Center Leadership

Dr. Steven Zeisel

Steven Zeisel, MD, PhD
Kenan Distinguished Professor,
Nutrition and Pediatrics
2115-A Michael Hooker Research Center
CB# 7461
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
(919) 843-4731
steven_zeisel@unc.edu

• Co-Director
• Sub Core Co-Director, Metabolic Molecular Phenotyping – Kannapolis

Dr. Elizabeth Mayer-Davis

Elizabeth Mayer-Davis, PhD
Cary C. Boshamer Distinguished Professor, Nutrition and
Medicine Chair, Nutrition
245 Rosenau Hall
CB# 7461
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
(919) 966-7218
beth_mayer-davis@unc.edu

• Co-Director
• Director, Enrichment Program

Dr. Melinda Beck

Melinda Beck, PhD
Associate Chair for Academics
and Professor, Nutrition
2303 Michael Hooker Research Center
CB# 7461
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
(919) 966-6809
melinda_beck@unc.edu

• Sub Core Co-Director, Metabolic Molecular Phenotyping – Chapel Hill

Ian Carroll

Ian Carroll, PhD
Assistant Professor, Nutrition
111 Mason Farm Road
7312C MBRB Building
CB# 7032
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
(919) 843-4893
ian_carroll@med.unc.edu

• Sub Core Co-Director, Nutritional Genomics and Microbiome Core (Microbiome)

Dr. Stephen Hursting

Stephen D. Hursting, PhD, MPH
Professor, Nutrition
2115-B Michael Hooker Research Center
CB# 7461
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
(919) 966-7346
hursting@email.unc.edu

• Director, Animal Metabolism Phenotyping Core-Kannapolis

Martin Kohlmeier

Martin Kohlmeier, MD, PhD
Research Professor, Nutrition
500 Laureate Way
Kannapolis, NC 28081
(704) 250-5023
mkohlmeier@unc.edu

• Sub-Core Director, Clinical and Community Assessment and Intervention: Clinical Assessment

Dr. Katie Meyer

Katie Meyer, ScD
Research Assistant Professor, Nutrition
500 Laureate Way
Kannapolis, NC 28081
(704) 250-5071
ktmeyer@email.unc.edu

• Sub Core Co-Director, Nutritional Genomics and Microbiome Core (Microbiome)

Raza Shaikh

S. Raza Shaikh, PhD
Associate Professor, Nutrition
2203 McGavran-Greenberg
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
(919) 843-4348
shaikhsa@email.unc.edu

• Director, Animal Metabolism Phenotyping Core-Chapel Hill

Susan Sumner

Susan Sumner, PhD
Professor, Nutrition
500 Laureate Way, Suite 4201
Kannapolis, NC 28081
(704) 250-5066
susan_sumner@unc.edu

• Director, Metabolomics and Metabolic Molecular Phenotyping Core

Kimberly Parker Truesdale

Kimberly Parker Truesdale, PhD
Research Associate Professor, Nutrition
2209 McGavran-Greenberg Hall
CB# 7461
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
(919) 966-2327
kim_truesdale@unc.edu

• Sub-Core Director, Human Assessment and Intervention: Diet and Physical Activity in Human Populations Core

Dr. Deborah Tate

Deborah Tate, PhD
Professor, Health Behavior and Nutrition
1700 MLK Jr Blvd, Suite 100
CB# 7294
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
(919) 966-7546
dtate@unc.edu

• Director, Human Assessment and Intervention: CHAI Core

Saroja Voruganti

Saroja Voruganti, PhD
Assistant Professor, Nutrition
500 Laureate Way, Suite 3150
Kannapolis, NC 28081
(704) 250-5009
saroja@unc.edu

• Director, Nutritional Genomics and Microbiome Core (Nutrigenetics)

OTHER CENTER PERSONNEL

Jody Albright
Research Technician, Bennett Lab
500 Laureate Way, Suite 2303
Kannapolis, NC 28081
(704) 250-5049
jodyalb@email.unc.edu

• Core Manager, Animal Metabolism Phenotyping Core-Kannapolis

Tondra Blevins
Research Technician
500 Laureate Way
Kannapolis, NC 28081
(704) 250-5035
tondra_blevins@unc.edu

• Research Technician

Joy Cox Black
Core Manager
2219 McGavran-Greenberg Hall
CB# 7461
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
(919) 966-7237
coxcj@email.unc.edu

• Core Manager, Human Assessment and Intervention: Diet and Physical Activity in Human Populations Core

Anne Cabell

Anne Cabell, MPH
Administrative Director
1700 MLK Jr Blvd, Suite 100
CB# 7294
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
(919) 843-7830
acabell@email.unc.edu

• Administrative Director, Human Assessment and Intervention: CHAI Core

Traci Davis, MS
Research Specialist
Michael Hooker Research
Center #2204
CB# 7461
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
(919) 843-5145
tracid@email.unc.edu

• Core Manager, Animal Metabolism Phenotyping Core-Chapel Hill

Dr. Kelly Evenson

Kelly R. Evenson, PhD
Research Professor, Epidemiology
137 East Franklin Street
Suite 306, CVS Plaza
CB #8050
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
(919) 966-4187
kelly_evenson@unc.edu

• Physical Activity Research Consultant

Derek Hales

Derek Hales, PhD
Research Assistant Professor, Nutrition
McGavran-Greenberg Hall
CB# 7461
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
(919) 966-6089
derekh@email.unc.edu

• Physical Activity Expert, Diet and Physical Activity in Human Populations Core

Jaina Hattabaugh, MPH
Clinical Studies Coordinator –
Human Research Core
500 Laureate Way
Kannapolis, NC 28081
(704) 250-5075
jania_hattabaugh@unc.edu

Sunil Hwang
Lab Manager, Zeisel Lab
500 Laureate Way, Suite 2149
Kannapolis, NC 28081
(704) 250-5041
sunil_hwang@unc.edu

• Core Manager, Metabolic Molecular Phenotyping Sub-Core-Kannapolis

Beth MacIntosh, MPH, RD, LDN
Clinical Nutrition Manager
UNC Healthcare Department of Nutrition and Food Services
Courtyard Café
102 Mason Farm Road
CB# 7777
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
(984) 974-5786
beth.macintosh@unchealth.unc.edu

• Clinical Nutrition Manager, Metabolic & Nutrition Research Core

Susan McRitchie
Program Manager, Sumner Lab
500 Laureate Way
Kannapolis, NC 28081
(704) 250-5067
susan_mcritchie@unc.edu

• Core Manager, Metabolomics and Metabolic Molecular Phenotyping Core

Qing Shi, MS
Research Technician
2215 Michael Hooker Research Center
CB# 7461
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
(919) 966-7162
qing_shi@unc.edu

• Core Manager, Metabolic Molecular Phenotyping Sub-Core-Chapel Hill

Mirek Styblo, PhD
Professor, Department of Nutrition

Mirek Styblo, PhD
Professor, Nutrition
Adjunct Associate Professor, Environmental Sciences and Engineering
2302 Michael Hooker Research Center
CB# 7461
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
(919) 966-5721
styblo@med.unc.edu

• Director, Atomic Absorption Spectrometry Lab

Melissa VerHague, PhD
Research Associate
500 Laureate Way
Kannapolis, NC 28081
(704) 250-5049
verhague@email.unc.edu

• Core Manager, Animal Metabolism Phenotyping Core-Kannapolis