The Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine would like to welcome our newest research faculty member, Erica Sparkenbaugh, PhD! Dr. Sparkenbaugh joins as a Research Assistant Professor. Dr. Sparkenbaugh is also a member of the Pathobiology and Translational Sciences (PBTS) Graduate Program within the BBSP at UNC   Dr. Sparkenbaugh received her BS in Biology … Read more

The Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine would like to welcome our newest research faculty member, Jeremy Wang, PhD! Dr. Wang joins us as an Associate Professor.   Formerly a Research Assistant with UNC Genetics, Dr. Wang completed his undergraduate degree at Guilford College and then went on to complete his PhD in Computer Science at UNC. He completed his post-doctoral … Read more

The Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine would like to welcome Amanda Strickland, MD, as the newest member of our team! Dr. Strickland joins as an Associate Professor in the department. Dr. Strickland received her medical degree from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, where she also completed her anatomic and clinical pathology residency … Read more

Craig Fletcher has worked for UNC-Chapel Hill in a variety of roles, most recently as associate vice chancellor for research and director of the Division of Comparative Medicine within the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research. He is also a professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine within the School of Medicine (SOM) and an assistant dean … Read more

Dani Burns, MBA, has been named the associate chair for administration for the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. She began her work in the role on August 1. Burns most recently served as a business manager in the SOM Office of Finance and Business Operations. Burns first joined in UNC-Chapel Hill in 2016 as … Read more

Jonathon W. Homeister, MD, PhD, to Receive 2024 American Society for Investigative Pathology Robbins Distinguished Educator Award The 2024 recipient of the American Society for Investigative Pathology (ASIP) Robbins Distinguished Educator Award is Dr. Jonathon W. Homeister, an Associate Professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of North Carolina School … Read more

UNC McLendon Clinical Laboratories perform millions of clinical tests annually. Its largest specialized division, chemistry, tests over 1,500,000 samples annually. The faculty, fellows and residents of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine review and process these tests, completing potentially life-saving work every day. https://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2023/04/university-saved-by-the-lab  

Melissa Miller, PhD, director of the Clinical Molecular Microbiology Laboratory at UNC Medical Center, talks with the News and Observer about why an at-home COVID test might give false-negative results and tips on how to determine if follow-up testing is needed.

Congratulations to Melissa Miller, PhD for receiving the 2021 Governor’s Award for Excellence. The Governor’s Award for Excellence is the highest honor a state employee may receive for dedicated service to the State of North Carolina and its citizens. The award gives us an opportunity to recognize exemplary state employees whose service and contributions go … Read more

Please mark your calendars for this year’s Norma Berryhill Distinguished Lecture, which will be held virtually on Thursday, November 18, 2021. The event will open at 3:45 p.m. with the lecture scheduled to commence at 4:00 p.m.   Craig Fletcher, DVM, PhD, Professor and Vice Chair in the UNC School of Medicine’s Department of Pathology … Read more