Thomas Kash, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Our work is focused on understanding the relationship between brain function and behavioral pathology associated with substance use disorder. Alcohol uae disorder, chronic pain and stress. |
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AFFILIATIONS: Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies, Pharmacology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Addiction/Substance Use Disorder, Neurobiology, Pharmacology, Translational Medicine |
Angela Kashuba, BScPhm, PharmD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Dr. Kashuba is a globally recognized pharmacist, pharmacologist and translational scientist. She leads a research laboratory focused on optimizing antiretroviral pharmacology in the treatment, … Read more |
| Mentors: | Undergraduate Students, Medical Students, Graduate Students |
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AFFILIATIONS: (DOM) Infectious Diseases, Center for AIDS Research (CFAR), Graduate Education, Institute for Global Health & Infectious Disease, Other, Pharmaceutical Sciences |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Clinical Trials, Global Health, HIV/AIDS, Imaging, Other, Pharmacology, Translational Medicine, Women's Health |
Hiroyuki Kato, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Our primary research goal is to understand the circuit mechanisms underlying how our brain synthesizes auditory information to extract complex sound features, such as our language. Towards this goal, … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities (CIDD), Neuroscience Center, Psychiatry |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Autism, Behavior, Neurobiology, Physiology |
Hengming Ke |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Our research focuses on the structure and function of medically important proteins from the crystallographic approach. The current topics include cycolphilin, calcineurin, heat shock protein 90 (hsp9 … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Biochemistry & Biophysics |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biochemistry, Biophysics, Molecular Medicine, Structural Biology, Translational Medicine |
Nikki Keefe, MD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Dr Keefe is the program director for the IR Integrated and IR Independent residencies as well as the Oncologic Imaging in Interventional Radiology Fellowship. Her research interests focus in co … Read more |
| Mentors: | Medical Students |
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AFFILIATIONS: Radiology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cancer, Women's Health |
Corinne Keet, MD, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: My research is focused on epidemiology and clinical research into food allergy and asthma. My particular research interests are: 1. How to prevent allergic diseases, including allergic dermatit … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Children's Research Institute, Pediatrics |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Comparative Effectiveness, Drug Discovery, Health Informatics, Immunology, Pediatrics, Population-based, Social Determinants of Health |
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AFFILIATIONS: Center for GI Biology and Disease (CGIBD), Department of Medicine (DOM), Lineberger Cancer Center |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Gastrointestinal Biology, Population-based |
Samir Kelada, PhD, MPH |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Broadly speaking, my research interests lay in the arena of gene-environment interactions (GxE) in obstructive respiratory diseases. I view the identification and characterization of GxE as a means by … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Center for Environmental Medicine, Asthma & Lung Biology (CEMALB), Genetics, Marsico Lung Institute, Toxicology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Genetics, Pulmonary, Toxicology |
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 |
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AFFILIATIONS: Department of Medicine (DOM) |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biochemistry, Hematology |
Saif Khairat, PhD, MPH |
| Clinical / Research Focus: As a health informatics expert, Dr. Khairat investigates the development, implementation, and evaluation of Health IT solutions to improve health equity and access, particularly, virtual care and elec … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Lineberger Cancer Center |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Health Equity, Health Informatics, Health Services, Implementation Science |
Amir H. Khandani, MD, Dr med |
| Clinical / Research Focus: I am a Professor of Radiology and Division Chief of Molecular Imaging and Therapeutics at UNC-CH. My principal area of interest and expertise is PET imaging, in particular, developing PET as an imagin … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Radiology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cancer Biology, Clinical Informatics, Drug Delivery, Drug Discovery, Health Services, Imaging, Medical Education, Molecular Medicine, Quality and Patient Safety |







