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.

Faculty

Robert Agans, PhD	Associate Professor	agans@unc.edu
Jianwen Cai, PhD	Cary C. Boshamer Distinguished Professor	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 and Associate Chair	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 Chair	lisa.lavange@unc.edu
Quefeng Li, PhD	Associate Professor	quefeng@email.unc.edu
Yun Li, PhD	Professor	yunli@med.unc.edu
Feng-Chang Lin, PhD	Associate Professor	flin@bios.unc.edu
Danyu Lin, PhD	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
Bahjat Qaqish, PhD	Professor	bahjat_qaqish@unc.edu
Naim Rashid, PhD	Associate Professor	naim@unc.edu
Todd Schwartz, DrPH	Professor	tschwart@email.unc.edu
Bonnie Shook-Sa, DrPH	Assistant Professor	bshooksa@email.unc.edu
Richard Smith, PhD	Professor	rls@email.unc.edu
Daniela Sotres-Alvarez, DrPH	Associate Professor	dsotres@unc.edu
Xianming Tan, PhD	Associate Professor	xianming@email.unc.edu
Kinh Truong, PhD	Professor	truong@bios.unc.edu
Di Wu, PhD	Associate 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	Associate Professor	bzou@email.unc.edu

Adjunct Faculty

Matthew Biggs, PhD	Adjunct Assistant Professor	mattbiggs@gmail.com
Liddy Chen, PhD	Adjunct Assistant Professor	lmchen@email.unc.edu
Jane Eslinger	Adjunct Instructor	jesli@email.unc.edu
Haoda Fu	Adjunct Professor	fu.haoda@lilly.com
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 Research Scientist and Adjunct Instructor	toups@email.unc.edu
William Valdar, PhD	Adjunct 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 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, CRA	Contracts and 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
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
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

Marla Brooke Allen	Research Assistant	mba9079@ad.unc.edu
Kalyana Chakravarthy Anne	Systems Programmer/Specialist	akalyana@email.unc.edu
Vidya Antony	Data Management Programmer	vantony@unc.edu
Lori A. Bateman, MS	Project Director	lbateman@email.unc.edu
Nicole Blanton	Research Assistant	nicole_blanton@unc.edu
Ashley Britt	Research Specialist	adbritt@unc.edu
Hope Bryan	IT Manager	hope_bryan@unc.edu
Sheila Burgard, MS	Biostatistician	sheila_burgard@unc.edu
Trevor Butler, BS	Data Management Programmer	tbutler@unc.edu
Christiane Wimbish Carson	Research Specialist	cwcarson@email.unc.edu
Sunchu Chowdary	Data Management Programmer	sunchu@unc.edu
Christopher David Cook	Systems Programmer/Specialist	cdcook@email.unc.edu
Steven Cory	Applications Analyst	cory@unc.edu
MaryKate Cunningham	Research Assistant	mknewt@email.unc.edu
Artis Jordan Darden	Research Assistant	artisd@email.unc.edu
Forrest DeMarcus	Assistant to the Director	demarcus@email.unc.edu
Lisa Dusenberry	Grants Manager	lisa_dusenberry@unc.edu
Jeff Evarts	Stat Computing Programmer	jevarts@email.unc.edu
Katherine Flowers	Research Specialist	kflowers@email.unc.edu
Daniel Garbinsky	Stat Computing Programmer	dan_garbinsky@unc.edu
Bryce B. Glasspoole	Applications Analyst	bryceg@unc.edu
Franklyn Gonzalez	Biostatistician	fgonzale@email.unc.edu
Rachel Goolsby	Project Manager	rwgoolsby@unc.edu
Nathan M. Gotman	Statistician	nathan.gotman@unc.edu
Lisa Gravens-Mueller	Biostatistician	lgravens@email.unc.edu
Cameron Gunn	Research Specialist	cgunn@email.unc.edu
Carolyn Hagy	Business Manager	Carolyn_Hagy@unc.edu
Kinsey Helton	Stat Computing Programmer	klh5225@live.unc.edu
Anna Hoffmeyer	Project Director	ahoffmeyer@unc.edu
Lindsey Holland, MA	Research Specialist	lindstay@email.unc.edu
Jeremy Grant Holliday	Research Specialist	jgh1987@email.unc.edu
Claire Horne	Public Communication Specialist	claire_horne@unc.edu
Michele Inishi	Research Specialist	minishi@email.unc.edu
John James	Research Specialist	jbjames@email.unc.edu
Kwan Hye Jung	Stat Computing Programmer	khjung@email.unc.edu
Jeanette F. Kosorok	Visual Arts Specialist	kosorokj@email.unc.edu
Bryant Lesnoski	Research Specialist	lesnoski@email.unc.edu
James Locklear	Stat Computing Programmer	jalockle@email.unc.edu
Alison Marquis	Project Director	alison_marquis@unc.edu
Micah McCumber, MS	Senior Research Scientist	micahmc@email.unc.edu
Allison McGee	Research Specialist	admcgee@email.unc.edu
William McGee	Technical Support Specialist	Bill.McGee@unc.edu
Kelsey Meekins, MS	Research Assistant	kmeekins@email.unc.edu
Sarah Moody	Data Management Programmer	sarah_moody@unc.edu
Yonghong Nie	Stat Computing Programmer	ynie@email.unc.edu
Jeff Oberhaus	Social Research & Communications Specialist	jjoberhaus@unc.edu
Aluoch Ooro	Research Specialist	aooro@unc.edu
James Russell Pike, MBA	Statistician	jamespik@email.unc.edu
Melissa C. Polier	Research Assistant	polier@email.unc.edu
River Thomas Price	Research Assistant	pricert@email.unc.edu
Pedro Miguel Quibrera	Statistician	mqm@email.unc.edu
Carla Quinones	Research Specialist	quinones@email.unc.edu
Madison Rauscher	Research Administrator	mrausch@unc.edu
Jason Thomas Reed	Data Management Programmer	jasreed@ad.unc.edu
Lisa Reeves, MSc	Statistician	lisa_reeves@unc.edu
Laura Renshaw	Research Specialist	lrenshaw@email.unc.edu
Kimberly Ring, MPH	Project Director	kim_ring@unc.edu
Cheyanne Ritz, MA	Public Communications Specialist	ccritz@email.unc.edu
Betty Rupp	Research Specialist	brupp@email.unc.edu
Maria Sanchez	Project Manager	marias@email.unc.edu
Stefanie Schwartz	Research Specialist	stefanie.schwartz@unc.edu
Mirela Scott	Research Specialist	mscott4@email.unc.edu
David Seligson	Data Management Programmer	dseligso@email.unc.edu
Yue Shen	Stat Computing Programmer	shen@email.unc.edu
Ping Shen	Stat Computing Programmer	pshen@email.unc.edu
Nicole Slye, MPH	Statistician	nslye@email.unc.edu
Carl Smalley	System Programmer/Specialist	csmalley@email.unc.edu
Jan Louise Smith, MPH	Project Manager	smithjl@email.unc.edu
Lisa Strader	Project Director	lstrader@unc.edu
Robert Sumner, Jr	Data Management Programmer	bobsumner@unc.edu
Summer (Kui) Sun	Stat Computing Programmer	sksun@email.unc.edu
Yanping Teng	Statistician	tengunc@email.unc.edu
Hongqing Tian	Data Management Programmer	ucchbt@email.unc.edu
Yeimi Tomas Garcia	Research Assistant	yeimntom@email.unc.edu
Arielle Valint	Statistician	arielle.valint@unc.edu
Patrick James Ward	Statistician	pjward@email.unc.edu
Nicole Rembert Wilson	Statistician	wilsonnr@email.unc.edu
Abbey R. Woods	Research Specialist	abbey_woods@unc.edu
Pingping Wu	Research Specialist	carenwu@email.unc.edu
Marston Youngblood, Jr.	Project Director	youngbl1@email.unc.edu