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Faculty

Linda Adair, PhD	Professor	linda_adair@unc.edu
Seema Agrawal, EdD	Assistant Professor	seema300@email.unc.edu
Alice Ammerman, DrPH	Mildred Kaufman Distinguished Professor	alice_ammerman@unc.edu
John A. Batsis, MD	Associate Professor	john.batsis@unc.edu
Cynthia Bulik, PhD, FAED	Professor	cynthia_bulik@med.unc.edu
Kyle S. Burger, PhD, MPH, RD	Professor and Associate Chair for Research	kyle_burger@unc.edu
Ximena M. Bustamante-Marin, PhD	Assistant Professor	xmbmarin@med.unc.edu
Ian Carroll, PhD	Assistant Professor	ian_carroll@med.unc.edu
Molly De Marco, PhD	Assistant Professor	molly_demarco@unc.edu
Shufa Du, MD, PhD	Professor	dushufa@unc.edu
John E. French, PhD	Professor	jfren43@email.unc.edu
Penny Gordon-Larsen, PhD	W. R. Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor and Vice Chancellor for Research	pglarsen@email.unc.edu
Anthony Hackney, PhD	Professor	ach@email.unc.edu
Derek P. Hales, PhD	Assistant Professor	derekh@email.unc.edu
Amanda S. Holliday, MS, RD, LDN	Associate Professor	amanda_holliday@unc.edu
Stephen D. Hursting, PhD	Professor	hursting@email.unc.edu
Folami Ideraabdullah, PhD	Associate Professor	folami@email.unc.edu
Anna Kahkoska, MD, PhD	Assistant Professor	anna_kahkoska@med.unc.edu
Martin Kohlmeier, MD	Professor	mkohlmeier@unc.edu
Natalia I. Krupenko, PhD	Associate Professor	natalia_krupenko@unc.edu
Sergey A. Krupenko, PhD	Professor	sergey_krupenko@unc.edu
Nancie MacIver, MD PhD	Division Chief	nancie_maciver@med.unc.edu
Nobuyo Maeda, PhD	Professor	nobuyo@med.unc.edu
Stephanie L. Martin, PhD	Assistant Professor	slmartin@live.unc.edu
Philip A. May, PhD	Professor	pmay@email.unc.edu
Elizabeth Mayer-Davis, PhD	Cary C. Boshamer Distinguished Professor of Nutrition and Medicine	mayerdav@email.unc.edu
Katie Meyer, ScD	Assistant Professor	ktmeyer@email.unc.edu
Sandra Mooney, PhD	Associate Professor	sandra_mooney@unc.edu
Brooke Nezami, PhD	Assistant Professor	bnezami@unc.edu
Shu Wen Ng, PhD	Distinguished Scholar In Public Health Nutrition and Professor	shuwen@unc.edu
Wimal Pathmasiri, PhD	Assistant Professor	wimal_pathmasiri@unc.edu
Barry M. Popkin, PhD	W. R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor	popkin@unc.edu
Blake Rushing, PhD	Assistant Professor
Nipun Saini, PhD	Assistant Professor	NIPUN_SAINI@UNC.EDU
Carmen Samuel-Hodge, RD, PhD	Associate Professor	cdsamuel@email.unc.edu
Saame "Raz" Shaikh, PhD	Professor and Chair	shaikhsa@email.unc.edu
Lindsey Smith Taillie, PhD	Associate Professor and Associate Chair of Academics	taillie@unc.edu
Susan M. Smith, PhD	Professor	suesmith@email.unc.edu
Jessica Soldavini, PhD, MPH, RD, LDN	Assistant Professor	jessica6@live.unc.edu
June Stevens, PhD	Distinguished Professor	june_stevens@unc.edu
Delisha Stewart, PhD	Assistant Professor	delisha_stewart@unc.edu
Mirek Styblo, PhD	Professor	styblo@med.unc.edu
Susan Sumner, PhD	Professor	susan_sumner@unc.edu
Deborah Tate, PhD	Professor	dtate@unc.edu
Amanda Thompson, PhD	Professor	althomps@email.unc.edu
Kimberly Parker Truesdale, PhD, MSPH	Associate Professor	Kim_Truesdale@unc.edu
Isis Trujillo-Gonzalez, PhD	Assistant Professor	itruji@email.unc.edu
Emma Tzioumis, PhD	Assistant Professor	tzioumis@unc.edu
Matt Ulgherait, Ph.D	Assistant Professor	mattulgh@unc.edu
Carmina G. Valle, PhD, MPH	Associate Professor	carmina.valle@unc.edu
Saroja Voruganti, PhD	Associate Professor	saroja@email.unc.edu
Dianne Stanton Ward, EdD, FTOS, FACSM	Professor	dsward@email.unc.edu
Heather Wasser, PhD	Assistant Professor	wasser@email.unc.edu

Emeritus Faculty

Melinda Beck, PhD	Professor Emerita	melinda_beck@unc.edu
Margaret (Peggy) Bentley, MA, PhD	Distinguished Professor Emerita	pbentley@unc.edu
Rosalind Coleman, MD	Professor Emerita	rcoleman@unc.edu
Janice Dodds, MEd, EdD,	Professor Emerita	jan_dodds@unc.edu
Steven Zeisel, MD, PhD	Professor Emeritus	steven_zeisel@unc.edu

Adjunct Faculty

Valerie Flax, PhD	Adjunct Assistant Professor	flax@unc.edu
Juhaeri Juhaeri, PhD	Adjunct Assistant Professor	juhaeri.juhaeri@sanofi-aventis.com
Archana P. Lamichhane, PhD	Adjunct Assistant Professor	archana_lamichhane@unc.edu
Meghan Slining, PhD	Adjunct Assistant Professor	slining@unc.edu

Administrative Staff

Chris Anderson	Director of Department of Finance and Administration	chris_anderson@unc.edu
Terrie Church	Business Manager	tchurch@unc.edu
Tammy Elliott	Accounting Technician	tammy_elliott@unc.edu
Yasser Ghadiry	Accounting Technician	yasser_ghadiry@med.unc.edu
Ashley Irwin	Research Project Manager	ashleyki@live.unc.edu
Tom Yates	Computer Support Technician	tom_yates@unc.edu

Research Staff

Christelle Douillet	Research Associate	christelle_douillet@med.unc.edu
Beth Ferrell Jenks, MS, RD, LDN	Research Associate	ejenks@email.unc.edu
Kathryn Sayre, MPH, RD	Outreach Services Coordinator	kate.sayre@unc.edu
Qing Shi	Research Specialist	qing_shi@unc.edu
Joan Thomas	Research Associate	joan_thomas@unc.edu

CONTACT INFORMATION

Department of Nutrition
Our offices are located on the second floor of Rosenau Hall.
Faculty and Staff
Academic Coordinators

135 Dauer Drive
245 Rosenau Hall, CB # 7461
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7461
(919) 966-7218

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