Amy Abramowitz, MD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Dr. Abramowitz is a geriatric psychiatrist specializing in older adults with mental health concerns and dementia. |
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AFFILIATIONS: Neurology, Psychiatry |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Aging/Geriatrics, Mental illness |
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AFFILIATIONS: Family Medicine, Psychiatry |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Addiction/Substance Use Disorder, Medical Education, Mental illness, Women's Health |
Tamara Baker, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: My research agenda has been to establish an original, meaningful and coherent program of research in pain management, health outcomes and behaviors, and domains of health disparities and social determ … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Psychiatry |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Aging/Geriatrics, Arthritis, Behavior, Health Equity, Mental illness, Social Medicine |
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AFFILIATIONS: Psychiatry |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Behavior, Bioinformatics, Developmental Biology, Neurobiology |
Joyce Besheer, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Dr. Besheer’s research interests focus on understanding the neural mechanisms that contribute to alcohol use disorders and drug addiction. One of her areas of interest is how stress can impact … Read more |
| Mentors: | Undergraduate Students, Medical Students, Graduate Students |
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AFFILIATIONS: Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies, Psychiatry |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Addiction/Substance Use Disorder, Behavior, Mental illness, Neurobiology, Pharmacology |
Stephanie Brennan, MD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Much of my clinical work is focused on the interface of pediatrics and psychiatry, including a psychiatry consult clinic within the pediatrics primary care clinic, providing primary care consultation … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Pediatrics, Psychiatry |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Medical Education, Mental illness, Pediatrics |
Kimberly A. Brownley, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Human subjects research ethics Stress and health Eating disorders Psychobiology of appetite regulation |
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AFFILIATIONS: Psychiatry |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Bioethics |
Cynthia M. Bulik, PhD, FAED |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Dr. Bulik’s research teams at UNC (Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders-CEED) and Karolinska Institutet (Centre for Eating Disorders Innovation-CEDI) are dedicated to deepening our underst … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Gillings School of Public Health, Nutrition, Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Behavior, Clinical Trials, Genetics, Genomics, Mental illness, Translational Medicine, Women's Health |
Nadia Charguia, MD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Clinical and administrative focus is now primarily in the realm of well-being and professional fulfillment as well as outpatient operations |
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AFFILIATIONS: Psychiatry |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Health Equity, Health Services, Medical Education, Mental illness, Occupational Science/Therapy, Other, Quality of Life |
Zachary Cohen, MD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Research interests: treatment of insomnia in older adults, management of the behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia, electroconvulsive therapy |
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AFFILIATIONS: Psychiatry |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Aging/Geriatrics, Medical Education, Sleep, Social Medicine |
Fulton Crews, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Mental disease, including addiction and neurodegeneration, are central themes of Dr. Crews’s research. Addiction has many components, one of which is long-term changes in gene expression and structure … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies, Pharmacology, Psychiatry |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Addiction/Substance Use Disorder, Behavior, Cell Signaling, Neurobiology |
James Crowley, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Dr. Crowley’s research focuses on psychiatric genomics and includes molecular genetic, epidemiological and twin studies of several psychiatric disorders, including obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Genetics, Psychiatry |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Addiction/Substance Use Disorder, Autism, Behavior, Bioethics, Bioinformatics, Developmental Biology, Drug Discovery, Genetics, Genomics, Mental illness, Molecular Biology, Molecular Medicine, Neurobiology, Pharmacology, Population-based, Translational Medicine |











