Robert S. Hagan, MD, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: I am an innate immunologist with a focus on pulmonary infections including viral (influenza, SARS-CoV-2) and bacterial (Streptococcus pneumoniae). My training background is in signaling biochemistry a … Read more |
Laleh Hakima, DO |
| Clinical / Research Focus: My research interests are in cytopathology including fine needle aspiration, and surgical pathology with subspecialty focus on bone and soft tissue, gastrointestinal pathology, and pediatric pathology … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Pathology & Lab Medicine |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Pathology |
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 |
J. Charles Jennette, MD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: My research interests and diagnostic responsibilities center around nephropathology and immunopathology. My laboratory carries out basic, translational and clinicopathologic research on kidney disease … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Kidney Center, Pathology & Lab Medicine |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Immunology, Pathology, Translational Medicine |
Matthew S. Karafin, MD, MS |
| Clinical / Research Focus: As a provider of red cell exchanges and chronic transfusion therapy for both pediatric and adult patients with sickle cell disease at UNC, I am actively engaged in clinical and translational research … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Pathology & Lab Medicine |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Clinical Trials, Hematology, Immunology, Molecular Medicine, Pathology, Quality and Patient Safety, Quality of Life |
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 |
Beverly Koller |
| Clinical / Research Focus: We have used gene targeting to generate an animal model for the most common genetic disease in the Caucasian population, cystic fibrosis. We are continuing to characterize this animal and to modify it … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Genetics, Marsico Lung Institute |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Genetics, Pathology |
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 |
Cherie M. Kuzmiak, DO, FACR, FSBI |
| Clinical / Research Focus: I am a board-certified radiologist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with sub-specialty fellowship training in breast imaging. My primary interest is in breast imaging radiogenomics … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Lineberger Cancer Center, Radiology, Women's Health |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Bioinformatics, Cancer Biology, Clinical Trials, Computational Biology, Drug Discovery, Genomics, Global Health, Health Equity, Health Informatics, Imaging, Medical Education, Pathology, Population-based, Surgery, Translational Medicine, Women's Health |
Mingxia Liu, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Dr. Liu has a background in machine learning, pattern recognition, and medical image analysis, leading a wide range of research spanning biomedical image reconstruction, processing, analysis, and neur … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Biomedical Research Imaging Center (BRIC), Radiology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Aging/Geriatrics, Autism, Bioinformatics, Biomedical Engineering, Computational Biology, Genetics, Genomics, Imaging, Pathology, Translational Medicine, Women's Health |
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AFFILIATIONS: Pathology & Lab Medicine |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Gastrointestinal Biology, Pathology |
Christopher Mack, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: My research goals are to identify the mechanisms by which environmental factors regulate smooth muscle cell phenotype and to define the transcriptional pathways that regulate SMC-specific gene express … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: McAllister Heart Institute, Pathology & Lab Medicine |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cardiovascular Biology, Cell Signaling, Developmental Biology, Molecular Biology, Pathology |







