EDGE Genomics Research Mentors
Genome Sciences Research Mentors
Shawn Ahmed, PhD – Professor, Departments of Genetics and Biology
Martin Ferris, PhD – Associate Professor, Department of Genetics
Erin Heinzen, PharmD, PhD – Associate Professor, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy – Division of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics; Associate Professor, Department of Genetics
Folami Iderabdullah, PhD – Associate Professor, Departments of Genetics and Nutrition
Beverly Koller, PhD – Associate Professor, Departments of Genetics and Medicine-Pulmonary
Alain Laederach, PhD – Professor, Department of Biology
Daniel McKay, PhD – Associate Professor, Departments of Genetics and Biology
Karen Mohlke, PhD – Professor, Department of Genetics
Kari North, PhD – Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Carolina Center for Genome Sciences
Jesse Raab, PhD – Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics
Laura Raffield, PhD – Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics
Christoph Rau, PhD – Assistant Professor, Departments of Computational Medicine and Genetics
Jeff Sekelsky, PhD – Professor, Departments of Biology and Genetics; Director, Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology
Karl Shpargel, PhD – Associate Professor, Department of Genetics
Lisa Tarantino, PhD – Professor, Department of Genetics; School of Pharmacy-Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics Faculty; Director, Biological and Biomedical Sciences Program
Ageliki Tsagaratou, PhD – Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics
Will Valdar, PhD – Professor, Genetics; Adjunct Associate Professor; Biostatistics Director, Curriculum in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Genomic Medicine Research Mentors
Jonathan Berg, MD, PhD – Professor, Departments of Genetics and Medicine
Ian Davis, MD, PhD – G. Denman Hammond Professor of Childhood Cancer; Associate Chief, Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology; Associate Director, Cancer Epigenetics Training Program; Co-leader, Cancer Genetics Program, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
Jenny Goldstein, PhD, CGC – Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics; Genetic Counselor
Liz Jalazzo, MD – Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Craig Lee, PharmD, PhD – Professor, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Division of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics
Jason Merker, MD, PhD – Associate Professor, Department of Pathology & Lab Medicine; Director of Molecular Oncology; Associate Director of Molecular Pathology
Julianne O’Daniel, CGC – Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Genetics, Genetic Counselor,
Bradford Powell, MD, PhD – Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics
Courtney Thaxton, PhD – Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics
Ben Vincent, MD – Assistant Professor, Departments of Microbiology and Immunology, Division of Hematology
Genomics & Society Research Mentors
Jean Cadigan, PhD – Associate Professor, Department of Social Medicine
Eric Juengst, PhD – Professor, Departments of Social Medicine and Genetics
Megan Roberts, PhD – Assistant Professor, Eshelman School of Pharmacy; Director, Implementation Science in Precision Health & Society; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Health Policy and Management
Marcia Van Riper, PhD, RN, FAAN – Professor, School of Nursing