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AFFILIATIONS: Surgery |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cardiovascular Biology, Cardiovascular disease, Cell Biology, Immunology, Microbiology, Molecular Biology |
Maria Aleman, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: The broad goal of our research is to understand how RNA regulation contributes to the control of iron homeostasis and erythropoiesis. We use biochemical, cellular, in vivo, and computational approache … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Blood Research Center, McAllister Heart Institute, Other, Pharmacology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biochemistry, Cardiovascular Biology, Cardiovascular disease, Cell Biology, Computational Biology, Genomics, Hematology, Metabolism, Microscopy, Molecular Biology, Pathology, Pharmacology, Stem Cells, Translational Medicine |
Arian Azarang, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Dr. Arian Azarang is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Radiology at UNC Chapel Hill, where his research focuses on real-time signal and image processing, development and deplo … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Radiology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Apps-Devices, Biomedical Engineering, Cardiovascular disease, Hearing-Speech, Imaging, Other |
Edward Moreira Bahnson, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Cardiovascular disease accounts for 2,300 deaths per day in the US, claiming as many lives as the next four leading causes combined. Current vascular interventions for severe arterial atherosclerosis … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Cell Biology & Physiology, Center for Nanotechnology in Drug Delivery, McAllister Heart Institute, Pathology & Lab Medicine, Pharmacology, Toxicology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cardiovascular Biology, Cardiovascular disease, Cell Biology, Drug Delivery, Nanomedicine, Pharmacology, Physiology, Toxicology, Translational Medicine |
Claudio Battaglini, PhD, FACSM |
| Clinical / Research Focus: At the University of North Carolina, in collaboration with the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center as a full member of Cancer Prevention and Control Program, I have lead two cancer exercise researc … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Allied Health Science (AHS), Women's Health |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cardiovascular disease, Metabolism, Rehabilitation, Women's Health |
Ehsan Benrashid, MD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Aortic, cerebrovascular, peripheral arterial disease clinical outcomes. Healthcare disparities in vascular surgery. |
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AFFILIATIONS: Surgery |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Apps-Devices, Cardiovascular Biology, Cardiovascular disease, Clinical Trials, Education Research, Health Equity |
Wolfgang Bergmeier, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Our group employs a multidisciplinary approach (biochemistry, cell and molecular biology, immunology, cutting-edge microscopy and animal models) to investigate how stem cells turn into a unique blood … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Biochemistry & Biophysics, Blood Research Center |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biochemistry, Cardiovascular Biology, Cardiovascular disease, Cell Biology, Cell Signaling, Hematology, Imaging, Immunology, Microscopy, Molecular Medicine, Nanomedicine, Pathology, Stem Cells, Translational Medicine |
Charles T. Burke, MD, FSIR, FACR |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Professor of Radiology Dr. Charles Burke was appointed Vice Chair of Strategy in January 2021. He previously served as the Department’s Executive Vice Chair (December 2019 – January 2021). He joined U … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Radiology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cancer Biology, Cardiovascular Biology, Cardiovascular disease, Health Services, Imaging, Medical Education |
John B. Buse, MD, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Diabetes clinical research. Our group conducts single center and multicenter industry and investigator-initiated studies in type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, atypical forms of diabetes, and in obesity … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: (DOM) Endocrinology & Metabolism, Department of Medicine (DOM) |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cardiovascular disease, Diabetes, Other, Translational Medicine |
Thomas G. Caranasos, MD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Clinical Interests Director, Adult Cardiac Surgery; Medical Director, UNC Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) program. Adult cardiac and thoracic surgery including heart and lung transplanta … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Surgery |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cardiovascular disease, Clinical Trials, Stem Cells, Surgery |
Kathleen M. Caron, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Research in the Caron laboratory at UNC-CH is focused on elucidating unique G protein-coupled receptor pathways that are important for the development and function of the cardiovascular system. Using … Read more |
Matt Cavender, MD, MPH |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Dr. Matthew A. Cavender, MD, MPH is an Associate Professor and Director of Cardiovascular Clinical Trials at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, NC. He received his medical degree from th … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: (DOM) Cardiology, Department of Medicine (DOM) |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Bioinformatics, Cardiovascular disease, Clinical Trials, Comparative Effectiveness, Health Services, Pharmacology, Population-based |











