The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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January 29 – February 1, 2013
UNC-Chapel Hill Profiles
Dr. Bruce W. Carney
Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost
bruce@unc.edu
Bruce W. Carney, the Samuel Baron distinguished professor of physics and astronomy,
currently serves as executive vice chancellor and provost. A member of the UNC faculty
since 1980, Carney previously served as interim dean of the College of Arts and
Sciences, senior associate dean for the natural sciences, and chair of the Department of
Physics and Astronomy. He was instrumental in shaping the vision and raising funds for
the SOAR Telescope in Chile, which UNC faculty and students use on site and remotely from Chapman Hall in
the Carolina Physical Sciences Complex. He also has been involved in planning for the Sciences Complex, the
largest construction project in the University’s history. Carney is a scholar of optical and infrared photometry
and spectroscopy, stellar populations, and globular cluster ages, with many publications to his credit, including
the book, “Star Clusters” (2001). Among many other leadership positions, he is chair of the board of directors
of the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy. He has served as president of the Astronomical
Society of the Pacific and as a member of the time allocation committee for the Hubble Space Telescope. He
serves on the council of the American Astronomical Society, chairs the board of directors for the International
Gemini Observatory, and is vice president of the SOAR Telescope board of directors. He received master’s and
doctoral degrees from Harvard and his undergraduate degree at the University of California, Berkeley.
Dr. Robert Lowman
Associate Vice Chancellor for Research
lowman@unc.edu
Robert “Bob” Lowman is associate vice chancellor for research and research
professor of psychology, where he serves as senior advisor to the vice chancellor in
the areas of research policy, planning, regulatory compliance and infrastructure. He
works with a faculty of about 3,400 who produced extramural grants and contracts
of about $800 million in fiscal year 2011. He also serves as research integrity officer for the University. Born
and raised in California, Lowman earned his bachelor's degree in psychology at the University of Southern
California in 1967. He pursued graduate studies in psychology at the Claremont Graduate School (now
Claremont Graduate University), earning his master’s degree in 1969 and his PhD in 1973. He has held previous
positions as assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
(1972-76); scientific affairs and international relations officer at the American Psychological Association in
Washington, DC (1976-1981); and assistant and associate dean in The Graduate School and later associate vice
provost for research at Kansas State University (1981-1991). Lowman is a past-president of the Society of
Psychologists in Management. He is also past chair of the Triangle Area Research Directors Council, a group of
research leaders from organizations in the Research Triangle area of North Carolina that meets monthly to
discuss subjects of common interest to the research community. He has served on the Board of Directors of
the National Council of University Research Administrators and currently serves on the Board and Executive
Committee of the North Carolina Association for Biomedical Research. He also serves as executive secretary of
the Phi Beta Kappa chapter at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Dr. Ronald Strauss
Executive Vice Provost and Chief International Officer
ron_strauss@unc.edu
As executive vice provost, Ronald “Ron” Strauss oversees the appointment, promotion and
tenure process, helps lead the Carolina Enterprise Resource Plan, directs the targeted
faculty, spousal hiring and faculty retention programs and coordinates senior academic
searches and reviews. He is the Provost Office's representative for program assessment
and accreditation and serves as a senior member of the budget and program planning
team. He also serves as chair of a number of committees, including the Enrollment Policy Advisory Committee,
the Commencement Committee and the Chancellor's Committee on Academic Responsibility. Additionally, he
serves as the University's chief international officer and has oversight for UNC Global and the Arts. Strauss
came to Carolina in 1974 and, at the time of his appointment as executive vice provost, held joint
appointments in three schools – as Dental Friends Distinguished Professor and chair in the School of
Dentistry’s department of dental ecology, professor in the School of Medicine’s department of social medicine
and clinical professor in the School of Public Health’s department of epidemiology. Since 1977, he has been the
dental director of the UNC Craniofacial Center. Strauss earned a bachelor’s degree in biology from Queens
College, his doctorate in dentistry from the University of Pennsylvania and a subsequent master’s and PhD in
sociology, also from the University of Pennsylvania.
College of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Claudio Battaglini
Associate Professor, Department of Exercise and Sport Science
claudio@email.unc.edu
Claudio Battaglini is associate professor of exercise and sport science in the College of
Arts and Sciences, specializing in exercise physiology. He earned his BS degree from the
Catholic University of Brasilia and his MA and PhD from the University of Northern
Colorado. His research focuses on the effects of acute and chronic exercise on
physiological, psychological and physical functioning in cancer patients. He co-directs the
Get REAL & HEEL Breast Cancer Research Program and the Integrative Exercise Oncology Laboratory. Over the
past 10 years, he has been the recipient of 22 funded research grants and has published over 60 journal
articles and scientific abstracts and two textbook chapters related to exercise oncology. He was the 2010
recipient of Tanner Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching and Mentoring at UNC-Chapel Hill. Prior
to his involvement in exercise oncology research, he was an international level endurance sports coach, with
some of his athletes achieving World Champion status, Pan-American Champion status and Olympic Game
appearances.
Dr. Michael Crimmins
Senior Associate Dean for Natural Sciences
crimmins@email.unc.edu
Michael “Mike” Crimmins, Mary Ann Smith Professor of Chemistry, is senior associate dean
for the natural sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences. As senior associate dean, he
oversees the academic departments and curricula in the division of natural sciences and
mathematics, including: biology, chemistry, computer science, applied sciences and
engineering, environment and ecology, exercise and sport science, geological sciences,
marine sciences, mathematical decision sciences, mathematics, physics and astronomy, psychology and
statistics and operations research. He also oversees the physical space requirements of all the departments in
the College of Arts and Sciences. Crimmins serves as professor of medicinal chemistry-natural products in the
Eshelman School of Pharmacy. He has held leadership positions in the Department of Chemistry, including
chair, vice chair of graduate studies and vice chair of facilities. He is an award-winning teacher and scholar. His
research has focused on synthetic organic chemistry: development of new synthetic methods, novel synthetic
strategies and total synthesis of biologically active and structurally interesting natural products. He previously
chaired the North Carolina Section of the American Chemical Society and received the Society’s Arthur C. Cope
Scholar Award in 2001 and the Charles Holmes Herty Medal in 2004. He received a Tanner Faculty Award for
Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching from UNC in 1999. He earned a BA with honors from Hendrix College, a
PhD from Duke University and did postdoctoral work at the California Institute of Technology.
Dr. Anthony Hackney
Professor and Assistant Chair, Department of Exercise and Sport Science
ach@email.unc.edu
Anthony “Tony” Hackney is professor and assistant chair in the Department of Exercise and Sport Science of
the College of Arts and Sciences, holds a joint appointment in the Department of Nutrition, Gillings School of
Global Public Health, and is adjunct professor in the Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology, School of
Medicine. He earned a BA in health and kinesiology from Berea College, Kentucky, a PhD in exercise physiology
and nutritional biochemistry from Kent State University, Ohio, a DSc ins sports science physiology from the
National Academy Physical Culture, Lithuania, and a Graduate Certificate Public Health from UNC. He did
postdoctoral training at the Department of Defense and National Aeronautic & Space Administration. His
research focus is on endocrine and metabolic responses to physical stress, specifically how reproductive
steroid hormones are modulated by the stress of physical exercise. He is the author of more than 100
publications in exercise physiology and endocrinology. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in
basic human physiology and exercise physiology and lectures in the medical school on biochemistry and
endocrinology. He is a member of Sigma Xi, American College of Sports Medicine, Southeast American College
of Sports Medicine and Triangle Consortium for Reproductive Biology. Hackney is a two time recipient of
Fulbright Scholar awards, in medical sciences (Lithuania) and public health (Poland), and he has held visiting
professorships in Uruguay, Kosovo, Norway, New Zealand, Germany and Estonia.
Dr. Jonathan Hartlyn
Senior Associate Dean for Social Sciences and Global Programs,
hartlyn@unc.edu
Jonathan Hartlyn, Kenneth J. Reckford Distinguished Professor of Political Science, is senior
associate dean for social sciences and global programs in the College of Arts and Sciences.
He oversees aerospace studies, African and African American studies, anthropology,
archaeology, Asian studies, city and regional planning, economics, geography, history,
military science, naval science, political science, public policy, sociology, the Center for
Urban and Regional Studies, and the Curriculum in Peace, War and Defense. He also oversees the College’s
programs in the FedEx Global Education Center, including the Study Abroad Office, African Studies Center,
Carolina Asia Center, Carolina Center for the Study of the Middle East and Muslim Civilizations, Center for
European Studies, Curriculum in Global Studies, Institute for the Study of the Americas, and the Center for
Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies. Hartlyn served as chair of the Department of Political Science for
five years. He also served as associate director and director of the Institute of Latin American Studies, now the
Institute for the Study of the Americas. He has been director of graduate studies and co-director of
undergraduate honors for the Department of Political Science, and he is a past chair of the Council of Chairs of
the College. He is a recognized scholar in the areas of comparative politics of Latin America, especially with
relation to questions of democratization, political institutions, and state-society relations. He received a
Johnston Award for Teaching Excellence from UNC in 2000. He earned a bachelor’s degree with honors from
Clark University and MPhil and PhD degrees in political science from Yale University.
Dr. Thomas Meyer
Arey Distinguished Professor of Chemistry
tjmeyer@email.unc.edu
Thomas “Tom” Meyer is Arey Distinguished Professor of Chemistry in the College of Arts
and Sciences and director of the UNC Energy Frontier Research Center: Center for Solar
Fuels. His research focuses on solar energy conversion and artificial photosynthesis. He
earned his BS from Ohio University and PhD from Stanford University, where he received the Woodrow Wilson
Graduate Fellowship and the National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship. Following, he was appointed a
NATO Postdoctoral Research Fellow at University College, London. He joined the UNC faculty in 1968 and
served as chair of the chemistry department, chair of the Curriculum in Applied Sciences, dean of the Graduate
School and vice chancellor/vice provost for graduate studies and research. From 2000 to 2005, he left UNC to
work at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, first as associate laboratory director for strategic and supporting
research and then associate director for strategic research. He rejoined the UNC faculty in 2005 and assumed
his current position. He has been chief scientist at the Research Triangle Solar Fuels Institute since 2011.
Dr. Robert Miles
Associate Dean for Study Abroad and International Exchanges,
bob.miles@unc.edu
Robert “Bob” Miles serves as the associate dean for study abroad and international
exchanges in the College of Arts and Sciences. He came to UNC as the director of study
abroad in 2000 and is also professor of sociology and international studies. Miles earned a
BSc in sociology (Honors: First Class) from the University of Bath in 1973. He then was a
research associate in sociology at the SSRC Research Unit on Ethnic Relations. In 1978, he was appointed
lecturer in sociology at the University of Glasgow and continued with research on both international migration
and the theory and history of racism. He obtained his PhD from the University of Glasgow in 1986, where he
was promoted successively to a senior lectureship, then a readership, and finally professor of sociology in
1994. In 1993, Miles was appointed as head of the Department of Sociology and began working with the Office
for International Programs with responsibility for liaison with North American exchange partners. In 1995, he
was appointed associate dean for external relations in the Faculty of Social Sciences, and he initiated and
developed the Europe-Japan Social Science Research Center that established academic collaborative
arrangements between the University of Glasgow and a number of leading Japanese universities. In late 1999,
he combined this responsibility with a role in the university’s student recruitment activities in China.
Dr. John Papanikolas
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry
john_papanikolas@unc.edu
John Papanikolas is associate professor of chemistry in the College of Arts and Sciences
and deputy director of the UNC Energy Frontier Research Center: Center for Solar Fuels.
His research focuses on ultrafast spectroscopy, computer simulation, nanoscale
materials, inorganic materials, polymers, surfaces and interfaces. He earned a BA in
chemistry from Bowdoin College and a PhD in chemical physics from the University of Colorado-Boulder,
where he also did postdoctoral work. He joined the chemistry department at UNC-Chapel Hill in 1997, first as
assistant and then associate professor.
Mr. Rodney Vargas
Latin America, Africa & Middle East programs director, Study Abroad Office
rvargas@email.unc.edu
Rodney Vargas joined the Study Abroad Office in the College of Arts and Sciences in 2007 and
currently serves as the Latin America, Africa and the Middle East programs director. A native
of Costa Rica, he is fluent in Spanish, has over 15 years of experience working in the field of
international education and has visited over 20 countries, mostly in Latin America. In addition
to managing and developing study abroad programs in Latin America, Africa and the Middle
East, he also oversees the Green Passport Program for all the UNC students going abroad.
Kenan-Flagler Business School
Ms. Angela Bond
Associate Director of Undergraduate Business Global Programs
Angela_Bond@kenan-flagler.unc.edu
Angela Bond is the associate director of undergraduate business global programs, for
the Kenan-Flagler Business School. Prior to joining Kenan-Flagler, she worked in Human
Resources at GE. She originally joined UNC Kenan-Flagler in 2002, where she first
worked as evening director for the MBA for Executives team briefly before moving over to run the Global
Executive OneMBA® from 2002-2007. She left Kenan-Flagler to pursue an exciting opportunity running the
Executive MBA Program at RSM Erasmus in The Netherlands. While she loved exploring Europe and biking all
over Rotterdam, the cold winters eventually led her to return to her native North Carolina. Bond graduated
from UNC-Chapel Hill with a BA in history and has an MBA from the Kenan-Flagler Business School.
Ms. Patricia Collins
Assistant Director, MBA Global Programs
Patricia_Collins@kenan-flagler.unc.edu
As assistant director for MBA global programs at Kenan-Flagler Business School,
Patricia Collins is responsible for all non-academic administration and execution of the
MBA exchange program. She serves as a board member within PIM (Partnership in
International Management), a consortium of top business schools around the world.
She also helps international MBA students adjust to life in the U.S. and works closely
with career and social clubs, in particular the International Business Association.
Collins was born and raised in Germany. Always attracted to foreign languages and
cultures, it became her passion to travel throughout Europe. After college, where she studied English, French
and Spanish, she worked as an international student advisor in the International Office at Georg-August
University. She later transferred to Munich’s Ludwigs-Maximilans Universität where she worked as a foreign
student advisor. In 1994, she moved from Germany to the U.S. After an initial year of adapting to American
food and culture in West Virginia, a move to North Carolina made her finally feel like home far away from
home. She started working for American Express as a credit analyst in Greensboro, NC, and then she joined
UNC's Kenan-Flagler Business School. Her first job was in the alumni office as the dean's assistant, before
joining the Office of International Programs.
Dr. Lynne Gerber
Adjunct Professor in Strategy and Entrepreneurship
Lynne_Gerber@kenan-flagler.unc.edu
Lynne Gerber directs action-based learning at Kenan-Flagler Business School, supporting
school-wide development and implementation of opportunities for students to transfer
classroom learning to real-world application. She directs the Global Business Project (GBP), a
globally-oriented project course in which teams of business students from multiple schools
work in virtual and on-the-ground teams solving problems for companies doing business in
countries important to U.S. global competitiveness. She also serves on the advisory
committee for STAR, Student Teams Achieving Results. She heads the GBP course at KenanFlagler, and she also serves as a faculty advisor for GBP as well as STAR, with a predominant
focus on guiding teams that focus on developing strategies for market expansion and/or new products or
services. She is lead developer and co-author of the Working Language series (Georgetown University Press),
beginning language courses that combine technologically based, self-directed learning with face-to-face
teaching and immersion in foreign countries to prepare managers to function effectively in the everyday
workplace using the target language. She is a certified trainer of the Intercultural Edge, a cross-cultural tool to
help business people communicate and negotiate effectively across cultures. Before running Kenan-Flagler’s
Center for International Business Education & Research from 2002 to 2009, Gerber ran two 501(c)(3)
corporations: the MBA Enterprise Corps and the North Carolina Global Center (NCGC). The MBA Enterprise
Corps placed MBAs from UNC Kenan-Flagler and 39 other U.S. business programs with companies in the
former Soviet Union that desired assistance in developing profitable businesses in a market economy. The
NCGC developed programs for N.C. businesses and business schools that strengthen global business skills. She
earned her EdD in training and development from North Carolina State University, her MBA from UNC KenanFlagler and her BS in biology from Goucher College.
Mr. Shannon McKeen
Executive Director Global Corporate Relations
Shannon_McKeen@kenan-flagler.unc.edu
Shannon McKeen, executive director global corporate relations, is responsible for
developing relationships with global corporations for the Kenan-Flagler School of Business,
where he also serves as faculty advisor in the Experiential Learning program. He has 20
years of executive experience in sales, marketing and general management, with extensive
expertise in growth strategies, new products and brand rejuvenation. Previously, a vice
president at Hanesbrands, he worked closely with key retailers including Walmart, Target, JC Penney, Kohl’s,
Costco and Victoria Secret. In 2002, he launched C9 by Champion at Target growing the business to $400MM
in two years. As a consultant, he worked in interim senior management roles for companies going through
restructuring or strategic repositioning in hosiery and intimate apparel and has worked with brands such as
Hanes, Reebok, Polo Ralph Lauren and Dickies. He has licensed brands internationally and worked in London,
Saudi Arabia, Ghana, Prague and Hong Kong. As an entrepreneur, he worked with start-up companies and with
new divisions of larger companies, including starting ecommerce sites in the U.S. and China and raising capital
for a medical products companies. Early in his career, McKeen worked as a strategic planning consultant for
Price Waterhouse in Washington, DC, where he worked for clients in the U.S., Saudi Arabia and Ghana. He
holds a BS in mathematics from Williams College and an MBA from The Amos Tuck School of Business at
Dartmouth College. He serves on the Board for Esignature Technologies, the Board of Trustees for Fryeburg
Academy, was a past board member for Courtaulds Textiles and is a member of the National Association of
Corporate Directors, the Marketing Executives Network Group and Inception Micro Angel Fund.
Gillings School of Global Public Health
Dr. Shrikant Bangdiwala
Professor of Research, Department of Biostatistics
kant@unc.edu
Shrikant “Kant” Bangdiwala is research professor of biostatistics in the Gillings School of
Global Public Health and senior statistician in The Injury Prevention Research Center,
The Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention and The Center for Functional
Gastrointestinal and Motility Disorders. He research focuses on methodology for clinical
trials and small samples, with applications in cardiovascular disease, functional bowel
disease, interpersonal violence, and community-based interventions for fitness and health. He has extensive
international expertise from research collaborations and conducting continuing education courses with the
World Health Organization in Latin America and with the International Clinical Epidemiology Network in India,
Thailand, the Philippines and Latin America. He was designated Fulbright Senior Specialist for Global Health for
2005-2010 and has been a Fulbright Scholar in Costa Rica, Argentina, Chile and South Africa. He has been a
visiting professor at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, and the University of Newcastle in Australia. He is also
statistical advisor to the Neonatal Health Research Initiative, a U.S. Agency for International Development
funded series of health studies coordinated from the Government Medical College in Nagpur, India. Since
2003, he has been faculty member and statistical advisor for the Transportation Research and Injury
Prevention Programme at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. He is a member of the National Institutes
of Allergy and Infectious Diseases [Division of AIDS] Data and Safety Monitoring Board for Asia, overseeing
HIV/AIDS clinical trials currently being conducted in India, China and Southeast Asia. He holds membership in
the American Statistical Association, the International Biometric Society, the Society for Clinical Trials and the
International Statistical Institute. He joined the faculty at UNC in 1980 upon completion of a PhD in
biostatistics at UNC.
Dr. Margaret Bentley
Associate Dean for Global Health
pbentley@unc.edu
Margaret “Peggy” Bentley is Carla Smith Chamblee Distinguished Professor of Global
Nutrition and associate dean for global health, serving as a leader for global health in
the school, across health affairs and the University, and externally. She is associate
director of a University-wide initiative for global health and serves on advisory boards
for a number of University groups, as well as for IntraHealth International. She
represents UNC on the Global Health Committee of the Association of Schools of Public Health. She leads the
educational and curricular goals and objectives for global public health and facilitates collaborative teams to
respond to federal funding for international/global research opportunities from the National Institutes of
Health, U.S. Agency for International Development and U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Her
research focuses on nutrition for women and infants, infant and young child feeding, behavioral research on
sexually-transmitted diseases, HIV, and community-based interventions for nutrition and health, with a focus
on India and Africa. She is a founding member of the Advisory Board of the Indo-U.S. Joint Working Group on
Maternal and Child Health.
Dr. Vijaya K. Hogan
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Maternal and Child Health
vhogan@email.unc.edu
Vijaya K. Hogan is clinical associate professor of maternal and child health at the Gillings
School of Global Public Health. She joined UNC in 2002 and since then has been director
of the Curriculum on Health Disparities, adjunct clinical associate professor of Obstetrics
and Gynecology in the School of Medicine and a fellow of the Cecil G. Sheps Center for
Health Services Research. She earned a BA in nutrition from Hampshire College, and an
MPH and DrPH in maternal and child health from UNC-Chapel Hill. Her research activities include perinatal
epidemiology, preterm delivery, infant mortality, health disparities and pathways from exogenous social
exposures and psychosocial factors to disease. She recently received an award of $900,000 from the W.K.
Kellogg Foundation to evaluate First Foods, the foundation's national breastfeeding initiative. Prior positions
include lead epidemiologist for the Preterm Delivery Group and MCH epidemiologist at the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, epidemiology consultant for the Department of Pediatrics at the University of
Nebraska and State MCH Epidemiologist for the Michigan Department of Public Health/Bureau of Child and
Family Services.
School of Dentistry
Dr. Silvana Barros
Research Associate Professor, Department of Periodontology
silvana_barros@dentistry.unc.edu
Silvana Barros is research associate professor in the Department of Periodontology at the
School of Dentistry. She joined UNC from the School of Dentistry at Piracicaba - State
University of Campinas, from 1992 until 2006, where she had full tenure at associate
professor level in the Department of Histology and Morphology. She received her DDS and
PhD in oral biology from the University of Campinas and did a postdoctoral fellowship at the
NIH National Institutes of Dental and Craniofacial Research. She had served as primary mentor for 11 MS/PhD
students before she came to UNC and has mentored 13 MS/PhD students at UNC. She is an active faculty
member of the oral biology PhD program at UNC, serving as member of the Research Advisory Committee and
Admissions Committee. She has received independent grant support and is co-investigator/co-PI on several
NIH and industrial grants. Her research focuses on molecular, clinical and translational research investigating
the host response, including the epigenetic modifications to periodontal diseases and potential systemic
effects of the infectious and inflammatory aspects of periodontal disease. Barros has published over 45 peer
reviewed articles and 80 abstracts and is the co-author of a book chapter. She also a member of professional
organizations including the International Association for Dental Research (appointed to the Membership and
Recruitment Committee); the American Dental Education Association (served on the Science Information
Committee) and the American Academy of Periodontology. She also serves as manuscript reviewer for several
scientific publications such as PLoS ONE, Journal of Dental Research, Journal of Periodontology, Journal of
Clinical Periodontology and the European Journal of Oral Sciences.
Dr. James Beck
Executive Associate Dean
jim_beck@dentistry.unc.edu
James Beck is Kenan Professor of the Department of Dental Ecology at the School of
Dentistry, adjunct professor in the Department of Epidemiology in the Gillings School of
Global Public Health, adjunct fellow at the UNC Center for Health Services Research and
adjunct senior fellow at the Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development at Duke
University Medical Center. He came to UNC from the University of Iowa, where he was
chairman of the Department of Preventive and Community Dentistry from 1979 until 1985. He received his
PhD in epidemiology from UNC-Chapel Hill in 1969. Beck is a member of the editorial review board for the
Journal of Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, Journal of Periodontology and Journal of Periodontal
Research. He directs the Master of Science program in geriatric dentistry and teaches aging subjects in the
dental curriculum. He also oversees the doctoral program in oral epidemiology. In addition to having published
over a hundred journal articles and book chapters, Beck conducts research in geriatric dentistry, dental
epidemiology and health services. He has made a number presentations at the state, national and
international levels.
Dr. Luiz A. Pimenta
Dental Director, UNC Craniofacial Center
pimental@dentistry.unc.edu
Luiz A. Pimenta is a clinical professor in the Department of Dental Ecology. He joined UNC
from the School of Dentistry at Piracicaba - State University of Campinas, where he was full
professor at the Department of Restorative Dentistry from 1992 until 2006. He earned a DDS
from the Federal University of Minas Gerais, an MS from the University of Sao Paulo and a
PhD from the State University of Sao Paulo. He is certified in restorative dentistry and
practiced full-time with emphasis in preventive, restorative and esthetic dentistry. He has been mentor of 18
MS students and 13 PhD students in cariology and restorative dentistry programs. He serves as course director
in the prevention course DDS program and teaches several didactic and clinical courses for DDS and MS
students. He also serves as dental director of the UNC Craniofacial Center. He has presented many lectures and
continuing education courses regionally, nationally and internationally and has published over 50 scientific
articles and 90 abstracts and has co-written 3 textbook chapters. He participates actively in laboratory and
clinical research with focus on cariology and restorative materials. He maintains a part-time intramural
practice in the craniofacial group at UNC devoted to treat high caries-risk patients, restorative and esthetic
dentistry and also implant supported prostheses. Pimenta is also member of several professional organizations
including the International Association for Dental Research and the American Dental Education Association. He
serves as manuscript reviewer for several scientific publications such as the Journal of Esthetic and Restorative
Dentistry, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research, Brazilian Oral Research and BMC Oral Health.
Dr. Jane A. Weintraub
Dean
jane_weintraub@dentistry.unc.edu
Jane A. Weintraub is widely recognized for her expertise in oral epidemiology, dental public
health and clinical researchShe earned her DDS from the State University of New York at
Stony Brook School of Dental Medicine in 1979. She received her graduate training in public
health and dental care administration from Harvard University and practiced dentistry in
health centers in Boston, Mass. In 1982, she began her academic career at the Harvard
School of Dental Medicine, followed by several years at the University of Michigan. In 1988, she joined UNC as
assistant professor in the Department of Dental Ecology. After seven years, she was appointed the Lee Hysan
Professor of Dental Public Health and Oral Epidemiology at the University of California, San Francisco School of
Dentistry, the school's first endowed chair. She also served as the chair of the oral epidemiology and dental
public health division in the preventive and restorative dental sciences department until her departure. During
her time as a professor, she was known for mentoring countless students and early-career researchers as well
as developing and conducting dental caries prevention clinical trials. She continues to hold leadership roles in
numerous committees for a variety of national and international dentistry and public health associations. Her
focus and research in public health dentistry has helped shape scientific guidelines regarding sealants and
fluoride that have become a part of mainstream dental and public health practices. She served as the principal
investigator and director of the Center to Address Disparities in Children’s Oral Health, also known as CAN DO.
In 2008, this National Institutes of Health-funded center received additional funding totaling $24.4 million –
the biggest grant in UCSF School of Dentistry's history. She is a past president of the American Association of
Public Health Dentistry and the International Association of Dental Research's behavioral sciences and health
services research group. She was one of the scientific editors and contributing authors for the first Surgeon
General’s Report on Oral Health. In 2009, she received the International Association of Dental Research's H.
Trendley Dean Distinguished Scientist Award for work in oral epidemiology and dental public health and in
2010 received the American Dental Association's Norton M. Ross Award for Excellence in Clinical Research.
School of Medicine
Dr. James Bear
Associate Professor, Department of Cell Biology and Physiology
jbear@email.unc.edu
James Bear is associate professor in the Department of Cell Biology and Physiology at the
School of Medicine. He earned a PhD from Emory University and was a postdoctoral
fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. When Bear joined the UNC faculty in
2003, he established a research program focused on the molecular basis of cell motility.
His work has been focused on a family of motility proteins, the Coronins. In ten papers,
including two in the prestigious journal Cell, he demonstrated that Coronins are instrumental in a fundamental
process of controlling the actin cytoskeleton, the cell’s internal framework. Bear, a member of the UNC
Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, recently received a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Early Career
Scientist Award supporting his research into proteins associated with cell motility and melanoma.
Dr. Kathleen Caron
Assistant Dean for Research
kathleen_caron@med.unc.edu
Kathleen Caron is assistant dean for research and associate professor in the
Department of Genetics and the Department of Cell Biology and Physiology. She
earned a bachelor’s degree in biology and philosophy from Emory University and a
PhD in cell biology from Duke University. She came to UNC-Chapel Hill in 1997 for a
postdoctoral fellowship and joined the School of Medicine faculty in 2003. The overall scientific goal of her
laboratory is to develop and use genetically engineered animal models to better understand and treat human
disease. Current research focuses on the physiological role of a newly identified peptide vasodilator called
adrenomedullin (Adm) which has been broadly implicated in a wide variety of biological processes and human
diseases. She is associate editor of the Journal of Clinical Investigation.
Dr. Dede Corvinus
Director, Office of Research
dede_corvinus@med.unc.edu
Dede Corvinus is director of the Office of Research in the School of Medicine. She has been
with the Office of Research since 1997. As Director, she works closely with the vice dean for
research, Terry Magnuson. The Office of Research focuses on developing and maintaining
the infrastructure needed to support the biomedical research enterprise across campus.
She earned a PhD in geology, specifically peat petrology as it relates to coal seam
formation. She has worked in the Okefenokee Swamp in Georgia and the Albemarle Peninsula in North
Carolina. She also has an MFA in acting.
Dr. Luis A. Diaz
C.E. Wheeler Jr. Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Dermatology
luis_diaz@med.unc.edu
Luis A. Diaz is C.E. Wheeler Jr. Distinguished Professor and chair in the Department of
Dermatology at the School of Medicine. His clinical interests include adult dermatology
and autoimmune diseases, and his research focuses on the autoimmunity of pemphigus
and immunofluorescence. He earned his MD from Universidad Nacional de Trujillo in Peru,
completed a medicine internship at Ellis Hospital in Schenectady, NY, did his dermatology
residency at the State University of New York, Buffalo, and completed a postdoctoral immunology fellowship
at the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Rochester, MN. Prior faculty appointments include the University of
Michigan (assistant and associate professor), Johns Hopkins University (associate professor and professor) and
the Medical College of Wisconsin (professor and chair). Diaz is board certified in dermatology, dermatological
immunology/diagnostic and laboratory immunology. He served as president of the Society of Investigative
Dermatology in 2000 and is a member of the American Society of Clinical Investigation, the Association of
American Physicians and the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences.
Dr. Nancy DeMore
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery
nancy_demore@med.unc.edu
Nancy DeMore is associate professor in the Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical
Oncology, at the School of Medicine and is a member of the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive
Cancer Center. She earned an MD from Chicago Medical School, did her residency at Boston
University Medical Center and completed a surgical oncology fellowship at Memorial SloanKettering Cancer Center. Her specialties include breast surgical oncology, oncoplastic surgery
and breast cancer in young women and high risk patients. In 2012, she received the Murray F. Brennan Award
for sarcoma research from the Kristen Ann Karr Fund which provides funding for research conducted by a
graduate of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Surgical Oncology Fellowship Program. She has since
established her research in developing novel therapies for angiosarcoma at UNC. Other awards include: the
2004 Department of Defense Physician-Scientist Training Award for Breast Cancer Research, 2003 NIH BIRWCH
Scholar Award, 2003 Kimmel Scholar Award for Translational Research, 2002 Breast Cancer Research
Foundation Clinical Research Career Development Award from the American Society of Clinical Oncology and
2000 Society of Surgical Oncology/ Aztrazeneca Oncology Fellowship Award for Clinical Research.
Dr. Mohanish Deshmukh
Associate Professor, Department of Cell Biology and Physiology
mohanish@med.unc.edu
Mohanish Deshmukh is associate professor in the Department of Cell Biology and
Physiology at the School of Medicine. He earned a BS from St. Xavier's College and PhD
from Carnegie Mellon University and did postdoctoral work at Washington University. He
joined the School of Medicine faculty and the UNC Neuroscience Center in 2000. He is
also a member of the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center and the UNC
Neurodevelopmental Disorders Research Center. His research interests focus on understanding the
mechanism of neuronal programmed cell death.
Dr. Robert Duronio
Assistant Dean for Research
duronio@med.unc.edu
Robert “Bob” Duronio is assistant dean for research, professor in the Department of
Biology and Department of Genetics, and director of the Curriculum in Genetics and
Molecular Biology. He is a member of the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center.
He earned a bachelor’s in biology from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a PhD in
molecular biology and biochemistry from Washington University in St. Louis and did
postdoctoral work at the University of California, San Francisco. His research focuses on understanding the
molecular mechanisms that regulate the cell cycle during animal development. He works with the fruit fly
Drosophila melanogaster using molecular and genetic approaches to understand how gene expression at the
G1-S transition is influenced by developmental programs to coordinate growth and organ formation. He came
to UNC in 1996, has directed the curriculum since 2003 and has also directed the Biological and Biomedical
Science Program.
Mr. Sam Hawes
Program Manager, Office of International Activities
shawes@med.unc.edu
Sam Hawes is the program manager for the Office of International Activities at the
School of Medicine. He works closely with the school's student global health groups,
advises students and residents pursing international experiences and assists with the
development of global health educational resources for UNC medical students, public health students and
resident physicians. He also manages the school’s International Visiting Student Program and the
financial/administrative functions of the office. His work and studies have taken him to Honduras, India,
Indonesia, Mexico and Spain. Prior to joining UNC, he worked as a regulatory coordinator for the Collaborative
Antiviral Study Group, a National Institutes of Health sponsored multi-center trials group headquartered at the
University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine with clinical centers across the U.S. and select
international sites, a sales representative with Transportation South, Inc. and as a congressional fellow with
the Subcommittee on Drug Policy, Criminal Justice and Government Reform of the U.S. government where he
worked on U.S. Agency for International Development Asia management and policy evaluation and sex/HIV
education policy issues. He earned an MPH from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and is currently
pursuing an MBA from UNC's Kenan-Flagler Business School.
Dr. Ian Martin
Associate Director, Office of International Activities
ian_martin@med.unc.edu
Ian B.K. Martin is associate director of the Office of International Activities and assistant
professor of emergency medicine and internal medicine at the School of Medicine. He also
serves as the associate residency director and director of the Emergency Medicine, Global
Health and Leadership Program. He is a Simmons Scholar and a member of the Academy of
Educators at UNC. He earned a BS from Duke University and lived in Cameroon before
starting medical school. He earned his MD from MCP-Hahnemann School of Medicine and trained in
emergency medicine and internal medicine at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, where he also served as
chief resident. He is board-certified in emergency medicine and general internal medicine. Martin has thus far
dedicated his academic career to improving the delivery of emergency care internationally—with emphasis on
East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania and Malawi). At Duke, he founded the Duke International Emergency Medicine
Fellowship/Global Health Residency Program. At UNC, he cares for patients in the emergency department and
the inpatient general medicine teaching service. Martin has led several relief trips to Kenya and Tanzania. As
part of his strategy for sustainability in this region, he has developed clinical rotations for medical students and
residents in Arusha, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya. His research interests include acute care registries and
outcomes research in East Africa and ED-based HIV screening/testing. A longtime member of the Society for
Academic Emergency Medicine, Martin is founder and president of the Global Emergency Medicine Academy.
UNC Global
Ms. Kathleen Bowler Young
Director of Global Relations
kbowler@unc.edu
Kathleen “Katie” Bowler Young has been director of global relations for UNC Global
since 2011, overseeing a global relations portfolio that includes support for
partnerships and linkages, global communications, and cultural programming. She
has spent more than eighteen years working in communications, publishing, and
film and commercial production. Prior to her current position, she was assistant dean for communications at
the UNC School of Law, where she was also editor of Carolina Law magazine. Before coming to UNC, she was
senior manager for communications at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, where
she was also editor of Global Health. She is the author of State Street (Bull City Press, 2009), and her scholarly
and feature writing has appeared in Artsee, The Times-Picayune, Alternative Medicine, the Journal of the
Medical Sciences, and other publications. She earned her Master of Fine Arts in creative writing with a
concentration in poetry from Warren Wilson College and her bachelor’s degree in communications from the
University of New Orleans.
Ms. Melissa McMurray
International Liaison Officer
melissa_mcmurray@unc.edu
Melissa McMurray recently was appointed international liaison officer for UNC Global and is
responsible for coordinating and hosting university-wide visits by institutional partners and
international delegations, providing protocol guidance, managing the MOU and agreement
process and supporting the university’s partnerships with international institutions. Prior,
she served as the special assistant for UNC Global, supporting the directors of development
and global relations. Before coming to UNC in 2004, McMurray worked with international students at
Georgetown University in the English as a Foreign Language Program, coordinating activities, events, student
services and publications. She earned a Master of Arts in international studies from the University of South
Carolina and a Bachelor of Arts in international relations and Spanish from the University of Richmond.