Kathryn Reissner |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Research in our lab is focused on understanding how cocaine abuse affects glial cell physiology, in particular neuron-astrocyte communication. We utilize the rat cocaine self-administration/reinstate … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Neuroscience Center |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Behavior, Cell Biology, Neurobiology, Pharmacology, Physiology |
Donita Robinson, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: My scientific expertise lies in neural dynamics of corticostriatal circuits during motivated behavior and drug exposure in animal models. My current research focuses on the brain regions that orchestr … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies, Graduate Education, Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Behavior, Neurobiology, Pharmacology, Physiology, Systems Biology |
Bryan Roth, MD, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: The ultimate goal of our studies is to discover novel ways to treat human disease using G-protein coupled receptors.,The ultimate goal of our studies is to discover novel ways to treat human disease u … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Pharmacology, Psychiatry |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Chemical Biology, Neurobiology, Pharmacology |
Greg Scherrer, PharmD, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: The primary mission of my laboratory is to elucidate the mechanisms that underlie pain perception and its modulation by opioids. We investigate the sensory, affective, and cognitive dimensions of pain … Read more |
Jonathan C. Schisler |
| Clinical / Research Focus: The Schisler Lab is geared towards understanding and designing therapies for diseases involving proteinopathies- pathologies stemming from protein misfolding, aggregation, and disruption of protein qu … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Pathology & Lab Medicine, Pharmacology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cardiovascular Biology, Genomics, Metabolism, Neurobiology, Translational Medicine |
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AFFILIATIONS: Health Science (DHS) |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Medical Education, Neurobiology, Occupational Science/Therapy |
Mark Shen, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: I am a developmental and translational neuroscientist and Assistant Professor (tenure-track) in the department of Psychiatry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. I am a Primary Member o … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities (CIDD), Neuroscience Center, Psychiatry |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Autism, Clinical Trials, Gene Therapy, Genetics, Genomics, Imaging, Mental illness, Neurobiology, Pediatrics, Sleep, Translational Medicine |
Yen-Yu Ian Shih, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Our research group is interested in developing and applying functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) technologies to study brain functional circuits and networks using animal models. We foc … Read more |
| Mentors: | Undergraduate Students, Medical Students, Graduate Students |
Lee Shuping, MD, MPT |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Treatment of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, post-concussive syndrome Electrodiagnostic Medicine/EMG Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder / Ehlers Danlos Syndrome Musculoskeletal medicine/anatomy Occupational … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Medical Education, Neurobiology, Occupational Science/Therapy, Rehabilitation |
Kevin Slep |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Our lab examines cytoskeletal dynamics, the molecules that regulate it and the biological processes it is involved in using live cell imaging, in vitro reconstitution and x-ray crystallography. Of pa … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Biology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biochemistry, Biophysics, Cancer Biology, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Neurobiology, Structural Biology |
J. Keith Smith, MD, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Dr. Smith served is the Department’s Executive Vice Chair and Professor of Radiology. Prior to this leadership position, he served as UNC Radiology’s Interim Chair from April 2018 to September. Dr. Sm … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Radiology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Clinical Informatics, Clinical Trials, Neurobiology |
Keith W. Sockman |
| Clinical / Research Focus: I study the ultimate and proximate factors controlling flexibility in reproductive behavior. Using songbirds as a system, I use field and laboratory studies to investigate the ecological cues regulati … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Biology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Behavior, Ecology, Neurobiology, Organismal Biology, Physiology |






