WHMC Affiliated Faculty
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Adesola Akinkuotu, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Pediatric Surgery
Research Interest: Maternal-Fetal Surgery, Congenital Anomalies
Kavita Arora, MD, MBE, MS
Division Director, General Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Midwifery
Associate Professor with Tenure, General Obstetrics and Gynecology
Research Interest: Sterilization, Contraception, Disparities, Reproductive Bioethics & Justice
Rahima Benhabbour, PhD
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Research Interest: Biomedical Microdevices, Pharmacoengineering
Amy Bryant, MD, MSCR
Division Director & Associate Professor, Complex Family Planning
Adjunct Associate Professor, Maternal and Child Health
Research Interest: Contraception, Reproductive Advocacy
Benjamin Chi, MD, MSc
Distinguished Professor, Global Women's Health
Vice Chair for Research and Innovation, OBGYN
Research Interest: Global Women’s Health
Alice Chuang, MD, MEd, FACOG
Professor, General Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Midwifery
Associate Dean for Student Affairs, UNC School of Medicine
Research Interest: Medical Education
Frank Conlon, PhD
Professor, Biology
Director, Biological and Genome Sciences
Research Interest: Sex disparities in heart disease
Clare Harrop, PhD
Assistant Professor, Health Sciences
Research Interest: Sex differences in symptomatology
Camilia Kamoun, MD, MSME
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Research Interest: Early Female Pubertal Care, Intersex Births
Andrea Knittel, MD, PhD, FACOG
Associate Professor, General Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Midwifery
Director, General Obstetrics and Gynecology Research Fellowship
Research Interest: Incarcerated Women’s Health, STI Prevention
Anne Lyerly, MD, MA
Professor, Social Medicine
Research Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology
Research Interest: Research in Pregnancy, Reproductive Ethics
Samantha Meltzer-Brody, MD, MPH
Executive Dean, UNC School of Medicine
Assad Meymandi Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry (2019-2025)
Research Interest: Women’s Mood Disorders, Postpartum Depression
Lisa Rahangdale, MD, MPH
Professor, General Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Midwifery
Research Interest: HIV, HPV, Cervical Cancer Prevention, Reproductive Infectious Diseases
Shabbar Ranapurwala, PhD, MPH, BHMS
Assistant Professor, Epidemiology
Research Interest: Gender-based Violence, Public Health
Crystal Schiller, PhD
Associate Professor in Psychiatry
Director, UNC Center for Women’s Mood Disorders
Research Interest: Women’s Mood Disorders
Erica Sparkenbaugh, PhD
Assistant Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Research Interest: Sickle Cell Disease, Women’s Health, Thrombosis
Asha Talati, MD, MSCR
Nominated Assistant Professor, Maternal Fetal Medicine; Assistant Professor, Clinical Genetics & Genomics
Scholarly Concentration Program Faculty Co-Director
Research Interest: Reproductive Genetics, Bioethics, Health Equity
Kristin Tully, PhD
Research Assistant Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Research Interest: Health Equity, Social Medicine, Women’s Health
Rachel Urrutia, MD, MS
Associate Professor, General Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Midwifery
Research Interest: Health Disparities and Inequities, Obstetrics and Gynecology practice-based interventions
Neeta Vora, MD
Associate Professor, Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Genetics
Research Interest: Prenatal Genome Sequencing