Department of Biostatistics

Faculty and Staff

The Department of Biostatistics is internationally recognized as a leader in biostatistics research and training and is housed in three different locations: administrative and faculty offices, including a suite of offices for graduate students in McGavran-Greenberg Hall, the Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center located in Carolina Square at 123 West Franklin Street, suite 450. and the Carolina Survey Research Laboratory at 730 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., both in Chapel Hill.

A searchable database of faculty publications is available here.

Faculty

Robert Agans, PhD	Associate Professor	agans@unc.edu
Jianwen Cai, PhD	Cary C. Boshamer Distinguished Professor and Interim Co-Chair	cai@bios.unc.edu
Ding-Geng (Din) Chen, PhD	Professor	dinchen@email.unc.edu
David Couper, PhD	Professor	david_couper@unc.edu
Jamie Crandell, PhD	Associate Professor	jbigelow@email.unc.edu
Tanya P. Garcia, PhD	Associate Professor	tpgarcia@email.unc.edu
Annie Green Howard, PhD	Associate Professor	aghoward@email.unc.edu
Michael Hudgens, PhD	Professor	mhudgens@email.unc.edu
Joseph G. Ibrahim, PhD	Alumni Distinguished Professor and Director of Graduate Studies	ibrahim@bios.unc.edu
Anastasia Ivanova, PhD	Professor	aivanova@bios.unc.edu
Yuchao Jiang, PhD	Assistant Professor	yuchaoj@email.unc.edu
Gary Koch, PhD	Professor	bcl@unc.edu
Michael R. Kosorok, PhD	W.R. Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor	kosorok@unc.edu
Lisa M. LaVange, PhD	Professor and Interim Co-Chair	lisa.lavange@unc.edu
Quefeng Li, PhD	Assistant Professor	quefeng@email.unc.edu
Yun Li, PhD	Associate Professor	yunli@med.unc.edu
Feng-Chang Lin, PhD	Associate Professor	flin@bios.unc.edu
Danyu Lin	Dennis Gillings Distinguished Professor	lin@bios.unc.edu
Yufeng Liu, PhD	Professor	yfliu@email.unc.edu
Michael Love, PhD	Assistant Professor	milove@email.unc.edu
James Stephen Marron, PhD	Professor	marron@unc.edu
Jane Monaco, DrPH	Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies	monaco@email.unc.edu
Andrew B. Nobel, PhD	Professor	nobel@email.unc.edu
John S. Preisser, PhD	Professor	John_Preisser@unc.edu
Matthew A. Psioda, PhD	Assistant Professor	matt_psioda@unc.edu
Bahjat Qaqish, PhD	Professor	bahjat_qaqish@unc.edu
Naim Rashid, PhD	Assistant Professor	naim@unc.edu
Kathy Roggenkamp, MA	Instructor	kathy_roggenkamp@unc.edu
Todd Schwartz, DrPH	Associate Professor	tschwart@email.unc.edu
Bonnie Shook-Sa, DrPH	Assistant Professor	bshooksa@live.unc.edu
Richard Smith, PhD	Professor	rls@email.unc.edu
Daniela Sotres-Alvarez, DrPH	Associate Professor	dsotres@unc.edu
Paul Stewart, PhD	Professor	Paul_Stewart@unc.edu
Xianming Tan, PhD	Associate Professor	xianming@email.unc.edu
Kinh Truong, PhD	Professor	truong@bios.unc.edu
Di Wu, PhD	Assistant Professor	dwu@unc.edu
Donglin Zeng, PhD	Professor	dzeng@bios.unc.edu
Haibo Zhou, PhD	Professor	Haibo_Zhou@unc.edu
Hongtu Zhu, PhD	Professor	htzhu@email.unc.edu
Fei Zou, PhD	Professor	fzou@bios.unc.edu
Baiming Zou, PhD	Assistant Professor	bzou@email.unc.edu

Adjunct Faculty

Matthew Biggs, PhD	Adjunct Assistant Professor	mbiggs@agbiome.com
Liddy Chen, PhD	Adjunct Assistant Professor	lmchen@email.unc.edu
Jane Eslinger	Adjunct Instructor	jesli@email.unc.edu
Marcus Herman-Giddens	Adjunct Instructor	marcushg@live.unc.edu
Eric Laber, PhD	Adjunct Professor	eblaber@ncsu.edu
Charles Pepe-Ranney, PhD	Adjunct Assistant Professor	cpeperanney@agbiome.com
Wei Sun, PhD	Adjunct Associate Professor	wsun@bios.unc.edu
Sonia Thomas, DrPH	Adjunct Professor	smthomas@rti.org
Vincent Toups, PhD	Senior Data Scientist and Adjunct Instructor	toups@email.unc.edu
William Valdar, PhD	Adjunct Associate Professor	william.valdar@unc.edu
Clarice Weinberg, PhD	Adjunct Professor	cweinber@email.unc.edu
Shanshan Zhao, PhD	Adjunct Assistant Professor	shanshan.zhao@nih.gov
Xiaojiang Zheng, PhD	Adjunct Assistant Professor	xiaojinz@email.unc.edu
Richard Zink, PhD	Adjunct Assistant Professor	rzink@targetpharmasolutions.com

Emeritus Faculty

Shrikant Bangdiwala, PhD	Professor Emeritus
Lloyd Chambless	Professor Emeritus
Clarence E. Davis	Professor Emeritus
James E. Grizzle	Professor Emeritus
Ronald W. Helms	Professor Emeritus
William D. Kalsbeek	Professor Emeritus
Lawrence L. Kupper	Professor Emeritus
Keith E. Muller	Professor Emeritus
Dana E. Quade	Professor Emeritus
Pranab Sen	Professor Emeritus
Chirayath M. Suchindran, PhD	Professor Emeritus
Michael J. Symons	Professor Emeritus
Craig D. Turnbull	Professor Emeritus

Department of Biostatistics Staff

Monika Soria Caruso	Contracts & Grants Manager, Pre-Award Administration	monika_caruso@unc.edu
Mary Everette	Accounting Specialist	everette@bios.unc.edu
Tiffany Harris	Academic Program Support Coordinator	tjharris@email.unc.edu
David Hill	Technical Support Analyst	dwhill@email.unc.edu
Michelle Xiaoqing Huang	Accounting Technician	xqhuang@email.unc.edu
Anneli Leander	Business Services Coordinator	anneli@unc.edu
Terry Link	Accounting Technician	tlink12@email.unc.edu
Jeff Oberhaus	Social Research & Communications Specialist	jjoberhaus@unc.edu
Debbie Quach	Business Officer	dquach@email.unc.edu
Bethsaida Seagroves	Executive Assistant to the Chair	bseagrov@bios.unc.edu
Vincent Toups, PhD	Senior Data Scientist and Adjunct Instructor	toups@email.unc.edu
Wesley Winkelman, MOR	Director of Finance and Administration	wwinkelm@email.unc.edu
Scott C. Zentz	Systems Programmer/Specialist	zentz@email.unc.edu

Carolina Survey Research Laboratory Staff

Deborah Marean

Survey Programmer and Data Manager

marean@email.unc.edu

Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff

Maria de los Angeles (Nana) Abreu	Research Associate	abreu@email.unc.edu
Vidya Antony	Applications Analyst	vantony@unc.edu
Erica Atkins	Admin Support Specialist	elatkins@email.unc.edu
Lori A. Bateman, MSc	Project Director / Research Manager	lbateman@email.unc.edu
Lori Bateman	Social/Clinical Research Manager
Nicole Blanton	Soc/Clin Research Assistant, Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center	nicole_blanton@unc.edu
Ashley Britt	Social Research Associate II	adbritt@unc.edu
Barbara Brown	Social/Clinical Research Specialist	barbw_brown@unc.edu
Hope Bryan	IT Manager	hope_bryan@unc.edu
Sheila Burgard, MS	Senior Biostatistician	sheila_burgard@unc.edu
Sunchu Chowdary	Applications Specialist
Steven Cory	Applications Analyst	cory@unc.edu
MaryKate Cunningham	Social/Clinical Research Assistant
Forrest DeMarcus	Business Services Coordinator	demarcus@email.unc.edu
Lisa Dusenberry	Accounting Technician	lisa_dusenberry@unc.edu
Jeff Evarts	Applications Analyst	jevarts@email.unc.edu
Daniel Garbinsky	Applications Analyst
Bryce B. Glasspoole	Technical Support Technician	bryceg@unc.edu
Franklyn Gonzalez	Social/Clinical Research Manager	fgonzale@email.unc.edu
Rachel Goolsby	Social/Clinical Research Specialist	rwgoolsby@unc.edu
Nathan M. Gotman	Social/Clinical Research Manager	nathan.gotman@unc.edu
Lisa Gravens-Mueller	Biostatistician/Supervisor	lgravens@email.unc.edu
Cameron Gunn	Social/Clinical Research Assistant
Carolyn Hagy	Business Officer	Carolyn_Hagy@unc.edu
Linda Hartig	Applications Analyst	Hartig@unc.edu
Anna Hoffmeyer	Operations Manager	ahoffmeyer@unc.edu
Lindsey Holland, MA	Social/Clinical Research Specialist	l_holland@unc.edu
Jeremy Grant Holliday	Social/Clinical Research Assistant	jgh1987@email.unc.edu
Claire Horne	Public Communication Specialist	claire_horne@unc.edu
Michele Inishi	Social/Clinical Research Assistant	minishi@email.unc.edu
John James	Social/Clinical Research Specialist
Kwanhye Jung	Applications Specialist	khjung@email.unc.edu
Bryant Lesnoski	Research Specialist	lesnoski@email.unc.edu
James Locklear	Applications Specialist	jalockle@email.unc.edu
Alison Marquis	Principal Biostatistician	alison_marquis@unc.edu
Micah McCumber, MS	Social/Clinical Research Manager	micahmc@email.unc.edu
Allison McGee	Social Clinical Research Assistant	admcgee@email.unc.edu
William McGee	Technical Support Specialist	Bill.McGee@unc.edu
Kelsey Meekins, MS	Social/Clinical Research Assistant	kmeekins@email.unc.edu
Sarah Moody	Application Analyst	sarah_moody@unc.edu
Yonghong Nie	Applications Analyst	ynie@email.unc.edu
Jeff Oberhaus	Social Research & Communications Specialist	jjoberhaus@unc.edu
Aluoch Ooro	Social Research Specialist	aooro@unc.edu
James Russell Pike, MBA	Biostatistician	jamespik@email.unc.edu
Pedro Miguel Quibrera	Senior Biostatistician	mqm@email.unc.edu
Carla Quinones	Social/Clinical Research Specialist
Lisa Reeves, MSc	Social/Clinical Research Manager	lisa_reeves@unc.edu
Laura Renshaw	Social/Clinical Research Assistant
Kimberly Ring, MPH	Statistician III	kim_ring@unc.edu
Cheyanne Ritz, MA	Public Communications Specialist	ccritz@email.unc.edu
Betty Rupp	Social/Clinical Research Specialist
Maria Sanchez	Social/Clinical Research Manager
Stefanie Schwartz	Research Specialist	stefanie.schwartz@unc.edu
Mirela Scott	Social/Clinical Research Specialist
Yue Shen	Applications Analyst	shen@email.unc.edu
Ping Shen	Application Analyst	pshen@email.unc.edu
Nicole Slye, MPH	Social/Clinical Research Manager	nslye@email.unc.edu
Carl Smalley	System Programmer/Specialist	csmalley@email.unc.edu
Jan Louise Smith, MPH	Social Research Manager	smithjl@email.unc.edu
Lisa Strader	Research Project Director
Robert Sumner, Jr	Applications Specialist	bobsumner@unc.edu
Summer (Kui) Sun	Applications Analyst	sksun@email.unc.edu
Yanping Teng	Biostatistician	tengunc@email.unc.edu
Hongqing Tian	Applications Analyst	ucchbt@email.unc.edu
Yeimi Tomas	Social/Clinical Research Assistant	yeimntom@email.unc.edu
Vincent Toups, PhD	Senior Data Scientist and Adjunct Instructor	toups@email.unc.edu
Pingping Wu	Social Research Specialist	carenwu@email.unc.edu
Marston Youngblood, Jr.	Biostatistician Supervisor	youngbl1@email.unc.edu