Sam Lai, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Our dynamic group are broadly involve in three topics: (i) prevention of infectious diseases by harnessing interactions between secreted antibodies and mucus, (ii) immune response to biomaterials, and … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Biomedical Engineering, Pharmaceutical Sciences |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biomaterials, Biophysics, Drug Delivery, Immunology, Nanomedicine, Pathogenesis & Infection |
Helen Lazear, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Flavivirus pathogenesis -Immune mechanisms that control Zika virus and other congenital infections -Zika virus infection in the female reproductive tract -Host genetic determinants of neuroinvasive fl … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Microbiology & Immunology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Global Health, Immunology, Microbiology, Pathogenesis & Infection, Virology, Women's Health |
Stan Lemon, MD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: I have a longstanding interest in the mechanisms by which hepatotropic positive-strand RNA viruses replicate in the liver and cause diseases ranging from acute inflammatory hepatitis to cancer. My lab … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: (DOM) Infectious Diseases, Center for GI Biology and Disease (CGIBD), Department of Medicine (DOM), Lineberger Cancer Center, Microbiology & Immunology, Virology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cell Biology, Immunology, Pathogenesis & Infection, Virology |
David M. Margolis, MD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: My research group has a long history of translational HIV research: investigating basic molecular, virological, and immunological phenomenon, and leveraging insights to develop new intervention … Read more |
| Mentors: | Undergraduate Students, Medical Students, Graduate Students |
Rick Meeker, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Dr. Meeker’s research is focused on the mechanisms of HIV neuropathogenesis and the development of therapeutic strategies for the treatment of neuroinflammation. Inflammatory changes within the brain … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Neurology, Neuroscience Center |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cell Biology, Neurobiology, Pathogenesis & Infection, Pharmacology, Virology |
Justin Milner, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Our lab focuses on developing new and exciting approaches for enhancing the efficacy of cancer immunotherapies. We utilize cutting-edge genomics, bioengineering, computational, and immunologica … Read more |
| Mentors: | Medical Students, Graduate Students |
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AFFILIATIONS: Microbiology & Immunology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Bioinformatics, Cancer, Cancer Biology, Computational Biology, Epigenetics and Chromatin Biology, Gastrointestinal Biology, Gene Therapy, Genetics, Immunology, Pathogenesis & Infection, Translational Medicine, Virology |
Charles Mitchell |
| Clinical / Research Focus: My work focuses on the role of plant pathogens in (A) controlling or facilitating biological invasions by plants, (B) structuring plant communities, and (C) modulating the effects of global change on … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Biology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, Organismal Biology, Pathogenesis & Infection, Plant Biology |
Cary Moody, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: The work in my laboratory focuses on the molecular biology of human papillomaviruses (HPV), small DNA viruses that exhibit epithelial tropism. Certain types of HPV are considered the causative agents … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Microbiology & Immunology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cancer Biology, Cell Signaling, Molecular Biology, Pathogenesis & Infection, Virology |
Marianne Muhlebach, MD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: I am trained as a pediatric pulmonologist and have interests in bacteriology of cystic fibrosis (CF) lung disease. This includes microbiome and anaerobic bacteria found in lungs of people with CF. Spe … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Marsico Lung Institute, Pediatrics |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Bacteriology, Metabolism, Microbiology, Pathogenesis & Infection, Pulmonary |
Robert Nicholas, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: I mostly focus on mechanisms of resistance in the pathogenic organism, Neisseria gonorrhoeae. At UNC, I have built a research group that has defined at the molecular level the mechanisms of chromosoma … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Microbiology & Immunology, Pharmacology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Bacteriology, Biochemistry, Drug Discovery, Immunology, Metabolism, Microbiology, Pathogenesis & Infection, Structural Biology |
Raymond J. Pickles, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: My laboratory, located in the Cystic Fibrosis/Pulmonary Research and Treatment Center in the Thurston-Bowles building at UNC, is interested in how respiratory viruses infect the airway epithelium of t … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Marsico Lung Institute, Microbiology & Immunology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Immunology, Pathogenesis & Infection, Physiology, Virology |
Nancy Raab-Traub |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Our laboratory investigates the role of the Epstein-Barr virus in the etiology of human disease. EBV is a ubiquitous infectious agent, which is associated with specific malignancies including Burkitt’ … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Lineberger Cancer Center, Microbiology & Immunology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cancer Biology, Pathogenesis & Infection, Virology |






