancer Center, Microbiology & Immunology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cell Signaling, Diabetes, Gene Therapy, Immunology, Molecular Medicine, Nanomedicine, Pathology, Translational Medicine |
Melissa Troester |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Dr. Troester’s research focuses on stromal-epithelial interactions, genomics of normal breast tissue, breast cancer microenvironment, and molecular pathology of breast cancer progression. She is a Co- … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Lineberger Cancer Center, Pathology & Lab Medicine |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Bioinformatics, Genomics, Nanomedicine, Pathology, Translational Medicine |
N. Ari Wijetunga, MD, PhD, MS |
| Clinical / Research Focus: I am interested in novel genomic and radiomic markers of radiosensitivity in hematologic and genitourinary malignancies. I am also interested in comoitational methods to integrate big data into clinic … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Radiation Oncology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Bioinformatics, Cancer Biology, Cell Signaling, Genomics, Hematology, Imaging, Molecular Medicine, Nanomedicine, Prostate Cancer, Systems Biology |
Jen Jen Yeh, MD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: We are a translational research lab. The overall goal of our research is to find therapeutic targets and biomarkers for patients with pancreatic and colorectal cancer and to translate this to the clin … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Lineberger Cancer Center, Pharmacology, Surgery |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cancer Biology, Genomics, Nanomedicine, Translational Medicine |





