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 |
M. Andrea Azcarate-Peril, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: My research program defines the mechanisms by which microbiome-directed interventions reshape microbial community structure, function, and host physiology, with particular emphasis on dietary g … Read more |
| Mentors: | Undergraduate Students, Medical Students, Graduate Students |
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AFFILIATIONS: (DOM) Gastroenterology & Hepatology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Aging/Geriatrics, Bacteriology, Ecology, Gastrointestinal Biology, Genomics, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Translational Medicine |
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 |
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 |
Mallory McClester Brown, MD, AGSF |
| Clinical / Research Focus: As a family physician and geriatrician, I am grateful to work alongside and collaborate with an interprofessional team each day. As a residency program director, I role model collaborative care … Read more |
| Mentors: | Medical Students |
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AFFILIATIONS: (DOM) Geriatric Medicine, Center for Aging & Health, Family Medicine |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Aging/Geriatrics |
Martin F. Casey, MD, MPH |
| Clinical / Research Focus: I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine . I am a clinician-researcher with an interest in leveraging the unique setting in which emergency medical care is provided to augme … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Emergency Medicine, Pharmacology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Addiction/Substance Use Disorder, Aging/Geriatrics, Clinical Trials, Health Services, Implementation Science, Pharmacology |
WeiTang Chang, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Dr. Chang’s current research projects focus on the developments of advanced functional MRI (fMRI) and diffusion MRI (dMRI) with ultrahigh resolution, ultrashort scan time, and improved robustness. The … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Biomedical Engineering, Radiology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Aging/Geriatrics, Biomedical Engineering, Imaging |
J. Madison Clark, MD, FACS |
| Clinical / Research Focus: J. Madison Clark, MD, FACS, is the W. Paul Biggers Distinguished Professor of Otolaryngology/HNS, Chief of the Division of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (FPRS), Director of the Facial Plas … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery, Surgery |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Aging/Geriatrics, Behavior, Medical Education, Physiology, Sleep, Surgery |
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 |
Leon Coleman, MD, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: The overriding goal is to identify novel treatments for immune related conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease, addiction, cancer and trauma. Studies in addiction focus on alcohol use disorder and coca … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Pharmacology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Addiction/Substance Use Disorder, Aging/Geriatrics, Behavior, Cancer Biology, Cell Biology, Drug Delivery, Immunology, Mental illness |
Lorinda A. Coombs, PhD, FNP-BC, AOCNP |
| Clinical / Research Focus: My goal as a clinician scientist is to improve patient centered geriatric oncology care, integrating patient values and caregiver input in shared decision making in the ambulatory clinic environment. |
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AFFILIATIONS: (DOM) Oncology, Department of Medicine (DOM), Lineberger Cancer Center |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Aging/Geriatrics, Health Services, Other |
Eran Dayan, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: My research program incorporates informatics and data science approaches to tackle mechanistic and clinically oriented questions about neurodegeneration in the human brain. The overarching goal … Read more |
| Mentors: | Undergraduate Students, Medical Students, Graduate Students |
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AFFILIATIONS: Biomedical Research Imaging Center (BRIC), Radiology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Aging/Geriatrics, Bioinformatics, Clinical Informatics, Computational Biology, Health Informatics, Imaging, Neurobiology |









