Russell Broaddus, MD, PhD
Chair of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Joe W. and Evelyn M. Grisham Distinguished Professor
Phone: 919-966-4676/4677
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For Executive Assistant, Jessica Mayse
Department Directory
Joan Taylor, PhD
Professor and Vice Chair for Research
Phone (Office): 919-843-5511
Phone (Lab): 919-843-5512
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Craig A. Fletcher, DVM, PhD
Professor and Vice Chair of Comparative Medicine, Associate Vice Chancellor of Research, Director of the Division of Comparative Medicine
Phone: 919-843-9605
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Herbert Whinna, MD, PhD
Associate Professor and Vice Chair for Clinical Services
Director of the McLendon Clinical Laboratories
Phone: 984-974-1503
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Silvio Antoniak, PhD
Protease-activated receptors in cardiovascular diseases, myocarditis, and heart failure animal models
Phone: 919-843-7305
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Pablo Ariel, Ph.D.
Director of the Microscopy Services Laboratory
Phone: 919-966-2413
Fax: 919-966-6718
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Frederic Askin, MD
Surgical Pathology, Pulmonary Pathology and Pediatric Pathology
Phone: 984-974-9152
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Mesrop Ayrapetyan, MD
(MD, UNC–Chapel Hill)
Janice Badstein
Assistant to the Director of McLendon Clinical Laboratories and
Coordinator of Clinical Pathology Fellowship Programs
Office: 984-974-1504
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Xue Bai, PhD
Molecular and functional roles of RhoGaps in hypertension and metabolism regulation
Phone: 919-843-5512
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Surekha Bantumilli, MD
(MD, Government Vellore Medical College, Vellore, India)
Michelle Bartlett
Pathologists’ Assistant; surgical pathology training for residents and students
Phone: 919-966-4467
Janet Basinger, MD
(MD, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Greenville; Anatomic Pathology Residency, Vanderbilt University)
Fellow in Forensic Pathology
Victoria K. Baxter, DVM, PhD
Pathogenesis of and host immune response to infectious disease, particularly encephalomyelitic arboviruses; animal model development
Phone: 919-962-5322
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Jessica Booker, PhD
Molecular Genetic Pathology and Clinical Molecular Genetics Laboratory
Phone: 984-974-1456
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Thomas Bouldin, MD
Neuropathology, ophthalmic pathology, and experimental models of peripheral neuropathy
Phone: 984-974-9151
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Jessica Bowser, PhD
Dynamics of epithelial integrity and regeneration at the interface of inflammation and cancer; molecular and biochemical mechanisms of endometrial cancer progression
Phone: 919-445-2361
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John Brennan, MD
(MD, Medical College of Wisconsin)
Matthew Burky, DO
(DO, Des Moines University)
Gregory Chamberlin, MD
(MD, Quinnipiac University)
Frank C. Church, PhD
Molecular and cellular mechanisms of thrombosis, hemostasis, vascular biology, and tumor cell invasion; structure-activity relationships of serine proteases and serine protease inhibitors
Phone: 919-966-3314
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Brian C. Cooley, PhD
Animal models of thrombosis, hemostasis, vascular grafting, and cardiovascular biology
Phone: 919-962-4912
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Caleb Cornaby, PhD
(PhD, Brigham Young University)
Fellow in Clinical Immunology
Jacob Curley, DO
(DO, Oklahoma State University; Pathology Residency, University of Virginia; Surgical Pathology Fellowship, UNC-CH)
Fellow in Cytopathology
Shelby Currier, PA(ASCP)
Pathologists’ Assistant; surgical pathology training for residents and students
Phone: 984-974-9163
Georgette A. Dent, MD
Hematopathology and medical education
Phone: 919-962-8334
Fax: 919-966-0730
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Leslie G. Dodd, MD
Cytopathology and surgical pathology; neoplasms of bone and soft tissue
Phone: 984-974-9147
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Mariama Evans, MD
(MD, George Washington University School of Medicine; Pathology Residency, UNC-CH)
Fellow in Transfusion Medicine
Yuri Fedoriw, MD
Diagnostic hematopathology with particular interest in new flow cytometric and molecular techniques and their application to the classification and diagnosis of hematolymphoid disorders
Phone: 984-974-8324
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Jean Victoria Fischer, MD
(MD, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine)
Fellow in Surgical Pathology
Matthew J. Flick, PhD
Elucidating mechanisms linking coagulation and fibrinolytic factors to inflammatory, infectious, and malignant disease
Phone: 919-843-1339
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Rebecca Flugrad, MD
(MD, University of Connecticut School of Medicine)
Mark Fowler, MD
(MD, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston; Pathology Residency, UNC-CH)
Fellow in Cytopathology
Meghan Free, PhD
ANCA; autoimmunity; glomerulonephritis; nephrotic syndrome; T cells; myeloid-derived suppressor cells
Phone: 919-445-2629
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Erin Garrett, MD
(MD, St. George’s University; Pathology Residency, Texas A&M College of Medicine; Fellow in Transfusion Medicine, UNC-CH)
Fellow in Hematopathology
Nicola Gerken, MHS, PA (ASCP)
Pathologists’ Assistant; surgical pathology training for residents and students
Phone: 984-974-9163
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Andrew Gladden, PhD
Epithelial cell biology; reproductive tract development and neoplasia
Phone: 919-962-9877
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Virginia L. Godfrey, DVM, PhD
Veterinary pathology; animal models of disease; T cell development and biology; autoimmune disease
Phone: 919-966-2903
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Margaret L. Gulley, MD
Molecular diagnostics, hematopathology and oncology, and Epstein-Barr virus-related diseases
Phone: 919-843-4595
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Dawn Harter, MD
(MD, University of Arkansas)
Shawn Hawken, PhD, MPH
(PhD, University of Michigan; MPH, University of Michigan)
Fellow in Clinical Microbiology
John Hedgepeth, MD
(MD, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, Shreveport)
Tracy M. Heenan, DVM
Laboratory animal medicine; providing veterinary consultation to principal investigators in development of grant application utilizing vertebrate animals
Phone: 919-966-5569
Fax: 919-966-8429
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Michelle Hewlings
Coordinator of the Residency Program and the Anatomic Pathology Fellowship Program
Office: 984-974-9132
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Derek Hoerres, MD
(MD, University of Wisconsin)
Steve Holmes, BS, MHS
Pathologists’ Assistant; surgical pathology training for residents and students
Phone: 984-974-9163
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Jonathon W. Homeister, MD, PhD
Molecular mechanisms of leukocyte trafficking and homing in inflammatory and/or immune reactions; glycobiology of the selectin adhesion molecules and their ligands, and how these molecules contribute to the pathophysiology of the atherosclerotic and thrombotic disease processes
Phone: 919-966-9748
Fax: 919-966-6718
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Alina Iuga, MD
Histopathology as a tool to support innovation and discovery through clinical and translational research on inflammatory and neoplastic disorders of the digestive system
Phone: 984-974-9148
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J. Charles Jennette, MD
Elucidating immunopathogenic mechanisms in human and experimental glomerular diseases and vasculitides; developing innovative approaches for using renal biopsy specimens and serology to diagnose and understand kidney disease
Phone: 919-966-4679
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Kaysie Junco, DO
(DO, Campbell University)
David G. Kaufman, MD, PhD
Cellular and molecular mechanisms of cancer development, including (1) regulation and organization of DNA replication in the early part of the S phase; and (2) epithelial cell-stromal cell interaction in normal human endometrial tissue and alterations during cancer development
Phone: 919-966-1396
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Staci Keene, MD
(MD, Howard University College of Medicine; Pathology Residency, UNC-CH)
Fellow in Hematopathology
April E. Kemper, MS, MHS
Pathologists’ Assistant; surgical pathology training for residents and students
Phone: 984-974-9163
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Nichole Korpi–Steiner, PhD, DABCC, FACB
General clinical chemistry, critical and point-of-care testing, and quality management
Phone: 919-966-1098
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Feng Li, PhD
Role of factors in the sFlt-1/ET-1 pathway in pre-eclampsia and potential prophylactic and therapeutic targets in the pathway
Phone: 919-966-6915
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Christopher Mack, PhD
Molecular mechanisms of cardiovascular disease; transcription and cell signaling pathways that regulate smooth muscle cell differentiation
Phone: 919-843-5512
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Nobuyo N. Maeda, PhD
DNA-level studies of the generation of variations of genes, particularly in multi-gene families; gene targeting and molecular pathology of atherosclerosis; and molecular evolution
Phone: 919-966-6914
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Robert Maynard, PhD
(PhD, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry)
Fellow in Clinical Chemistry
Kelsey Miller, MD
(MD, Western Michigan University, Homer Stryker School of Medicine)
Nathan Montgomery, MD, PhD
Associate Program Director for Clinical Pathology
Phone: (984) 974-8324
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Stephanie A. Montgomery, PhD, DVM
Animal models of cancer and infectious disease
Phone: (919) 962-5345
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Rahoui Nabil, MD
(MD, Medicine School of Tunis)
Shanmugam Nagarajan, PhD
Immunologic and inflammatory mechanisms of diseases in atherosclerosis, vasculitis, and glomerulonephritis
Phone: 919-966-4676
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Craig Nelson, MD
Forensic pathology; water-related deaths, including drowning of all kinds and particularly scuba, rebreather, and freediving deaths
Phone: 919-743-9000
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Timothy Nichols, MD
Role of von Willebrand factor in thrombosis and atherosclerosis; molecular biology of porcine von Willebrand factor
Phone: 919-966-1061
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Charles Perou, PhD
Breast cancer; genomics; microarrays; tumor classification; drug resistance
Phone: 919-843-5740
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Andre Phelan, PA(ASCP)
Pathologists’ Assistant; surgical pathology training for residents and students
Phone: 984-974-9163
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Allison R. Rogala, DVM
Role of host genetics on host–microbe interactions; impact of environmental factors on murine models of human disease
Phone: 919-966-2901
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T. Danielle Samulski, MD
Gynecologic pathology, ENT pathology, and cytopathology
Phone: 984-974-6176
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Jonathan Schisler, PhD
Pharmacology; translational research in patients with myocardial infarcts
Phone: 919-843-8708
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John L. Schmitz, PhD
Molecular diagnosis of sexually transmitted diseases; applications of flow cytometry in the clinical laboratory; laboratory immunology; histocompatibility
Phone: 919-966-8453
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Laura Schultz-Rogers, PhD
(PhD, Iowa State University)
Fellow in Laboratory Genetics and Genomics
Lauren C. Scott, MD
Forensic pathology; preventive health, especially suicide and accident prevention; the value of autopsy in medical education
Phone: 919-743-9000
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Steven T. Shipley, DVM, DACLAM
Laboratory animal medicine; infectious disease
Phone: 919-966-2909
Email
Irene Shyu, MD
(MD, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine; Pathology Residency, Virginia Commonwealth University; GI Pathology Fellowship, University of Washington)
Fellow in Molecular Genetic Pathology
Jan F. Silverman, MD
Cytopathology, gastrointestinal pathology, and genitourinary pathology
Phone: 984-215-5156
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Bart Singer, MD
Urologic Pathology, Head and Neck Pathology, and Thoracic Pathology
Phone: 984-215-3684
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Tam Sneddon, PhD
(PhD, University of Oxford)
Fellow in Laboratory Genetics and Genomics
Darrel W. Stafford, PhD
Molecular biology; structure-function relationships of coagulation factors
Phone: 919-962-2267
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James A. Swenberg, DVM, PhD
Mechanisms of mutagenesis and carcinogenesis with emphasis on the role of DNA adducts and cell proliferation
Phone: 919-966-6139
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Haley Taylor, MD
(MD, Eastern Virginia Medical School)
Leigh Thorne, MD
Molecular pathology, muscle pathology, autopsy pathology, and tissue banking
Office: 919-966-8003
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Dimitri G. Trembath, MD, PhD
Neuropathology, surgical pathology, and ophthalmic pathology
Office: 984-974-9153
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Angel Truesdale
Coordinator of the Graduate Program and of Basic Science Educational Activities
Office: 919-843-5878
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Cyrus Vaziri, PhD
Regulation of DNA replication, S-phase checkpoints, and post-replication DNA repair on mammalian cells
Phone: 919-843-9639
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Jeremy Ward, MD, PhD
(MD, PhD, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center)
Bernard E Weissman, PhD
Tumor suppressor genes, gene mapping, cellular differentiation and transformation
Phone: 919-966-7533
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Young Whang, MD, PhD
Androgen receptor, HER-2 and Ack1 tryosine kinase, prostate cancer
Phone: 919-966-8645
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David Williams, Jr, MD, PhD
Hematopathology
Phone (office): 919-843-9949
Phone (lab): 919-843-9950
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Scott Williams, PhD
Developmental and stem cell biology of epithelia; asymmetric cell division
Phone: 919-966-2737
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Elizabeth M. Wilson, PhD
Steroid hormone regulation of gene expression; endocrinology; environmental androgens and antiandrogens
Phone: 919-966-5168
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Hong Xiao, MD
Defining the immunopathological mechanisms involved in autoimmune glomerulonephritis and vasculitis
Phone: 919-966-8370
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Maimoona A. Zariwala, PhD
Genetic analysis of patients with primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD)
Phone: 919-966-7050
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