GILLINGS SCHOOL - Key Persons


Aadam Haque

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • Research Assistant
  • Research Assistant / Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center

Adam Iona

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • IT Analyst / Programmer - 2

Adia Ware

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director for Academic Advising / Student Affairs
Adia Ware is the Assistant Director for Academic Advising, working with the One MPH Program at the Gillings School and is a part of the leadership team that oversees Academic Advising for the SPH. Ms. Ware has years of experience in student affairs, having worked in program administration, admissions and academic advising. She received her Bachelor of Industrial Design (BID), from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY. After working for years in corporate design, Adia began working with high school youth in a college preparation and personal development capacity for the City University of New York (CUNY). Her work with CUNY led her back to her alma mater to work as an Admissions Counselor/Recruiter and as an Administrator for The Graduate School for Planning and the Environment (GCPE). Adia went on to earn her Master of Science degree in Sustainable Environmental Systems, conducting research on Sustainable Food Systems and Environmental Justice, as well as becoming a Visiting Assistant Professor in GCPE at Pratt.

Adrien Cooper

Job Titles:
  • Accounting Technician
  • Accounting Technician / Department of Biostatistics

Alex Dolwick

Job Titles:
  • Biostatistician
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member

Alison Marquis

Job Titles:
  • Biostatistician
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • Principal
  • Principal Biostatistician / Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center

Allison McGee

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • Research Assistant
  • Research Assistant / Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center

Allison Ng

Job Titles:
  • Biostatistician
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • Biostatistician / Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center

Anastasia Ivanova

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Andrew B. Nobel

Job Titles:
  • Distinguished Professor of Statistics
  • Professor

Andrew Toups

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • Applications Analyst
  • Applications Analyst / Department of Biostatistics

Anita Chen

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • Research Scientist
  • Research Scientist / Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center

Anna Hoffmeyer

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • Project Director
  • Project Director / Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center

Anna Lohmann

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Support Associate
  • Administrative Support Associate / Department of Biostatistics

Anna Wickenheisser

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • Research Assistant

Anneli Leander

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • Research Administrator and Contracting Officer
  • Research Administrator and Contracting Officer / Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center

Annie Green Howard

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Aretha Franklin

Job Titles:
  • Accounting Technician
  • Accounting Technician / Department of Biostatistics

Arielle Valint

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • Research Manager
  • Research Manager / Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center

Artis Jordan Darden

Job Titles:
  • Research Assistant

Ashley Britt

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • Research Specialist

Bahjat Qaqish

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Becky Green

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • Project Manager

Bethsaida Seagroves

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant

Betty Rupp

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • Research Manager

Bonita Yellock

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • Research Administrative Assistant

Bryant Lesnoski

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • Research Specialist

Bryce B. Glasspoole

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • Applications Analyst

Bryce Rowland

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • Senior Research Scientist

Cameron Gunn

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • Research Specialist

Carl Smalley

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • System Programmer / Specialist

Caroline McKay

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Research Assistant

Cary C. Boshamer

Job Titles:
  • Distinguished Professor

Chantal Donaghy

Job Titles:
  • Assistant

Charles Pepe-Ranney

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor

Cheyanne Ritz

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • Public Communications Specialist

Christopher Culpepper

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • Research Specialist

Christopher David Cook

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • Systems Programmer / Specialist

Christy Fenu

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • Research Manager

Clarence E. Davis

Job Titles:
  • Professor Emeritus

Clarice Weinberg

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Professor

Dan Piston

Job Titles:
  • Analyst
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • Programmer

Dana E. Quade

Job Titles:
  • Professor Emeritus

David Couper

Job Titles:
  • Professor

David Hill

Job Titles:
  • Technical Support Analyst

David Li

Job Titles:
  • Biostatistician
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member

Dean Nancy Messonnier

Job Titles:
  • Dean
  • Dean and Bryson
  • Dean and Bryson Distinguished Professor in Public Health

Debbie Quach

Job Titles:
  • Business Officer

Deborah Marean

Job Titles:
  • Survey Programmer and Data Manager

Di Wu

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Doug Schaubel

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania
Doug Schaubel (2002 biostatistics), professor of biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania

Dr. Carolyn Halpern

Job Titles:
  • Chairman and Professor, Maternal and Child Health

Dr. Dennis Gillings

Job Titles:
  • Distinguished Professor
Dr. Dennis Gillings, a former professor of biostatistics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Gillings is the founder and former chairman of Quintiles, a clinical research company which merged with IMS Health to become IQVIA.

Dr. Donglin Zeng

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Professor
  • Co - Director, Carolina Survey Research Laboratory ( CSRL )

Dr. DuBois Bowman

Dr. F. DuBois Bowman, PhD 2000 biostatistics, a distinguished researcher whose scholarship focuses on improving mental health and neurological disorders such as Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease and depression, the University of Michigan School of Public Health's 12th dean and a tenured professor of biostatistics.

Dr. Fei Zou

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Dr. Gary Koch

Job Titles:
  • Director, Biometric Consulting Laboratory ( BCL )
  • Professor

Dr. Jane Monaco

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Associate Professor
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies

Dr. Kari North

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean for Research and Professor, Epidemiology
  • Research

Dr. Kristin Reiter

Job Titles:
  • Chairman, Health Policy and Management

Dr. Kurt Ribisl

Job Titles:
  • Chairman and Jo Anne Earp Distinguished Professor, Health Behavior

Dr. Laura Linnan

Job Titles:
  • Senior Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs Professor, Health Behavior

Dr. Michael Hudgens - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Associate
  • Chairman
  • Chairman and Professor, Biostatistics
  • Professor and Associate Chair
  • Professor and Chair

Dr. Raz Shaikh

Job Titles:
  • Chairman and Professor, Nutrition

Dr. Rebecca Fry

Job Titles:
  • Interim Chair and Professor, Environmental Sciences and Engineering

Dr. Robert Agans

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor
  • Director
  • Clinical Associate Professor

Dr. Robert Smith, III

Job Titles:
  • Vice Dean

Dr. Suzanne Maman

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean for Global Health

Dr. Vaughn Upshaw

Job Titles:
  • Chairman and Professor of Public Health Leadership and Practice

Elizabeth Bradshaw

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • Public Communication Specialist

Elizabeth French

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives

Eric Eyre

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • IT Analyst / Programmer - 1

Eric Laber

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Professor

Ethan Alt

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Ezekiel Koech

Job Titles:
  • Accounting Technician
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member

Feng-Chang Lin

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Forrest DeMarcus

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • Research Assistant

Franklyn Gonzalez

Job Titles:
  • Biostatistician
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member

Haibo Zhou

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Hongqing Tian

Job Titles:
  • Application Analyst

Hope Bryan

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • Data Management & IT Manager

Inam Ghulamhussain

Job Titles:
  • Biostatistician
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member

Jackie Dark

Job Titles:
  • Assistant

James E. Grizzle

Job Titles:
  • Professor Emeritus

James Stephen Marron

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Jamie Crandell

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Jan Louise Smith

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • Research Manager

Jane Eslinger

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Instructor

Jason Thomas Reed

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • Application Analyst

Jeanette F. Kosorok

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • Visual Arts Specialist

Jeff Evarts

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • Application Analyst

Jeff Laux

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Instructor

Jeff Oberhaus

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • Social Research and Communications Specialist

Jeremy Grant Holliday

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • Research Specialist

John James

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • Research Specialist

John S. Preisser

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Jose Santos

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • Research Specialist

Joseph G. Ibrahim

Job Titles:
  • Alumni Distinguished Professor and Director of Graduate Studies
  • Director of Graduate Studies

Julia Hayes

Job Titles:
  • Assistant

Kalyana Chakravarthy Anne

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • Systems Programmer / Specialist

Kara McCormack

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Karthik Edupuganti

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • IT Analyst
  • Programmer

Katherine Flowers

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • Research Specialist

Katie Cook

Job Titles:
  • Assistant

Katie Lucey

Job Titles:
  • Assistant

Keith E. Muller

Job Titles:
  • Professor Emeritus

Kelley Reeves

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • Research Specialist

Keri Stein

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • Research Assistant

Kevin Anstrom

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Professor

Kiersten Little

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • Social / Clinical Research Specialist

Kimberly Ring

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • Project Director

Kinh Truong

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Kinsey Helton

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Instructor
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • Application Analyst

Kinue Beugre

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member

Kristine Thorne

Job Titles:
  • Executive Assistant

Kwan Hye Jung

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • Application Specialist

Landis Wipper

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • Research Assistant

Lawrence L. Kupper

Job Titles:
  • Professor Emeritus

Lee Harrison

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • IT Analyst / Programmer - 2

Lindsey Littleton

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • Research Specialist

Lisa C. Strader

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • Associate Director for Research Operations

Lisa Gravens-Mueller

Job Titles:
  • Biostatistician
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • Supervisor

Lisa M. LaVange - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Professor and Chair and Director

Lisa Reeves

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • Research Manager

Lisa Smith

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • IT Analyst / Programmer - 2

Lisa Warren

Job Titles:
  • Public Communications Specialist

Lloyd Chambless

Job Titles:
  • Professor Emeritus

Lori A. Bateman

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • Project Director

Madison Rauscher

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • Contracts and Grants Manager

Marcus Herman-Giddens

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Instructor

Maria Melendez

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • Executive Assistant

Maria Sanchez

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • Project Manager

Mary Everette

Job Titles:
  • Officer

Matthew A. Psioda

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor

Matti Kidd

Job Titles:
  • Assistant
  • Administrative Support Specialist

Megan Nguyen

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • Research Specialist

Melissa Hobgood

Job Titles:
  • Academic Coordinator - Non - MPH Students

Micah McCumber

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • Associate Director for Biostatistical & Statistical Computing

Michael J. Symons

Job Titles:
  • Professor Emeritus

Michael Love

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Michael S. Newton

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • IT Web Designer / Developer - 2

Michele Inishi

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • Research Specialist

Miranda Wootton

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • Research Assistant

Mirela Scott

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • Research Specialist

Monika Soria Caruso

Job Titles:
  • Contracts & Grants Manager

Mounika Alam

Job Titles:
  • Computing Programmer

Naim Rashid

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Natalie Cheung Rotelli

Job Titles:
  • Manager of Design Hub Analytics, Eli Lilly and Company

Naya Villarreal

Job Titles:
  • Gillings Global Health Associate Director

Nia Mariso

Job Titles:
  • Executive Assistant

Nicole Slye

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • Research Manager

Noah Lenhardt

Job Titles:
  • Executive Assistant

Noah Mason

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member

Noah Won

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member

Pamela Lee

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Dean 's Council, Operations Committee, Practice Advisory Committee
  • Strategic Initiatives Coordinator

Patrick James Ward

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • Research Manager

Pedro Miguel Quibrera

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • Research Manager

Pei Yu Shih

Job Titles:
  • Biostatistician
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member

Ping Shen

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • Application Analyst

Pingping Wu

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • Research Specialist

Rachel Goolsby

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • Project Manager

Rhesia Lewis


Rhoda Cerny

Job Titles:
  • Assistant

Richard C. Zink

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Professor

Richard Smith

Job Titles:
  • Professor

River Thomas Price

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • Research Specialist

Robert Paul Ziff

Job Titles:
  • Distinguished Professor of Statistics

Robert Sumner, Jr

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • Application Specialist

Ronald W. Helms

Job Titles:
  • Professor Emeritus

S. T. Phillips

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • IT Analyst / Programmer - 2

Samiha Chowdhury

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • Application Analyst

Sarah Bagaason

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • IT Analyst
  • Programmer

Sarahi Villa Arreguin

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant
  • Assistant
  • Member of the SPH CAU Action Team

Scott C. Zentz

Job Titles:
  • Systems Programmer / Specialist
  • Systems Specialist

Sean Simpson

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Professor

Shanshan Zhao

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Associate Professor

Sheila Burgard

Job Titles:
  • Biostatistician
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member

Shrikant Bangdiwala

Job Titles:
  • Professor Emeritus

Silvio Arana

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • Research Administrator

Sonia Guarda

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • Research Specialist

Stefanie Schwartz

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • Research Specialist

Stephanie Forman

Job Titles:
  • Assistant

Sunchu Chowdary

Job Titles:
  • Application Specialist

Tanya P. Garcia

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Terry Link

Job Titles:
  • Business Service Coordinator

Tiffany Harris

Job Titles:
  • Academic Program Support Coordinator

Todd A. Durham

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Clinical & Outcomes Research, Foundation Fighting Blindness

Todd Schwartz

Job Titles:
  • Professor and Associate Chair

Trevor Butler

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • Application Analyst

Ty Baker

Job Titles:
  • Assistant to Chair
  • Department of Biostatistics Staff
  • Executive Assistant to the Chair

Vidya Antony

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • Application Analyst

Vincent Toups

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Instructor
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • Senior Research Scientist

Virginia Sharpless

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • Research Project Director

W.R. Kenan

Job Titles:
  • Distinguished Professor at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health

Wei Sun

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Professor

Wendi Seiler

Job Titles:
  • Assistant

Wesley Winkelman

Job Titles:
  • Asst. Dept. Chair for Finance and Administration

William D. Kalsbeek

Job Titles:
  • Professor Emeritus

William McGee

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • Technical Support Specialist

William Valdar

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Professor

Xiaojiang Zheng

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Associate Professor

Yanping Teng

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • Research Manager

Yasemin Garber

Job Titles:
  • Assistant
  • Executive Assistant

Yonghong Nie

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • Stat Computing Programmer

Yue Shen

Job Titles:
  • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center Staff Member
  • Application Analyst

Yufeng Liu

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Yun Li

Job Titles:
  • Professor