Category: Researchers
School of Medicine > Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology > Division: Maternal-Fetal Medicine (MFM)
Neeta Vora is interested in reproductive genetics and prenatal diagnosis as they pertain to maternal obesity, fetal neurodevelopment, preterm labor, and growth parameters.
(Keywords: Fetal neurodevelopment, growth, maternal obesity, prenatal diagnosis, preterm labor, reproductive genetics)
School of Medicine > Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology > Division: Gynecologic Oncology
Paola Gehrig is interested in gynecologic oncology.
(Keywords: Gynecologic oncology)
Gillings School of Global Public Health > Department of Nutrition > Division: None
I work in the ‘first thousand days’ – pregnancy through 2 years of age, on observation and longitudinal research, including interventions, to improve maternal and infant/toddler outcomes. In NC, prevention of pediatric obesity begins in the first two years of life. We are beginning an intervention, Mothers and Others: Family Based Obesity Prevention for Infants and Toddlers, which will begin in pregnancy.
(Keywords: Child health outcome, longitudinal studies, maternal health outcome, observation, pediatric obesity, pregnancy)
Gillings School of Global Public Health > Department of Nutrition > Division: None
Penny Gordon-Larsen is interested in nutrition and obesity.
(Keywords: Nutrition, obesity)
Gillings School of Global Public Health > Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering > Division: None
Rebecca Fry is interested in environmental toxicology and prenatal exposure.
(Keywords: Environmental toxicology, prenatal exposure delayed effects)
School of Dentistry > Department of Periodontology > Division: None
Ricardo Teles is interested in periodontal disease.
(Keywords: Periodontal diseases)
School of Medicine > Department of Medicine > Division: Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Robert Sandler is interested in gastrointestinal disorders and cancers.
(Keywords: Gastrointestinal diseases, gastrointestinal system (cancer))
School of Medicine > Department of Psychiatry > Division: None
Samantha Meltzer-Brody is interested in women’s mood disorders and women’s mental health.
(Keywords: Mood disorders in women, women’s mental health)
School of Medicine > Department of Social Medicine > Division: Medical Humanities
Silvia Tomášková is interested in gender studies. She is a faculty member in the College of Arts and Sciences Department of Women’s and Gender Studies, listed in HeelsCollaborate under the Department of Social Medicine, Division of Medical Humanities.
(Keywords: Gender studies)
Gillings School of Global Public Health > Department of Health Policy and Management > Division: None
Stacie Dusetzina is interested in pharmacoepidemiology and drug utilization research, pharmaceutical and FDA policies, treatment of multiple chronic conditions, cancer treatment, and mental illness treatment.
(Keywords: Cancer (treatment), chronic diseases (treatment), drug and narcotic control, drug utilization (research), mental illness (treatment), multiple chronic conditions, pharmacoepidemiology)