Category: Promotions

Two Pediatrics faculty members were recently awarded distinguished professorships by vote of the Board of Trustees for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Appointment to a distinguished professorship is one of the highest faculty honors the University can bestow. Faculty recognized with distinguished professorships have shown distinction and...

Nina Jain, MD was promoted to Professor of Pediatrics effective January 1, 2024. Dr. Jain has been a faculty member in Pediatric Endocrinology since 2008. Dr. Jain is a pediatric endocrinologist whose research interests focus on type 1 and type 2 diabetes, particularly as it relates to clinical management and...

Yamini Virkud, MD, MPH was promoted to Associate Professor of Pediatrics effective November 1, 2023. Dr. Virkud has been a faculty member in Pediatrics since 2021. Dr. Virkud received her medical degree from Washington University in 2008. Dr. Virkud completed her pediatric residency at St. Louis Children’s Hospital in 2011...

Allison Burbank, MD was promoted to Associate Professor of Pediatrics effective November 1, 2023. Dr. Burbank has been a faculty member in Pediatrics since 2017. Dr. Burbank received her medical degree from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in May 2010 and remained in Little Rock, AR to complete...

Steven Weinberg, MD was promoted to Associate Professor of Pediatrics effective October 1, 2023. Dr. Weinberg has been a faculty member in Pediatrics since 2019. Dr. Weinberg serves as a Pediatric hospitalist providing direct patient care to inpatient pediatric patients on the PMB, Pediatric BMT and Newborn nursery services as...

Tisu Mvalo, MD was promoted to Associate Professor of Pediatrics effective June 1, 2023. Dr. Mvalo has been a faculty member in Pediatrics since 2016. Dr. Mvalo practices at Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lilongwe, Malawi. He also provides on-the-ground mentorship for the rotating learners and is the PI for several...

Timothy Vece, MD was promoted to Professor of Pediatrics effective May 1, 2023. Dr. Vece has been a faculty member in Pediatric Pulmonology since 2016. Dr. Vece is the Medical Director, North Carolina Children's Airway Center and part of the Rare and Genetic Lung Disease Program.

Andrea Trembath, MD, MPH was promoted to Professor of Pediatrics effective May 1, 2023. Dr. Trembath has been a faculty member in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine since 2017. Dr. Trembath is the Co-Medical Director for Children's AirCare, primarily focusing on the care and transport of neonates.

Chengwen Li, PhD was promoted to Professor of Pediatrics effective May 1, 2023. Dr. Li has been a faculty member in Pediatrics since 2010. Dr. Li is member of the Gene Therapy Center and is an internationally recognized expert in adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors for gene therapy.

Zachary Willis, MD, MPH was promoted to Associate Professor of Pediatrics effective May 1, 2023. Dr. Willis has been a faculty member in Pediatrics since 2016. Dr. Willis is a specialist in pediatric infectious disease with particular interest in studying antibacterial resistance and is the Director of the Pediatric Antimicrobial...