Amy Abramowitz, MD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Dr. Abramowitz is a geriatric psychiatrist specializing in older adults with mental health concerns and dementia. |
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AFFILIATIONS: Neurology, Psychiatry |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Aging/Geriatrics, Mental illness |
E. S. Anton, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Cell and molecular basis of cerebral cortical development and related brain disorders |
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AFFILIATIONS: Cell Biology & Physiology, Neuroscience Center |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Autism, Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Cell Signaling, Developmental Biology, Epigenetics and Chromatin Biology, Gene Therapy, Genetics, Imaging, Mental illness, Metabolism, Microscopy, Molecular Biology, Neurobiology, Pathology, Physiology, Regenerative Medicine, Stem Cells, Systems Biology, Translational Medicine |
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AFFILIATIONS: Family Medicine, Psychiatry |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Addiction/Substance Use Disorder, Medical Education, Mental illness, 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 |
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 |
Rebecca Bottom, MD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Medical Director at UNC Wake STEP Community Clinic, which serves adults living with severe persistent mental illnesses (e.g., schizophrenia spectrum and bipolar spectrum disorders) |
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AFFILIATIONS: Other |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Health Equity, Mental illness, Social Medicine |
Stephanie Brennan, MD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Much of my clinical work is focused on the interface of pediatrics and psychiatry, including a psychiatry consult clinic within the pediatrics primary care clinic, providing primary care consultation … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Pediatrics, Psychiatry |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Medical Education, Mental illness, Pediatrics |
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 |
Nadia Charguia, MD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Clinical and administrative focus is now primarily in the realm of well-being and professional fulfillment as well as outpatient operations |
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AFFILIATIONS: Psychiatry |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Health Equity, Health Services, Medical Education, Mental illness, Occupational Science/Therapy, Other, Quality of Life |
Leon Coleman, MD, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: The overriding goal is to identify novel treatments for immune related conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease, addiction, cancer and trauma. Studies in addiction focus on alcohol use disorder and coca … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Pharmacology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Addiction/Substance Use Disorder, Aging/Geriatrics, Behavior, Cancer Biology, Cell Biology, Drug Delivery, Immunology, Mental illness |
James Crowley, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Dr. Crowley’s research focuses on psychiatric genomics and includes molecular genetic, epidemiological and twin studies of several psychiatric disorders, including obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Genetics, Psychiatry |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Addiction/Substance Use Disorder, Autism, Behavior, Bioethics, Bioinformatics, Developmental Biology, Drug Discovery, Genetics, Genomics, Mental illness, Molecular Biology, Molecular Medicine, Neurobiology, Pharmacology, Population-based, Translational Medicine |











