University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine

Name Area Department Start Year Stop Year Advisor
Mary L.
John A AllenGPCRs, Dopamine and Serotonin receptors, Drug Discovery, Neuropharmacology, Cellular Signaling, Biochemistry, Chemical Biology Pharmacology20082011 Bryan L. Roth (post-doc)
Katie Baldwin
Estrada Bernard
Ratna Bhavaraju-Sankaneuromuscular disease, autonomic disorders
Karen E. Boschen Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies2016 Scott E. Parnell (post-doc)
Brian A. Boyd
Victoria Brings Cell Biology and Physiology20132018 Mark J. Zylka (grad student)
Timothy T. Brownhuman brain development, human cerebral functional organization, childhood systems neuroscience, cognitive development, educational neuroscience, fMRI, MEG, PET, EEG Stephen R. Hooper (research assistant)
Paul Richard CarneyEpilepsy, neurophysiology, gene therapy, endocannabidoid, computational neuroscience, imaging
Jaeda Coutinho-BuddDevelopmental Neuroscience, Cell Biology, Glial Biology Neurobiology20102012 Mark J. Zylka (grad student)
Ralph Dacey
Chamara Dharmasri Mladen-Roko Rasin (grad student)
Graham Diering
Gary Earl Duncan Cell Biology and Anatomy Walter Stumpf (post-doc)
Matthew Ewend
Stacy E. Ferguson
Gwenn A. GardenNeuroscience Biology
Benjamin Land GormanHiv, hand, microglia, mental health, behavior Bowles Alcohol Research Center20182019 Abigail Agoglia (research assistant)
Clare Harropautism, sex differences Allied Health Sciences2015 Brian A. Boyd (post-doc)
Mary Hill
Mary L. Hill Psychiatry Akihiko Masuda (grad student)
Yi-Ting HuangDevelopment of semantics-pragmatics interface, Emergent literacy, Language acquisition, Psycholinguistics
David Y. HuangStroke, Alzheimer's disease, neurodegeneration Neurology William J. Powers (post-doc)
Jennifer Wygoda Israelgenomics, evolution Genetics20152017 Terrence S. Furey (post-doc)
Desiree R. JonesAutism, Psychology, Social Cognition Allied Health Sciences Brian A. Boyd (research assistant), Clare Harrop (research assistant)
Vijay Mohan K NamboodiriVisual System, Reinforcement learning Psychiatry Garret D. Stuber (post-doc)
Hsin-Yi LaiNeuroenginering20122013 Yen-Yu Ian Shih (post-doc)
Tieshi LiSkeletal System, Osteoarthritis Pediatrics20082013 Anna Spagnoli (post-doc)
Victoria Alice Machtneurodevelopment, alcohol, neuroinflammation
M. Stephen Mahaley
Catherine Marcinkiewcz
Thomas M. Maynard22q11 Deletion Syndrome, cortical development, neural crest20002005 Anthony LaMantia (post-doc)
Amber McFerrencognitive neuroscience, psychology, psychiatry, brain stimulation Department of Psychiatry Flavio Frohlich (research assistant)
Cara F. O'Connell2006 Kevin T. Larkin (grad student)
Reid H.J. Olsenneuroscience, learning and memory, aging, addiction, neurogenesis, GPCR, G-protein coupled receptors, pharmacology, opiates, DREADDs
Smita Paranjape
Lisa R Parkcochlear implants, pediatrics, hearing, audiology
Scott E. Parnell Kathleen K. Sulik (post-doc)
Thomas D. ParsonsNeuropsychology Neurology Neurology Alexander Tröster (post-doc), Kevin R. Robertson (post-doc)
William J. Powers
Julianna H Prim Allied Health- Physical Therapy2015 Karen L. McCulloch (grad student)
Orla PutnamAutism Spectrum Disorder Speech and Hearing Sciences2020 Clare Harrop (grad student)
Patrick A. RandallAlcohol, Nicotine, Stress, Decision-Making Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies2013 Joyce Besheer (post-doc)
Kevin R. Robertson
Desmond RunyanPublic Health, Social Work, General Psychology Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program19791981 Robert W. Fletcher (grad student)
Feng ShiMachine Learning, Medical Image Analysis Radiology20082013 Dinggang Shen (post-doc)
Yen-Yu Ian Shih
Sarah J. Shortpsychoneuroimmunology, stress, intestinal microflora Psychiatry John H. Gilmore (post-doc)
Susan Silva Robert A. Stern (grad student)
Rubal Singla20212022 Ruifeng Cao (research assistant)
Miriam SklerovParkinson’s disease, atypical parkinsonism, non-motor symptoms
Anna Spagnoli
Wayne Stallaert Genetics Jeremy E. Purvis (post-doc)
Jason L. Steinneuroimaging, genetics, neurodevelopment
Rachel J. Steiner Psychiatry Psychiatry20122015 Sarah J. Short (research assistant), John H. Gilmore (research assistant)
Robert A. SternChronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, Alzheimer's Disease, Neuropsychology
Walter Stumpf
Kristin Sundy20132015 David J. Madden (research assistant)
Alexander Tröster
Mengsen ZhangComputational Neuroscience, Complex Systems, Synchronization Psychiatry2021 Flavio Frohlich (post-doc)
ManHua Zhu Pharmacology2017 Melissa A. Herman (grad student)