University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine

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