{"id":2307,"date":"2013-10-25T18:25:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-25T22:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/tcors-lung\/about-us\/faculty\/neil-alexis\/"},"modified":"2018-05-31T10:25:31","modified_gmt":"2018-05-31T14:25:31","slug":"neil-alexis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/tcors-lung\/about-us\/faculty\/neil-alexis\/","title":{"rendered":"Neil Alexis, Ph.D."},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2>Leader of the Sample Acquisition and Repository Core<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-right\" title=\"Neil Alexis\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/tcors-lung\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/712\/2018\/05\/neil-alexis.jpeg\" alt=\"Neil Alexis\" \/><\/h2>\n<p>Neil Alexis, Ph.D., is a Professor in the UNC Department of Pediatrics, and an investigator in the UNC Center for Environmental Medicine, Asthma and Lung Biology. His research focus is in innate immune and inflammatory responses in the airways following exposure to inhaled irritants. 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