Gaurav Dave, MBBS, MPH, DrPH |
| Clinical / Research Focus: I am a Professor of Medicine in the Department of Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC). I have over 20 years of experience in clinical and public health research, c … Read more |
Vimal Derebail, MD, MPH |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Areas of clinical and research focus include clinical research glomerular disease, lupus and vasculitis as well as sickle cell and sickle cell trait related kidney disease. Additional interests … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: (DOM) Nephrology & Hypertension, Kidney Center |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Chronic Kidney Disease, Clinical Trials |
Stephen R. Hooper, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Pediatric Neuropsychologist with interests in both psychosocial and neurocognitive measurement. Current foci include children with chronic kidney disease, extremely low birth weight, rare disor … Read more |
| Mentors: | Medical Students, Graduate Students |
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AFFILIATIONS: Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities (CIDD), Psychiatry |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Autism, Cardiovascular disease, Chronic Kidney Disease, Diabetes, Education Research, Mental illness, Pediatrics, Quality of Life |
Andrea Horimoto, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: My research focuses on population genetics, genetic epidemiology, and statistical genetics, with a particular focus on Alzheimer’s disease and cardiometabolic conditions, including stroke and c … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Genetics |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Bioinformatics, Cardiovascular disease, Chronic Kidney Disease, Computational Biology, Diabetes, Genetics, Obesity, Population-based, Women's Health |
Koyal Jain, MD, MPH |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Dr. Jain absolutely loves to work with patients with kidney diseases. Although her area of focus involves glomerular diseases and vasculitis, she enjoys taking care of all her patients. Dr. Jain belie … Read more |
| Mentors: | Medical Students |
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AFFILIATIONS: Kidney Center |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Chronic Kidney Disease, Education Research, Immunology, Medical Education |
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 |
William Polacheck, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: The Polacheck Laboratory for Translational Microfluidics is an interdisciplinary team of scientists and engineers who build microfluidic models of human tissues and organs-on-chip. Our organizi … Read more |
| Mentors: | Undergraduate Students, Medical Students, Graduate Students |
Keia Sanderson, MD, MSCR |
| Clinical / Research Focus: My research explores how experiences early in life, even before and shortly after birth, can shape kidney and heart health as children grow. I focus on understanding which infants and children … Read more |
| Mentors: | Undergraduate Students, Medical Students, Graduate Students |
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AFFILIATIONS: Kidney Center, Pediatrics |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cardiovascular disease, Chronic Kidney Disease, Health Equity, Implementation Science, Obesity, Pediatrics, Social Determinants of Health |






