Adesola Akinkuotu, MD, MPH |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Health literacy, surgical outcomes in pediatric patients, congenital anomalies, fetal interventions |
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AFFILIATIONS: Surgery |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Health Equity, Health Services, Pediatrics, Population-based, Surgery |
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 |
Evan Ashkin, MD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: My work centers on health for people and communities impacted by incarcerations and racial health disparities perpetuated by the criminal legal system . Specifically I focus on connections to essentia … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Family Medicine |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Addiction/Substance Use Disorder, Criminal Justice, Health Equity, Health Services, 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 |
Bilal Battal, MD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Dr. Bilal Battal is a Clinical Instructor in Radiology and currently serves as a scientific editorial board member in European Radiology and reviewer for the American Journal of Neuroradiology, Clinic … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Radiology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cancer Biology, Health Services, Imaging, Medical Education, Neurobiology |
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AFFILIATIONS: Emergency Medicine |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Health Services, Population-based |
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AFFILIATIONS: Radiology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Health Services, Imaging, Pediatrics |
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 |
M. Justin Byron, PhD, MHS |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Other Research and/or Clinical Interests: tobacco control, health behavior, public health I work at the intersection of communication science, behavior change, and regulatory policy. My methodological … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Family Medicine, Lineberger Cancer Center |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Addiction/Substance Use Disorder, Global Health, Health Services, Other, Population-based |
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 |
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 |
Katherine H. Chan, MD, MPH |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Dr. Chan is a diplomate of the American Board of Urology and is board certified in general and pediatric urology. She specializes in pediatric urology and is an expert in the surgical treatment of hyp … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Pediatrics, Urology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Clinical Trials, Comparative Effectiveness, Health Equity, Health Services, Pediatrics, Quality of Life, Surgery |









