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 |
J. Madison Clark, MD, FACS |
| Clinical / Research Focus: J. Madison Clark, MD, FACS, is the W. Paul Biggers Distinguished Professor of Otolaryngology/HNS, Chief of the Division of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (FPRS), Director of the Facial Plas … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery, Surgery |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Aging/Geriatrics, Behavior, Medical Education, Physiology, Sleep, Surgery |
Zachary Cohen, MD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Research interests: treatment of insomnia in older adults, management of the behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia, electroconvulsive therapy |
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AFFILIATIONS: Psychiatry |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Aging/Geriatrics, Medical Education, Sleep, Social Medicine |
Graham Diering, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Sleep is a fundamental process that supports cognitive function, brain health and development. Our lab is interested in understanding the molecular basis for the benefits of sleep and for the conseque … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Cell Biology & Physiology, Neuroscience Center |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Autism, Behavior, Biochemistry, Cell Signaling, Neurobiology, Pharmacology, Sleep |
Donna Evon, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Donna Evon is a clinical psychologist and social scientist who has worked in the field of chronic liver disease for 18 years. She is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hep … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: (DOM) Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Department of Medicine (DOM) |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Addiction/Substance Use Disorder, Behavior, Clinical Trials, Comparative Effectiveness, Diabetes, Gastrointestinal Biology, Health Services, Mental illness, Metabolism, Quality of Life, Sleep |
Zheng (Jane) Fan, MD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: I am a child Neurologist who has additional training in sleep and clinical genetics. My research interets are in pediatric sleep disorder and neurogenetic disorders. |
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AFFILIATIONS: Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities (CIDD), Neurology, Pediatrics |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Autism, Developmental Biology, Genetics, Pediatrics, Sleep |
Susan Gaylord, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Research focus is on clinical applications of mindfulness for stress, chronic pain, anxiety, memory, and other stress-related conditions. I currently lead projects related to mindfulness for chronic p … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Health Behavior, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Addiction/Substance Use Disorder, Aging/Geriatrics, Autism, Behavior, Clinical Trials, Health Equity, Medical Education, Mental illness, Quality of Life, Rehabilitation, Sleep |
Carolina V. Guimaraes, MD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Dr. Guimaraes’s research interests lie within pediatric neuroradiology, including fetal and neonatal imaging. Aside from her clinical work, she is also interested in quality improvement and education. … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Radiology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Autism, Behavior, Genetics, Genomics, Imaging, Pediatrics, Quality and Patient Safety, Sleep |
Janice Hwang, MD, MHS |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Dr. Hwang’s academic interests are at the intersection of metabolism and neuroscience. Her research focuses on using advanced brain imaging modalities such as functional MRI and magnetic resonance spe … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: (DOM) Endocrinology & Metabolism, Cell Biology & Physiology, Department of Medicine (DOM), Lineberger Cancer Center |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Aging/Geriatrics, Diabetes, Imaging, Metabolism, Neurobiology, Sleep |
Justin Lee, MD, CAQSM, FAAFP, DipABLM |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Lifestyle medicine, osteoarthritis and tendinopathy, running medicine, stress fractures, plant-based nutrition, exercise and affect on mood/depression, supplements as it relates to vegan diets and tra … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Family Medicine |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Arthritis, Obesity, Orthopaedics, Quality of Life, Regenerative Medicine, Sleep |
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AFFILIATIONS: Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Hearing-Speech, Sleep |
Sarah Linnstaedt, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: The Linnstaedt lab is interested in understanding mechanisms driving the development of chronic musculoskeletal pain following traumatic stress exposures with the goal of identifying novel therapeutic … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Anesthesiology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Behavior, Computational Biology, Drug Discovery, Epigenetics and Chromatin Biology, Genetics, Genomics, Mental illness, Molecular Biology, Sleep, Systems Biology, Translational Medicine, Veteran’s Health, Women's Health |











