Admitted students get a commitment from a faculty member with overlapping interests who serves as the advisor and dissertation chair. This insures that the student has a faculty member who advocates for and supports them, even before they arrive at UNC.
This is our current list of advisors with links to their individual profiles:
![HPM faculty member Sean Sylvia meets with PhD students in the conference room](https://sph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/112/2019/11/hpm_phd_meeting_sean_sylvia-1024x809.jpg)
HPM Assistant Professor and PhD advisor Sean Sylvia meets with PhD students in the HPM conference room.