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Congratulations to Melissa Miller, PhD for being our first Department highlight! Dr. Miller is being recognized for being named as an endowed professorship from the University as the James D. Folds Distinguised Professor and for being awarded the 2025 ASM Award for Service! She has been an ASM member and...

The Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine would like to welcome our newest faculty member Anne Bartels, MD, who joins the department as an Assistant Professor. Dr. Bartels recently completed a Breast and Gynecologic Pathology Fellowship at the University of California, San Diego. Dr. Bartels is originally from the Midwest...

The Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine would like to welcome one of our newest faculty members, Steve Hur, PhD! Dr. Hur joins the department as an Assistant Professor of research. Dr. Hur received his BSc in Biochemistry from McGill University (Montreal, Canada) and completed his PhD in Biochemistry and...

The Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine would like to welcome Xianwen Yi, PhD to our team! Dr. Yi joined in July as an Assistant Professor of Research. Dr. Yi earned his B.S. from a prestigious university in Beijing and completed his Ph.D. in Biochemistry at Rush University. Following his...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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