John Batsis, MD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Dr. Batsis’ academic work focuses on three main aspects: (a) understanding the relationships between obesity and sarcopenia (loss of muscle mass, strength and function with aging) and important … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: (DOM) Geriatric Medicine, Carolina Population Center, Center for Aging & Health, Department of Medicine (DOM), Gillings School of Public Health, Nutrition, Thurston Arthritis Center |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Aging/Geriatrics, Clinical Trials, Obesity, Other, Sarcopenia |
Matthew Fisher, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: His long-term research goal is to utilize quantitative metrics and engineering principles to understand why individual tissue engineering and regenerative medicine approaches succeed within the body a … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Biomedical Engineering, Orthopaedics, Thurston Arthritis Center |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Arthritis, Biomaterials, Biomechanics, Biomedical Engineering, Orthopaedics, Pediatrics, Regenerative Medicine, Rehabilitation, Translational Medicine |
Jason Franz, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Our expertise is in the neuromuscular biomechanics of human movement, with a special emphasis on aging and disease-related mobility impairment. Our primary research seeks to discover the muscul … Read more |
| Mentors: | Undergraduate Students, Medical Students |
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AFFILIATIONS: Biomedical Engineering, Thurston Arthritis Center |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Aging/Geriatrics, Arthritis, Biomechanics, Biomedical Engineering, Imaging, Rehabilitation |
Rumey C. Ishizawar, MD, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Rumey Ishizawar, MD, PhD, is a general rheumatologist seeing all rheumatic conditions. She has been involved in prior research focused on cancer cell signaling pathways and functional genomic research … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: (DOM) Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology, Department of Medicine (DOM), Lineberger Cancer Center, Thurston Arthritis Center |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Arthritis, Cancer Biology, Immunology, Medical Education, Translational Medicine |
David S. Lalush, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Dr. Lalush has a primary focus on human-subject imaging research using PET, MRI, and X-ray CT. Currently, his active areas include PET-MRI neuroimaging, quantitative orthopaedic MRI imaging, and PET-M … Read more |
Richard F. Loeser, Jr., MD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Dr. Richard F. Loeser, MD, is the Joseph P. Archie Jr., Eminent Professor in the Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology and the Director of the Thurston Arthritis Research Center at t … Read more |
| Mentors: | Undergraduate Students, Medical Students, Graduate Students |
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AFFILIATIONS: (DOM) Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology, Cell Biology & Physiology, Orthopaedics, Thurston Arthritis Center |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Aging/Geriatrics, Arthritis, Cell Biology, Cell Signaling, Genomics, Pharmacology |
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AFFILIATIONS: Department of Medicine (DOM), Thurston Arthritis Center |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Arthritis, Drug Delivery, Molecular Biology |
Amanda E. Nelson, MD, MSCR |
| Clinical / Research Focus: I am a board-certified internist and rheumatologist with a Master’s in Clinical Research in Epidemiology. I am clinically active, with a panel of general rheumatology patients, musculoskeletal ultraso … Read more |
| Mentors: | Medical Students, Graduate Students |
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AFFILIATIONS: (DOM) Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology, Department of Medicine (DOM), Epidemiology, Gillings School of Public Health, Program for Precision Medicine in Healthcare (PPMH), Thurston Arthritis Center |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Arthritis, Imaging, Orthopaedics, Population-based |
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AFFILIATIONS: Department of Medicine (DOM), Thurston Arthritis Center |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Arthritis, Clinical Trials, Immunology |
Louise Thoma, PT, DPT, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: My research program focuses on optimizing rehabilitation to preserve function, promote physical activity, and delay disability for adults with arthritis and rheumatic disease and after joint injury. |
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AFFILIATIONS: (AHS) Physical Therapy, Allied Health Science (AHS), Thurston Arthritis Center |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Arthritis, Orthopaedics, Physical Therapy, Quality of Life, Rehabilitation |
Eveline Wu, MD, MSCR |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Research efforts include clinical and translational projects involving a spectrum of immune-mediated diseases. A primary area of focus is complement biology and ANCA (antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibo … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Children's Research Institute, Pediatrics, Thurston Arthritis Center |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Clinical Trials, Immunology, Pediatrics, Translational Medicine |








