Tessa Andermann, MD, MPH |
| Clinical / Research Focus: I am an Infectious Diseases physician specializing in the care of patients with compromised immune systems. I am interested in how intestinal microbiome-host interactions impact infectious comp … Read more |
| Mentors: | Medical Students |
Marc A. Bjurlin, DO, MSc |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Molecular epidemiology of smoking related bladder cancer and e-cigarette use. Dr. Bjurlin’s clinical practice is focused on urologic oncology—in particular, the treatment of bladder, prostate, … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Kidney Center, Lineberger Cancer Center, Surgery, Urology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cancer, Quality of Life, Surgery |
Amy Brownlee, MD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Clinical: GI/liver and global pathology Research: Diagnostic capacity strengthening in low-resource settings. Translational team science in GI/liver tumors. |
| Mentors: | Undergraduate Students, Medical Students, Graduate Students |
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AFFILIATIONS: Institute for Global Health & Infectious Disease, Pathology & Lab Medicine |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cancer, Cancer Biology, Education Research, Gastrointestinal Biology, Global Health, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Medical Education, Pathology, Translational Medicine |
Kirsten L. Bryant, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: The overall goal of our lab is to perform research that contributes to a better understanding of pancreatic cancer biology and leads to improved treatments for this disease. One major focus of … Read more |
| Mentors: | Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students |
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AFFILIATIONS: Lineberger Cancer Center, Pharmacology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cancer, Cancer Biology, Cell Biology, Cell Signaling, Chemical Biology, Metabolism, Molecular Medicine, Pharmacology |
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AFFILIATIONS: (DOM) Oncology, Department of Medicine (DOM), Lineberger Cancer Center |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cancer, Clinical Trials, Health Equity, Health Services |
Robert J. Eshter, MD, M.Sc. |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Musculoskeletal Tumors |
| Mentors: | Medical Students |
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AFFILIATIONS: Lineberger Cancer Center, Orthopaedics |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cancer |
Elizabeth Gleeson, MD, MPH |
| Clinical / Research Focus: I am a surgical oncologist researching improving outcomes after complex hepatobiliary surgery. I aim to develop preoperative behavioral interventions that will improve both surgical outcomes an … Read more |
| Mentors: | Medical Students, Graduate Students |
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AFFILIATIONS: Surgery |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Behavior, Bioinformatics, Cancer, Clinical Trials, Health Services, Obesity, Surgery |
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 |
Sasha E. Knowlton, MD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: My clinical and research goals focus on improving the quality of life and functional independence for patients with cancer from the time of diagnosis through treatment and into survivorship. I … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Lineberger Cancer Center, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cancer, Quality of Life, Rehabilitation, Sarcopenia, Women's Health |
Clara N. Lee, MD, MPP |
| Clinical / Research Focus: I am a health services researcher with expertise in medical decision making and patient reported outcomes of surgery. I have focused expertise in decision psychology, preference elicitation, sh … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Lineberger Cancer Center, Surgery |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cancer, Health Equity, Health Services, Implementation Science, Population-based, Quality of Life, Sexual and Gender Minorities, Surgery, Women's Health |
Pengda Liu, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: My laboratory investigates cell signaling networks—particularly protein post-translational modifications and protein–protein interactions—to identify novel drug targets and develop innovative t … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Biochemistry & Biophysics, Lineberger Cancer Center |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Aging/Geriatrics, Arthritis, Biochemistry, Biomaterials, Cancer, Cancer Biology, Cell Biology, Cell Signaling, Chemical Biology, Chronic Kidney Disease, Drug Delivery, Drug Discovery, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Mental illness, Molecular Medicine, Pharmacology, Systems Biology, Translational Medicine |
Terry Magnuson, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Terry Magnuson is the Kay M. and Van L. Weatherspoon Eminent Distinguished Professor of Genetics and Founding Chair of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine’s Depar … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, Genetics, Lineberger Cancer Center |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cancer, Cancer Biology, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Epigenetics and Chromatin Biology, Genetics, Genomics, Regenerative Medicine, Stem Cells |








