Faculty and Staff

Faculty and associates of the Department have conducted research and/or offered courses in other areas in epidemiology, including aging, digestive diseases epidemiology, genetic epidemiology, physical activity, nutritional epidemiology, pharmacoepidemiology, and social epidemiology, and have advised students in other areas as well. This diversity enriches the training of our students and also enables the Department to be more supportive of the activities of other departments and centers in the School and elsewhere in the University.

Epidemiology faculty, students and alumni are supported by a skilled and dedicated staff that contribute to areas such as student services, professional development, information technology and research.

Our Faculty and Staff

Faculty

Faculty

Lorraine Alexander, DrPH	Associate Professor	lorraine_alexander@unc.edu
Christy Avery, PhD	Professor	christy_avery@unc.edu
Chris Baggett, PhD	Assistant Professor	cbaggett@email.unc.edu
Ralph S. Baric, PhD	William R. Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor
John A. Baron, MD	Professor	jabaron@med.unc.edu
Patricia Basta, PhD	Assistant Professor	patricia_basta@unc.edu
Sylvia Becker-Dreps, MD, MPH	Associate Professor	sbd@email.unc.edu
Sara Jones Berkeley, PhD	Assistant Professor	sara.jones@unc.edu
Ross M. Boyce, MD	Assistant Professor	roboyce@med.unc.edu
Jessie P. Buckley, PhD	Associate Professor	Jessie.Buckley@unc.edu
Eboneé Nicole Butler, PhD	Assistant Professor	ebonee@unc.edu
Myron Cohen, MD	Yeargan-Bate Eminent Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology and Associate Vice Chancellor for Global Health	myron_cohen@med.unc.edu
Stephen R. Cole, PhD	Professor	cole@unc.edu
Julie L. Daniels, PhD	Professor	julie_daniels@unc.edu
Thibaut Davy-Mendez	Assistant Professor
Stephanie M. DeLong, PhD	Assistant Professor	smdelong@email.unc.edu
Tania Desrosiers, PhD	Associate Professor	ta_desrosiers@unc.edu
Bethany DiPrete, PhD	Assistant Professor	diprete@email.unc.edu
Kathleen Dorsey, PhD	Associate Professor	kathleen_conway@med.unc.edu
Andrew Edmonds, PhD	Associate Professor	aedmonds@email.unc.edu
Jessie K. Edwards, PhD	Associate Professor	jessedwards@unc.edu
Michael Emch, PhD	W.R. Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor	emch@email.unc.edu
Marc Emerson, PhD	Assistant Professor	memerso@live.unc.edu
Lawrence S. Engel, PhD	Professor	larry.engel@unc.edu
Stephanie M. Engel, PhD	Professor	Stephanie.Engel@unc.edu
Kelly R. Evenson, PhD	Professor	kelly_evenson@unc.edu
Nora Franceschini, MD, MPH, FAHA	Professor	noraf@unc.edu
Satish Gopal, MD, MPH	Associate Professor	satish_gopal@med.unc.edu
Emily W. Gower, PhD	Associate Professor	egower@unc.edu
Misa Graff, PhD	Associate Professor	migraff@email.unc.edu
Rachel Graham, PhD	Assistant Professor	rlgraham@email.unc.edu
Lisa Gralinski, PhD	Assistant Professor	lgralins@email.unc.edu
Shakia T. Hardy, PhD	Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology	sthardy@live.unc.edu
Heather M. Highland, PhD	Assistant Professor	Heather.Highland@unc.edu
Juan M. Hincapie-Castillo, PharmD, PhD	Assistant Professor	jhincapie-castillo@unc.edu
Michele Jonsson-Funk, PhD	Associate Professor	mfunk@unc.edu
Anna Kucharska-Newton, PhD	Associate Professor	anna_newton@unc.edu
Justin Lessler, PhD	Professor	jlessler@unc.edu
Sara Levintow, PhD	Assistant Professor	levintow@email.unc.edu
Laura Loehr, MD, PhD, MS	Assistant Professor	lloehr@email.unc.edu
Jennifer L. Lund, PhD	Professor	jennifer.lund@unc.edu
David M. Margolis, MD	Professor	dmargo@med.unc.edu
Steve Marshall, PhD	Professor	smarshall@unc.edu
Chantel Martin, PhD	Assistant Professor	martchan@email.unc.edu
Joanna "Asia" Maselko, ScD	Associate Professor	jmaselko@unc.edu
Evan Mayo-Wilson, DPhil, MPA	Associate Professor	evan.mayo-wilson@unc.edu
Elizabeth (Libby) McClure	Assistant Professor	emcclure@unc.edu
William C. Miller, MD, PhD	Professor	bill_miller@unc.edu
Sonia Napravnik, PhD	Associate Professor	sonia_napravnik@med.unc.edu
Hazel B. Nichols, PhD	Professor	hazel.nichols@unc.edu
Kari North, PhD	Professor	kari_north@unc.edu
Andrew Olshan, PhD	Barbara Sorenson Hulka Distinguished Professor in Cancer Epidemiology	andy_olshan@unc.edu
Brian Wells Pence, PhD	Professor	bpence@unc.edu
Audrey Pettifor, PhD	Professor	apettif@email.unc.edu
Charles Poole, ScD	Associate Professor	cpoole@unc.edu
Kimberly Powers, PhD	Associate Professor	powersk@email.unc.edu
Shabbar I. Ranapurwala, PhD, MPH, BHMS	Associate Professor	sirana@email.unc.edu
Wayne Rosamond, PhD	Interim Chair and Professor	wayne_rosamond@unc.edu
Robert S. Sandler, MD	Professor	rsandler@med.unc.edu
Alexandra Schaefer, PhD	Assistant Professor	aschaefe@email.unc.edu
Timothy Sheahan, PhD	Assistant Professor	sheahan@email.unc.edu
Jaime Slaughter-Acey, PhD	Associate Professor	jslaugh@unc.edu
Jennifer S. Smith, PhD	Professor	jsssmith@email.unc.edu
Anne P. Starling, PhD	Assistant Professor	anne.starling@unc.edu
June Stevens, PhD	Distinguished Professor	june_stevens@unc.edu
Til Stürmer, MD, MPH, PhD	Nancy A. Dreyer Distinguished Professor	sturmer@unc.edu
Caroline A. Thompson, PhD, MPH	Associate Professor	caroline.thompson@unc.edu
Melissa Troester, PhD	Professor	troester@email.unc.edu
Anissa I. Vines, MS, PhD	Associate Professor	avines@email.unc.edu
David Jay Weber, MD	Professor	dweber1@email.unc.edu
Daniel Westreich, PhD	Professor	westreic@email.unc.edu
Eric A. Whitsel, MD, MPH	Professor	eric_whitsel@unc.edu
Mollie E. Wood, PhD, MPH	Assistant Professor	mwood@unc.edu
Karin B. Yeatts, PhD	Professor and MPH Concentration Lead, Applied Epidemiology	Karin_Yeatts@unc.edu
Kristin Young, PhD	Assistant Professor	kristin.young@unc.edu
Paul Zivich, PhD	Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology	pzivich@unc.edu

Emeritus Faculty

Frieda Behets, PhD	Professor Emeritus	Frieda_Behets@unc.edu
Barbara Hulka	Kenan Professor Emeritus	Barbara_Hulka@unc.edu
Michel Ibrahim, PhD	Dean and Professor Emeritus	michel_ibrahim@unc.edu
Victor J. Schoenbach, PhD	Professor Emeritus
John Seed	Professor Emeritus	rseed@email.unc.edu
Carl Shy	Professor Emeritus	carl_shy@unc.edu
James Thomas, PhD, MPH	Professor Emeritus	jim.thomas@unc.edu

Adjunct Faculty

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Allison E. Aiello, PhD	Professor and Social Epidemiology Program Leader	aaiello@unc.edu
Elizabeth B. Andrews, PhD	Adjunct Associate Professor	eandrews@rti.org
Donna Baird, PhD	Adjunct Professor	baird@niehs.nih.gov
James D. Beck, PhD	Adjunct Professor	james_beck@unc.edu
Douglas A. Bell, PhD	Adjunct Professor	bell1@niehs.nih.gov
Alexander Breskin	Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology	abreskin@live.unc.edu
Wendy R. Brewster, MD, PhD	Adjunct Professor	brewster@med.unc.edu
Jane H. Brice, MD, MPH	Adjunct Assistant Professor	brice@med.unc.edu
Donald L. Budenz, MD, MPH	Adjunct Professor
Gregory L. Burke, MD, MS	Adjunct Professor	gburke@wakehealth.edu
Leigh F. Callahan, PhD	Adjunct Professor	leigh_callahan@med.unc.edu
Timothy S. Carey, MD, MPH	Clinical Professor	tim_carey@unc.edu
Patricia P. Chang, MD, MHS	Adjunct Associate Professor	patricia_chang@med.unc.edu
Benjamin H. Chi, MD, MSc	Adjunct Professor	bchi@med.unc.edu
Dennis A. Clements, MD, PhD	Adjunct Professor	dennis.clements@duke.edu
Remy R. Coeytaux, MD, PhD	Adjunct Assistant Professor	rcoeytau@wakehealth.edu
Joseph A. Cook, MD, MPH	Adjunct Professor	jacook@att.net
Kourtney J. Davis, PhD	Adjunct Assistant Professor	kourtney.j.davis@gsk.com
Jen Deese	Adjunct Assistant Professor	jennifer.deese@pfizer.com
Evan S. Dellon, MD, MPH	Adjunct Associate Professor	edellon@med.unc.edu
John M. Dement, PhD	Adjunct Professor	john.dement@duke.edu
Kimon Divaris, DDS, PhD	Adjunct Associate Professor	kimon_divaris@unc.edu
Eric Donaldson, PhD	Adjunct Assistant Professor	eric_donaldson@med.unc.edu
Nancy Dreyer, PhD, MPH	Adjunct Professor	nancydreyer@gmail.com
Mohamed E. El Hag Ahmed, PhD	Adjunct Assistant Professor	msadig@uaeu.ac.ae
Alan R. Ellis, PhD	Adjunct Assistant Professor	arellis@ncsu.edu
Jeffrey P. Engel, MD	Adjunct Professor	jengel@cste.org
Sara A. Ephross, PhD	Adjunct Associate Professor	saephross@gmail.com
Joseph J. Eron, Jr., MD	Adjunct Professor	joseph_eron@med.unc.edu
Lydia B. Feinstein, PhD	Adjunct Assistant Professor	lfeinst@email.unc.edu
Kelly K. Ferguson, PhD	Adjunct Assistant Professor	kelly.ferguson2@nih.gov
Aaron T. Fleischauer, PhD	Adjunct Professor	alf6@cdc.gov
Robert H. Fletcher, MD	Adjunct Professor	robert_fletcher@hms.harvard.edu
Suzanne W. Fletcher, MD, MSc	Adjunct Professor
Bradley N. Gaynes, MD, MPH	Adjunct Professor	bradley_gaynes@med.unc.edu
Alicia Gilsenan, PhD	Adjunct Professor	agilsenan@rti.org
Cynthia J. Girman, DrPH	Adjunct Professor	cindy.girman@cerobs.com
Mugdha N. Gokhale, PhD	Adjunct Assistant Professor	mugdha.n.gokhale@gsk.com
Yvonne Golightly, PhD	Associate Professor	golight@email.unc.edu
Christine L. Gray, PhD	Adjunct Assistant Professor	clg56@duke.edu
Laura C. Hanson, MD, MPH	Adjunct Professor	lhanson@med.unc.edu
Quaker E. Harmon, MD, PhD	Adjunct Assistant Professor	quaker.harmon@nih.gov
Louise M. Henderson, PhD	Adjunct Associate Professor	louise_henderson@med.unc.edu
Jane A. Hoppin, ScD	Adjunct Assistant Professor	jahoppin@ncsu.edu
Debra E. Irwin, PhD	Adjunct Associate Professor	dirwin@email.unc.edu
Amy Ising, MSIS	Adjunct Instructor	ising@ad.unc.edu
Chandra L. Jackson, PhD	Adjunct Assistant Professor	chandra.jackson@nih.gov
Candice Johnson, PhD	Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology	candice.y.johnson@duke.edu
Jonathan J. Juliano, MD, MSPH	Adjunct Associate Professor	jjuliano@med.unc.edu
Michael D. Kappelman, MD, MPH	Adjunct Professor	michael_kappelman@med.unc.edu
Jay S. Kaufman, PhD	Adjunct Professor	jay.kaufman@mcgill.ca
Stephen B. Kritchevsky, PhD	Adjunct Professor	skritche@wakehealth.edu
J. Bradley Layton, PhD	Adjunct Assistant Professor	jblayton@rti.org
Jay F. Levine, DVM, MPH	Adjunct Professor	jay_levine@ncsu.edu
James W.S. Lewis, MD, MPH	Adjunct Assistant Professor	james.w.lewis@dhhs.nc.gov
Duanping Liao, MD, PhD	Adjunct Associate Professor	dliao@psu.edu
Stephanie J. London, MD, PhD	Adjunct Professor	london2@niehs.nih.gov
Matthew P. Longnecker, MD, ScD	Adjunct Professor	mlongnecker@ramboll.com
Dana P. Loomis, PhD	Adjunct Professor	dploomis@unr.edu
Thomas J. Luben , PhD	Adjunct Assistant Professor	luben.tom@epa.gov
Pia D. MacDonald, PhD	Adjunct Associate Professor	pmacdonald@rti.org
Christina D. Mack, PhD	Adjunct Assistant Professor	christina.mack@iqvia.com
Timothy D. Mastro, MD	Adjunct Professor	tmastro@fhi360.org
Ann M. McNeill, PhD	Adjunct Assistant Professor	annie.mcneill@merck.com
Pauline Mendola, PhD	Adjunct Professor	pauline.mendola@nih.gov
Prema Menezes, PhD	Adjunct Associate Professor	prema_menezes@med.unc.edu
Michelle L. Meyer, PhD	Adjunct Assistant Professor
Anne-Marie Meyer, PhD	Adjunct Associate Professor	meyer.annemarie@gmail.com
David P. Miller, ScD, SM	Adjunct Assistant Professor
Victoria Mobley, MD, MPH	Adjunct Assistant Professor	victoria.mobley@dhhs.nc.gov
Keri L. Monda, PhD	Adjunct Assistant Professor	kmonda@amgen.com
Lucas M. Neas, MSE, ScD	Adjunct Associate Professor	neas.lucas@epa.gov
Matthew E. Nielsen, MD, MS	Adjunct Associate Professor	mnielsen@med.unc.edu
Sarah J. Nyante, PhD, MSPH	Adjunct Assistant Professor	sarah_nyante@med.unc.edu
David Peden, MD, MS	Adjunct Professor	david_peden@med.unc.edu
Miquel S. Porta, MD, MPH	Adjunct Professor	mporta@imim.es
Scott K. Proescholdbell, MPH	Adjunct Assistant Professor	scott.proescholdbell@dhhs.nc.gov
David F. Ransohoff, MD	Clinical Professor	ransohof@med.unc.edu
David Richardson, PhD	Associate Professor	david.richardson@unc.edu
David L. Rosen, MD, PhD	Adjunct Assistant Professor	drosen@med.unc.edu
Erika Samoff, PhD, MPH	Adjunct Assistant Professor	erika.samoff@dhhs.nc.gov
Dale P. Sandler, PhD, MPH	Adjunct Professor	sandler@niehs.nih.gov
Pamela J. Schwingl, PhD, MS	Adjunct Assistant Professor	pschwingl@ils-inc.com
Arlene C. Sena-Soberano, MD, MPH	Adjunct Associate Professor	idrod@med.unc.edu
Nicholas J. Shaheen, MD, MPH	Adjunct Professor	nshaheen@med.unc.edu
Sumitra Shantakumar, PhD, MPH	Adjunct Assistant Professor	sumitra.y.shantakumar@gsk.com
Mark E. Sherman, MD	Adjunct Professor	sherman.mark@mayo.edu
Ilene C. Siegler, PhD, MPH	Adjunct Professor
Ross J. Simpson, Jr., MD, PhD	Clinical Professor	ross_simpson@med.unc.edu
Gary D. Slade, BDSc, DDPH	Adjunct Professor	gary_slade@unc.edu
Betsy L. Sleath, PhD, MS	Adjunct Professor	betsy_sleath@unc.edu
Paul E. Stang, PhD, MS	Adjunct Associate Professor	pstang@its.jnj.com
Markus J. Steiner, PhD, MSPH	Adjunct Assistant Professor	msteiner@fhi360.org
Ronald P. Strauss, DMD, PhD	Clinical Professor	ron_strauss@unc.edu
Jeffrey S.A. Stringer, MD	Adjunct Professor	jeff_stringer@unc.edu
Jack A. Taylor, MD, PhD	Adjunct Professor	taylor@niehs.nih.gov
Steve M. Taylor, MD, MPH	Adjunct Assistant Professor	steve.taylor@duke.edu
John Thorp, Jr., MD	Professor	john_thorp@med.unc.edu
Vani Vannappagari, PhD, MPH	Adjunct Assistant Professor	vani.x.vannappagari@viivhealthcare.com
Emily E. Vavalle, PhD, MS	Adjunct Associate Professor	esickber@unch.unc.edu
Anthony J. Viera, MD, MPH	Adjunct Professor	viera@med.unc.edu
Andres Villaveces, MD, PhD	Adjunct Assistant Professor	avillav@outlook.com
Catherine J. Vladutiu, PhD, MPH	Adjunct Assistant Professor	cvladutiu@unc.edu
Timothy J. Wade, PhD, MPH	Adjunct Associate Professor	wade.tim@epa.gov
Emmanuel B. Walter, MD, MPH	Adjunct Associate Professor	walte002@mc.duke.edu
Julia B. Ward, PhD, MPH	Adjunct Assistant Professor	jward@s-3.com
Clarice Weinberg, PhD	Adjunct Professor	cweinber@email.unc.edu
Sharon Stucker Weir, PhD	Adjunct Professor	sharon_weir@unc.edu
Suzanne L. West, PhD, MPH	Adjunct Associate Professor	swest@rti.org
Alexandra J. White, PhD, MSPH	Adjunct Assistant Professor	alexandra.white@nih.gov
Allen J. Wilcox, MD, PhD	Adjunct Professor	wilcox@niehs.nih.gov
Rachel E. Williams, PhD, MS	Adjunct Assistant Professor	rachel.e.williams@gsk.com
David A. Wohl, MD	Adjunct Professor	wohl@med.unc.edu
Christopher Woods, MD	Adjunct Assistant Professor	cwwoods@email.unc.edu
Jose P. Zevallos, MD, MPH	Adjunct Associate Professor	jpzevallos@wustl.edu

Staff

Mirlesna Azor	Academic Coordinator	azorm@unc.edu
Andrea Bankoski, MPH	IT Manager	abankoski@unc.edu
Chandra Caldwell	Business Officer	chandra_caldwell@unc.edu
Nancy Culberson	Systems Programmer/Specialist	Nancy_Culberson@unc.edu
Jacqueline Dark	Executive Assistant	jackie_dark@unc.edu
Cassandra Davis	Accounting Technician	caslynn@ad.unc.edu
Spencer Gee	Tech Support Specialist	spencer_gee@unc.edu
Susan Gombe	Budget and Finance Manager	pomade@ad.unc.edu
T. Terrill Hudgins	Tech Support Specialist	terry_hudgins@unc.edu
Kim Ludwig	Applications Specialist	Kim_Ludwig@unc.edu
Victoria Moore	Business Manager	victoria_moore@unc.edu
Hillary Mortensen	Project Manager	hillarym@unc.edu
Jena Nicely	Academic Program Support Coordinator	Jnicely@unc.edu
Virginia Pate, MS	Applications Analyst	vpate@email.unc.edu
Rebecca Rohde, MS	Applications Analyst	rohde@unc.edu
Jessica Tse, MSPH	Applications Specialist	jessica_tse@unc.edu
Lily Wang	Applications Specialist	lily_wang@unc.edu
Molly Wen	Applications Specialist	molly_wen@unc.edu
Kathy Wisniewski	Applications Analyst	kathy_wisniewski@unc.edu
LaGina Womack	Accounting Technician	laginaw@unc.edu

Research Staff

Chyrise Bradley, MA	Research Associate	chyrise@unc.edu
Katlyn Delaney, BS	Research Specialist	dkatlyn@ad.unc.edu
Caroline Hoffman Dilworth	Lead Projects Manager	caroline_dilworth@unc.edu
Christian Douglas, DrPH	Biostatistician	cedougla@email.unc.edu
Caitlin E. Edwards	Research Specialist	caitedw@unc.edu
Haley Garrett, BS	Research Specialist	haley14@email.unc.edu
Annika K. Gunderson, MSc	Data Manager	agunderson@unc.edu
Katherine Harmsen	Clinical Quality Control Analyst	harmsen@email.unc.edu
Phyllis Johnson	Social Clinical Research Specialist	phyllis_johnson@unc.edu
Marti Kepner	Assistant Project Coordinator	mkepner@email.unc.edu
Erin Kirk	Research Specialist	ekirk@email.unc.edu
Lisa Lindesmith	Research Specialist	lisal@unc.edu
Amy Lowman	Project Director	alowman@email.unc.edu
Ben McGlaughon	Project Manager/Lab Manager	benmcg@unc.edu
Sharon Peacock Hinton	Research Associate	sharon_peacock@med.unc.edu
Trevor Scobey	Laboratory Technician	trevor.scobey@unc.edu
Kyaw Thwai	Research Technician	thwai@email.unc.edu
Yujie Wang, PhD	Biostatistician	yujie_wang@unc.edu
Jerusha Weaver, MPH, CHES	Project Manager	jweave25@email.unc.edu
Boyd Yount, Jr.	Research Specialist	byount@email.unc.edu

Post Docs

Chelsea Anderson	Postdoctoral Scholar
Celeste Butts	Postdoctoral Scholar
Carmen Cuthbertson	Postdoctoral Scholar
David Holcomb	Postdoctoral Scholar
Yixuan (Jacob) Hou	Postdoctoral Scholar
Corinna Keeler	Postdoctoral Scholar
Faye Koenigsmark	Postdoctoral Scholar
Harold Lee	Postdoctoral Scholar
Moa Lee	Postdoctoral Scholar	moalee @ live.unc.edu
Sarah Leist	Postdoctoral Scholar	leist @ email.unc.edu
Albert Liu	Postdoctoral Scholar
Shelly-Ann Love	Postdoctoral Scholar
David Martinez	Postdoctoral Scholar	davidmar @ email.unc.edu
Rita Meganck	Postdoctoral Scholar
Fernando Moreira	Postdoctoral Scholar
John Powers	Postdoctoral Scholar
Amanda Ramos	Postdoctoral Scholar
Jung Kyun Seo	Postdoctoral Scholar
Shahar Shmuel	Postdoctoral Scholar
Mohammad Yaser	Postdoctoral Scholar
Paul Zivich	Postdoctoral Scholar

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