Jin Ra, MD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Her clinical and research interests are focused on improving surgical quality outcomes and efficiency of care in particular critically ill surgical patients and geriatric patients as well as efforts t … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Surgery |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Aging/Geriatrics, Other, Quality of Life, Surgery |
Leah M. Ranney, PhD, MA |
| Clinical / Research Focus: My professional career focuses on building evidence to strengthen the regulation of tobacco and cannabis products. Much of my work centers on tobacco regulatory science, particularly the commun … Read more |
| Mentors: | Graduate Students |
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AFFILIATIONS: Family Medicine, Lineberger Cancer Center |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Other |
Daniel Reuland, MD, MPH |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Cancer Screening in Primary Care Practice Informed and Shared Medical Decision Making |
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AFFILIATIONS: (DOM) General Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Medicine (DOM), Lineberger Cancer Center, Other |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Other |
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 |
Miriam Sklerov, MD, MSc |
| Clinical / Research Focus: I am a movement disorders neurologist who treats patients with Parkinson’s disease and atypical parkinsonism syndromes. My research focuses on novel therapies for non-motor symptoms of Parkinso … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Neurology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Imaging, Other, Translational Medicine |
Rebecca Stephens, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Dr. Stephens is primarily interested in early cognitive development, specifically attention and executive function, and how those skills are related to later cognition. She is also interested in the n … Read more |
| Mentors: | Undergraduate Students |
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AFFILIATIONS: Psychiatry |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Behavior, Imaging, Other, Pediatrics |
Martin Styner, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Dr. Styner is a leading expert in medical image computing with specific research on developing and applying novel neuroimaging methods as well as software tools for structural and diffusion MRI, mainl … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities (CIDD), Psychiatry |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Autism, Computational Biology, Imaging, Other |
Jorge Almodovar Suarez, MD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Other Research and/or Clinical Interests: Ethics, Bioethics General Neurology Motor Neuron Disease Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Ethics |
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AFFILIATIONS: Neurology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Clinical Trials, Health Equity, Medical Education, Other |
Laura Marie Thornton, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Eating disorders Suicide Pediatric obesity |
| Mentors: | Graduate Students |
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AFFILIATIONS: Psychiatry |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Diabetes, Genetics, Obesity, Other, Women's Health |
Jackson Trotman, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: The vast majority of the RNA produced by the cell does not encode protein. My research aims to uncover the mechanisms by which noncoding RNA can regulate epigenetic, transcriptional, and post-t … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Lineberger Cancer Center, Other, Pharmacology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Cancer Biology, Cell Biology, Computational Biology, Epigenetics and Chromatin Biology, Evolutionary Biology, Genetics, Genomics, Molecular Biology, Other, Stem Cells |
Jackson Trotman, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Other UNC Center and/or Department Affiliation: RNA Discovery Center Other Research and/or Clinical Interests: RNA Biology The vast majority of the RNA produced by the cell does not encode protein. My … Read more |
| Mentors: | Undergraduate Students |
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AFFILIATIONS: Lineberger Cancer Center, Other, Pharmacology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Cancer Biology, Cell Biology, Chemical Biology, Computational Biology, Epigenetics and Chromatin Biology, Evolutionary Biology, Genetics, Genomics, Molecular Biology, Other, Stem Cells |
Carmina G. Valle, PhD, MPH |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Other Research and/or Clinical Interests: mHealth, Digital Health Interventions, Physical Activity, Cancer Survivorship |
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AFFILIATIONS: Gillings School of Public Health, Lineberger Cancer Center, Nutrition |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Apps-Devices, Behavior, Cancer, Clinical Trials, Obesity, Other |







