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Biology - Faculty Research Interests
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Emmanuel M Awumey, Assistant Professor
(919) 530-7644



 
 
Research Interest - Cardiovascular: characterization and signal transduction mechanism of the sensory nerve calcium sensing receptor

Antonio Baines's photos
Antonio T Baines, Assistant Professor
(919) 530-6542



 
 
Research Interest - Cancer: identifying and validating molecular targets in pancreatic cancer; signal transduction

Xiaoxin Chen's photos
Xiaoxin Chen, Associate Professor
(919) 530-6425



 
 
Research Interest - Cancer: mechanism and prevention of oral and esophageal cancer

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John C Clamp, Professor
(919) 530-6395



 
 
Research Interest - Protozoology: systematics, ecology, reproduction and functional morphology of peritrich ciliates

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Gregory J Cole, Professor and Chair
(919) 530-6034



Education:
PhD Florida State University 1982
BA State University of New York, Plattsburgh 1976
 
 
Research Interest - Neuroscience: developmental neurobiology; effects of ethanol exposure on central nervous system development

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Jodie M Fleming, Assistant Professor
(919) 530-6216

Laboratory Website: https://sites.google.com/site/drjodiemfleming/

Education:
PhD Rutgers University 2006
BS University of Delaware 2000
 
 
Research Interest - Cancer: health disparities of breast cancer, with a focus on molecular mechanisms underlying health disparities in this cancer

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Delores J Grant, Assistant Professor
(919) 530-7018



 
 
Research Interest - Molecular genetics: effect of single-nucleotide polymorphisms on gene expression

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Wendy Heck-Grillo, Assistant Professor
(919) 530-7063



Education:
PhD University of Louisville 2000
 
 
Research Interest - Undergraduate Science Education: student attitudes and motivation ; student assessment and student learning outcomes

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Gail P Hollowell, Assistant Professor
(919) 530-6403



Education:
PhD Howard University 1998
MS Howard University 1996
BS North Carolina Central University 1990
 
 
Research Interest - Undergraduate Science Education: increasing more competitive students for graduate and professional schools and STEM careers

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Ju-ahng Lee, Assistant Professor
(919) 530-7003



 
 
Research Interest - Neuroscience: genetic understanding of the nervous system; neurodegenerative diseases; effects of ethanol exposure on microglia and development

TinChung Leung's photos
TinChung Leung, Assistant Professor
(704) 250-5728



 
 
Research Interest - Nutrition: using zebrafish as a vertebrate model system to study angiogenesis; studying the potential of chemical modulators to suppress cardiovascular diseases and to combat cancer

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Mildred A Pointer, Associate Professor
(919) 530-7016

Post doctorate in Renal Micropuncture Unit at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine 1983-1986

Post-doctorate in Division of Vascular Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital at Harvard Medical School 1986-1988.

Education:
PhD Wake Forest University 1983
BS North Carolina Central University 1974
 
 
Research Interest - Physiology: hypertension, end-stage renal disease

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Ricardo M Richardson, Director of Cancer Program
(919) 530-6421



 
 
Research Interest - Cancer: chemoattractants, chemokine receptors

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Catherine S Key, Assistant Professor
(919) 530-5365

Dr. Cathy Silver Key hails from the Mid-west: born and raised in St. Louis, MO. She received the Muriel E. Babcock Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Biological Sciences upon graduating magna cum laude with her B.S. in 1988. She worked for 1 year as a research technician at Washington University in St. Louis on the Human Genome Project before moving to North Carolina to pursue her Ph.D. in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at UNC-Chapel Hill. Upon completing her Ph.D. in 1997,... (read more)

Education:
PhD University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 1997
BS University of Missouri St. Louis 1988
 
 
Research Interest - Developmental Biology: cell-cycle regulatory genes; DNA damage and ubiquitin pathway defects in Drosophila

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Daniel Williams, Associate Professor
(919) 530-6541



 
 
Research Interest - Microbiology: infectious disease, host-pathogen interaction, mechanism of antibiotic resistance

ClarLynda Williams-DeVane's photos
ClarLynda R Williams-DeVane, Assistant Professor
(919) 530-7032



 
 
Research Interest - Bioinformatics: management and analysis of multiple domain cardio-metabolic and cancer health disparity data

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Xiaohe Yang, Associate Professor
(704) 250-5726



 
 
Research Interest - Cancer and Nutrition: modulation of ER-­erbB-­2 crosstalk in breast carcinogenesis and prevention; In utero exposures to bioactive factors and breast cancer risk in later life