Organization: UNC / UNC Health

  Dr. Batsis’ academic work focuses on three main aspects: (a) understanding the relationships between obesity and sarcopenia (loss of muscle mass, strength and function with aging) and important outcomes for older adults; (b) developing multicomponent interventions (diet and exercise) to improve physical function in older adults; (c) using novel...

I am a gastroenterologist and clinical investigator dedicated to improving the care of patients with inflammatory bowel disease. I have a particular interest in improving outcomes for patients with inflammatory bowel disease who require a colectomy and an ileal pouch-anal anastomosis.

  Imaging and fluid biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease and Related Disorders. Clinical trials in Alzheimer’s disease and Related Disorders.

My primary area of expertise is in psychoacoustics and speech perception. Psychoacoustics is a branch of hearing science that uses behavioral responses to acoustic stimuli to study auditory processes and perception. This reductionist approach assumes that a better understanding of the processing of simple sounds, such as pure tones, can...

Neurological communication disorders (speech/language) in stroke, brain injury, and neurodegenerative disease Other Research and/or Clinical Interests: Speech-language pathology/therapy

I am a surgeon scientist at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. My clinic practice is centered around caring for patients with chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS). My research group is centered around understanding the mechanisms that incite CRS pathogenesis and development of novel therapeutics for CRS.

Other Research and/or Clinical Interests: Pain —Stress and coping among individuals with chronic illness, including chronic pain and organ transplant recipients. —Caregiver stress and burden —Depression and PTSD among patients with chronic pain —Opioid use disorder and prevention —Wellness and burnout prevention —Health policy

Pediatric epilepsy industry sponsored drug trials

Autism, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Clinical Education, Adolescents

Clinical and translational research in movement disorders with a special interest in genetically based therapeutics, and neurogenetic neurodegenerative disorders