Our Researchers

Myron Cohen, MD, Director

Myron Cohen directs the Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases and is Yeargan-Bates Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology and Epidemiology. He also serves the University as Associate Vice Chancellor for Global Health and Medical Affairs. Dr. Cohen served for 30 years as chief of UNC’s Division of Infectious Diseases before stepping down in 2019.  His research focuses on the transmission and prevention of HIV with emphasis on the role played by STD co-infections. He is co-principal investigator for the global HIV Prevention Trials Network, or HPTN. He was the architect and principal investigator of the multinational HPTN 052 study, which demonstrated that antiretroviral treatment prevents the sexual transmission of HIV-1. Learn more.

William Fischer, MD, Director of Emerging Pathogens

William Fischer is Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicine. With growing expertise in critical care medicine and severe viral pathogens, Fischer has been at the frontlines of UNC Health’s treatment team as COVID-19 hit North Carolina in 2020. The World Health Organization has deployed him overseas to help manage the Lassa Fever outbreak in Nigeria, Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and COVID-19 in Asia and Europe. Learn more.

Nancy Archin, PhD

Nancy Archin, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Ralph S. Baric, PhD

Professor of Epidemiology

Clare Barrington, PhD

Associate Professor of Health Behavior

Joy Noel Baumgartner, MSSW, PhD

Associate Professor, UNC School of Social Work

Sylvia Becker-Dreps, MD, MPH

Associate Professor of Epidemiology; Director, UNC Program-Nicaragua; Associate Director, Office of International Activities

Natalie Bowman, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Ross Boyce, MD, MSc

Ross Boyce, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Faculty Fellow, Carolina Population Center

Miriam Braunstein, PhD

Professor of Microbiology

Anthony Charles, MD, MPH

Director, Malawi Surgical Initiative, UNC Project-Malawi
Associate Professor of Surgery, School of Medicine

Xiang-Sheng Chen, MD, PhD

Professor and Deputy Director, National Center for STD Control, China CDC

Carla Chibwesha, MD, MSc

Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Stephen Cole, PhD

Professor of Epidemiology

Amanda Corbett, PharmD

Assistant Dean, Professsional Curriculum
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Infectious Diseases Division
Associate Director of Global Engagement

Giselle Corbie-Smith, MD, PhD

Kenan Distinguished Professor of Social Medicine

Director, Center for Health Equity Research

Professor of Internal Medicine

Blossom Damania, PhD

Boshamer Distinguished Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Vice Dean for Research

Aravinda de Silva, PhD, MPH

Professor of Microbiology and Epidemiology

Ann Dennis, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases

Dirk Dittmer, PhD

Professor of Microbiology and Immunology

Alex Duncan, MD, PhD

Michael Emch, PhD

Professor of Epidemiology; Professor and Chair, Geography, Fellow, Carolina Population Center

Joseph Eron, MD

Professor and Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases
Director, Clinical Core, UNC Center for AIDS Research
Associate Director, General Clinical Research Unit
Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology

Claire Farel, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases
Medical Director, UNC Infectious Diseases Clinic
Co-Director, UNC Center for AIDS Research Clinical Core

Elizabeth Fitzgerald, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Michelle Floris-Moore, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Infectious Diseases Fellowship Training Program

J. Victor Garcia-Martinez, PhD

Professor of Medicine

Cynthia Gay, MD, MPH

Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases

Medical Director, UNC HIV Cure Center

Bradley Gaynes, MD, MPH

Bradley Gaynes, MD, MPH
Professor of Psychiatry, Division Head, Global Mental Health

Vivian Go, PhD

Professor of Health Behavior

William Goldman, PhD

Professor of Microbiology and Immunology

Carol Golin, MD

Associate Professor of General Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology

Mark Heise, PhD

Assistant Professor of Genetics

Gail Henderson, PhD

Professor of Social Medicine

Michael Herce, MD, MPH, MSc

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases

Marcia Hobbs, PhD

Professor of Medicine and Microbiology Immunology

Irving Hoffman, PA, MPH

Professor of Medicine
International Director, UNC Project-Malawi
Director of International Operations, Institute for Global Health & Infectious Diseases

Mina Hosseinipour, MD, MPH

Professor of Medicine
Scientific Director, UNC Project-Malawi

Michael Hudgens, PhD

Professor of Biostatistics

Christopher Hurt, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
Director, North Carolina HIV Training and Education Center
Co-Leader, UNC CFAR PrEP Scientific Working Group
UNC Site PI, Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Part D

Jonathan Juliano, MD, MSPH

Associate Professor of Medicine

Angela Kashuba, PharmD

Dean of Pharmacy
John A. and Margaret P. McNeill, Sr. Distinguished Professor
Director, Clinical Pharmacology and Analytical Chemistry Core, UNC Center for AIDS Research
Adjunct Professor, Med-Infectious Diseases

Thomas Kelley III, JD

Professor of Law and Director of Clinical Programs

Martina Kovarova, PhD

Martina Kovarova, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine

Anne Lachiewicz, MD, MPH

Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
Director, Immunocompromised Host Fellowship Program

Stanley M. Lemon, MD

Professor of Medicine, Microbiology & Immunology

Jessica Lin, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases

Suzanne Maman, PhD

Professor of Health Behavior, Associate Dean of Global Health

David M. Margolis, MD

Professor of Medicine, Microbiology & Immunology, Epidemiology and Director, HIV Cure Center

Benjamin Mason Meier, JD, LLM, PhD

Assistant Professor of Public Policy
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management

Katrina A. McGinty, MD

Associate Professor of Radiology
Associate Medical Director, Clinical Research Core Service

Virginia Miller, PhD

Professor of Genetics, Microbiology and Immunology; Assistant Dean of Graduate Education, School of Medicine

Cary Moody, PhD

Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology

Kate Muessig, PhD

Associate Professor of Health Behavior

Sonia Napravnik, PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology

Groesbeck Parham, MD

Professor of Global Women's Health

Jonathan Parr, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Infectious Diseases, Member, Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Ecology Lab (IDEEL)

Brian Wells Pence, PhD

Associate Professor of Epidemiology

Audrey Pettifor, PhD

Nancy Raab-Traub, PhD

Professor of Microbiology & Immunology

Bill Rutala, MS, MPH, PhD

Director, Statewide Program for Infection Control and Epidemiology

John Schmitz, PhD

Associate Professor of Pathology and Microbiology; Director of Clinical Immunology, School of Medicine

Arlene Seña, MD, MPH

Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases;
Adjunct Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health

Jennifer Smith, PhD

Associate Professor of Epidemiology; Director, Cervical Cancer-Fee Coalition

Jeff Stringer, MD

Professor & Division Director, Global Women’s Health

Lishan Su, PhD

Professor of Microbiology & Immunology

Ron Swanstrom, PhD

Professor of Biochemistry & Biophysics

Codirector, UNC Center for AIDS Research

Jennifer Tang, MD, MSCR

Associate Professor of Global Women’s Health

James Thomas, PhD

Jenny Ting, PhD

William Rand Kenan Professor of Microbiology and Immunology

Director, Center for Translational Immunology

Co-Director, Inflammatory Diseases Institute

Joseph Tucker, MD, PhD, MA

Associate Professor of Infectious Diseases; Director, UNC Project-China

David van Duin, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
Director, Immunocompromised Host Infectious Diseases Section

Linda Van Le, MD

Leonard D. Palumbo Distinguished Professor of Gynecologic Oncology

David Weber, MD, MPH

Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics, and Epidemiology
Medical Director, UNC Hospitals’ Departments of Hospital Epidemiology (Infection Prevention)
Associate Chief Medical Officer, UNC Health Care

Becky White, MD, MPH

Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
Co-Director of HIV Services, North Carolina Department of Corrections

David Wohl, MD

Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
Site Leader, HIV Prevention and Treatment Clinical Trials Unit at Chapel Hill
Co-Lead, UNC Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Research Working Group