Hannah Allen, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: I am broadly interested in the neurodevelopmental impact of congenital and acquired brain injury, epilepsy, pediatric cancer and genetic conditions. |
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AFFILIATIONS: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Behavior, Pediatrics, Rehabilitation |
Bianca Allison, MD, MPH |
| Clinical / Research Focus: I care for pediatric patients of all ages, from infants through young adults, but have expertise in caring for adolescents and young adults. My passion is helping adolescents and young adults with com … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Children's Research Institute, Pediatrics, Sheps Center for Health Services Research |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Behavior, Health Equity, Health Services, Implementation Science, Medical Education, Pediatrics, Population-based, Sexual and Gender Minorities, Social Determinants of Health, Social Medicine, 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 |
Jessica Barnhill, MD, MPH |
| Clinical / Research Focus: My clinical and research focus is on mind-body approaches to health. I incorporate the VAs Whole Health materials into my individual integrative medical consults and build upon these concepts in group … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Addiction/Substance Use Disorder, Apps-Devices, Behavior, Clinical Trials, Electronic Medicine, Health Equity, Health Services, Implementation Science, Medical Education, Mental illness, Population-based, Quality of Life, Rehabilitation, Sleep |
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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 |
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 |
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AFFILIATIONS: Biology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Behavior, Neurobiology, Organismal Biology, Physiology |
Jean Cadigan, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Other UNC Center and/or Department Affiliation: Center for Bioethics |
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AFFILIATIONS: Other, Social Medicine |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Behavior, Bioethics, Gene Therapy, Genetics, Genomics, Health Equity, Medical Education, Social Medicine, Translational Medicine |
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AFFILIATIONS: Neuroscience Center |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Behavior, Neurobiology, Pharmacology, Physiology, Systems Biology |
Dan Christoffel, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: The ultimate goal of our research is to understand how adaptive changes in brain function occur and how this can lead to the development of psychiatric disorders. We employ cutting-edge technologies t … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Neuroscience Center |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Addiction/Substance Use Disorder, Behavior, Neurobiology, Physiology |
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 |









