(May – October 2015)

Our People

Views of fall colors at the Old Well at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Fall 2015 Photo by UNC – Chapel Hill

In Memoriam

Michael O’Malley, PhDAssociate Director, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive

Cancer Center;Adjunct Associate Professor, HPM

Pictured with daughter Bailey, wife Nadine, and Shelby the family dog

In Memoriam

Heather Waterman Huneycutt, DVMMPH Student, PHLP

Pictured with husband Mark (left) and high school friend Lucas Onan

Promotions

Deborah Tate, PhDProfessor, HB

Clare Barrington, PhDAssociate Professor, HB

Promotions

Vijaya K. Hogan, DrPHClinical Professor, MCH

Sonia Napravnik, PhDResearch Associate Professor,

BIOS/MED

Promotions

Promotions

Shu Wen Ng, PhDResearch Associate

Professor, NUTR

Promotions

Shufa Du, PhDResearch Associate

Professor, NUTR

Promotions

Bryce Reeve, PhDProfessor, HPM

Wizdom Powell, PhDAssociate Professor, HB

Promotions

Promotions

Jason Surratt, PhDAssociate Professor, ESE

Promotions

Brian W. Pence, PhDAssociate Professor, EPID

Promotions

Yun Li, PhDAssociate Professor,

Genetics & BIOS

Ramon Bataller, MD, PhD Associate Professor,

NUTR/MED

Promotions

PromotionsAppointment

Shoou-Yih Daniel Lee, PhDChair and Nominated Professor, HPM

Promotions

Anna Schenck, PhDDirector of PHLP

Reappointment

Retirements

Richard Andrews, PhDJoint Professor, ESE

Faculty Retirements

Edward Baker Jr., MDResearch Professor, HPM

Trude Bennett, DrPHAssociate Professor, MCH

Joseph Morrissey, PhDProfessor, HPM

Thomas Ricketts, PhDProfessor, HPM

RetirementsStaff RetirementsBolton, Louise Admin. Support Associate NC Institute for Public

HealthChristian, Ricky

Collins, David

Colvin, Nancy

Williams, Deborah

Accounting Technician

Business Officer

Academic Coordinator

Applications Analyst

BIOS

HPM

EPID

BIOS

Welcome New Faculty and Staff!

Fall views around the campus at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Fall 2015, Photo by UNC

Alexandra Lightfoot, EdD

Research Assistant Professor

Marcy Boynton, PhD

Research Assistant Professor

New Faculty - HB

Nisha Gottfredson, PhDAssistant Professor

Carmina Valle, PhD

Research Assistant Professor

Quefeng Li, PhDResearch Assistant Professor

New Faculty – BIOS

Xianming Tan, PhDResearch Associate Professor

Barbara Turpin, PhDProfessor

New Faculty – ESE

Julea Steiner, PhDClinical Assistant Professor

New Faculty – PHLP

Manya Warrier, PhDResearch Assistant

Professor

Jomari Torres, MDResearch Assistant

Professor

New Faculty - NUTR

Xiaohu TangResearch Assistant

Professor

Zhaohui CuiResearch Assistant

Professor

Shaun Riebl, PhDClinical Research

Assistant Professor

(Not pictured)

Timothy Sheahan, PhDResearch Assistant

Professor

Jessie Edwards, PhDResearch Assistant

Professor

Kristin Young, PhDResearch Assistant

Professor

New Faculty - EPID

Byron Powell, PhD

Assistant Professor

New Faculty - HPM

Alyssa Damon, PhD

Clinical Assistant Professor

Steven Sloate, MBA

Clinical Assistant Professor

Rebecca Slifkin, PhD

Clinical Associate Professor

New StaffAnspach, Amy Assistant Campaign Director SPH Advancement

Atkins, Erica Admin Support Specialist BIOS

Barnes, Kat Admin. Support Specialist DO

Bourg, Julia Soc/Clin Research Specialist MCH

Charamut, Susan Department Staff Liason MCH

Clampitt, Brittany Public Comm Specialist BIOS

Dalton, Jordan Applications Technician ESE

Eaddy, Jessica Research Project Director HB

Easterbrook, John Research Project Manager EPID

Fitch, Tara Accounting Technician MCH

Fuente, David Program Coordinator ESE

New StaffGallina, Jennifer Director of Corporate & Foundation

Relations SPH Advancement

Jaff, Dilshad Research Advisor for Conflict & Disaster Prevention Research GGG

Johnson, Michelle Assistant Director RIS

Kreuzwieser, Kristen Senior Accountant Finance

Lackey, Kathryn Accounting Technician EPID

Lawless, Gina Soc/Clin Research Specialist MCH

Lima Rojas, Deytia Program Coordinator Business Intelligence

Luh, Jeanne Program Coordinator ESE

Marcet, Stephanie Research Specialist EPID

McPhaul, Da’Esha Student Services Manager HB

Saia, Jennie Public Comm Specialist Comm

New StaffSayre, Kate Pace Program Coordinator NUTR

Schalk, Margaret Business Services Coordinator NCIPH

Schmitt, Dorothy Soc/Clin Research Assistant ESE

Shelton, Michael Development Director SPH Advancement

Wang, Yujie Biostatistician BIOS

Warren, Lisa Admin. Support Specialist DO

Williams, Ashley Soc/Clin Research Assistant ESE

Winkler, Judith Promotions & Communications Specialist HB

Zhang, Chongben Research Associate NUTR

Zhou, Xiyou Research Technician NUTR

Staff PromotionsBennett, Vera HR Consultant HR Shared

Services

Crocker, Jason Facilities Coordinator CAU

French, Elizabeth Assistant Dean DO

Halstead, Melissa HR Consultant HR Shared Services

Hudock, Valerie Asst to Chair of Graduate Studies EPID

Made-Jamison, Portia Admin. Support Specialist SPH Advancement

Mitchell, Linda HR Team Lead HR

Moore, Victoria Business Manager EPID

Raines, Annette HR Team Lead HR

Regan, Steve Assistant Dean HR

Thornsvard, Katie Assistant Dean Business Finance

Thank you for your service to

North Carolina!!

5 YearsBevc, Christine A SPH

Coufal, Muchieh M HB

Erinosho, Temitope O NUTR

Glasspoole, Bryce SPH

Gunn, Rebecca N ESE

Harper, Wakefield B ESE

Kepner, Martha C EPID

Kloetzer, Joy F EPID

Pate, Virginia W EPID

Poti, Jennifer M NUTR

Reeve III, Bryce B HPM

Rini, Christine M HB

Rohde, Rebecca R EPID

Scobey, Drew T EPID

Smith, Jason B HB

Surratt, Jason D ESE

Tomsick, Robert J SPH

10 YearsBarr, John A NUTR Paul, John E HPM

Daniel, Crystal R EPID Quach, Muoi T BIOS

Davis, Sonia M BIOS Reiter, Kristin L HPM

Evarts, Jeffrey S SPH Sheridan, Patricia A NUTR

Fisher, Edwin B HB Sotres-Alvarez, Daniela T BIOS

Labbok, Miriam MCH Speizer, Ilene S MCH

Maman, Suzanne HB Thacker, Kimberli A ESE

McNaughton, Heather E HB Truesdale, Kimberly P NUTR

Myers, Julie M PHLP Vizuete, William ESE

Niculescu, Mihai D NUTR

15 YearsAnderson, Christopher Steven NUTRBeach, Nancy W. HPMEdwards, Lloyd J BIOSEvenson, Kelly R EPIDFischer, Leslie M NUTRGoolsby, Rachel W SPHGordon-Larsen, Penny NUTRHerring, Amy H BIOSKleckner, David M EPIDNakamura, Jun ESERandolph, Susan A SPHSerre, Marc L ESESumner Jr, Robert G SPH

20 YearsBell, Paula E EPIDFulton, Michele Marie PHLPPearson, Laura J HBSiega-Riz, Anna Maria SPH, EPID, NUTRSiler-Coleman, Jacqueline M HPMSmith, Kriste Lynn ESEWertheimer, Alice M MCH

25 YearsAmmerman, Alice S NUTR McKee, Evelyn E BIOSBrown, Barbara W SPH Perry, Lisa L MCHCilenti, Dorothy MCH Qaqish, Bahjat F BIOSJones, Lynnette B HPM West, Ande P EPIDMartin, Sandra L MCH Zeisel, Steven H NUTRMargolis, Lewis MCH

30 YearsLee, Joanne O NUTRMiller, Cass T ESETruong, Kinh N BIOSWing, Steven B EPID

35 YearsBangdiwala, Shrikant I BIOSBennett, Vera D SPHEng, Eugenia HBSchoenbach, Victor J EPIDSommers, Janice K NUTR

Awards and Recognition

Fall views around the campus at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Fall 2015, Photo by UNC

Student Awards

Lorenzo Hopper, MPH Doctoral Candidate

MCH

Selected as a 2015-2016 American Public Health

Association Student Fellow

Kristin BlackDoctoral Candidate

MCH

Awarded $20,000 grant from University Cancer

Research Fund

Vineet Menachery, PhDEPID

Selected for National Institute on Aging’s

Pathway to Independence Award

Faculty Awards

Jon Oberlander, PhDProfessor, HP

Recommended as Chair of UNC Social Medicine

Department

Rebecca Fry, PhDAssociate Professor, ESE

Selected as Director of UNC Superfund

Research Program

Faculty Awards

Greg Characklis, PhDProfessor, ESE

Elected to lead Association of Environmental

Engineering and Science Professors

Peggy Bentley, PhDProfessor, NUTR

Elected faculty director of DUKE-UNC Rotary Peace

Center

Faculty Awards

Dean Fixsen, PhD Research Professor,

MCH

Barry Popkin, PhDKenan Distinguished Professor,

NUTR

Elected to board of Global Implementation Initiative.

Honored with Chinese Nutrition Society award for contributions to nutrition

in China.

Herbert Peterson, MD Kenan Distinguished

Professor, MCH

Faculty Awards

Elizabeth Mayer-Davis, PhDChair and Boshamer Distinguished

Professor, NUTR

Allison Stuebe, MDAssociate Professor, MCH

Awarded additional five years funding from CDC for SEARCH for Diabetes

youth project

Named Distinguished Scholar of Infant and Young Child Feeding

at UNC

Faculty Awards

Awarded for contributions to child health

Anita Farel, DrPHClinical Professor,

MCH

Julie Byerley, MDAlumnae, MCH

Elizabeth Tilson, MDAlumnae, MCH

Faculty Awards

Barbara Rimer, DrPHDean and Alumni Distinguished Professor

Nominated to continue as Chair of President’s Cancer Panel

Faculty ElectionsRecently elected

to the Chancellor’s Advisory Committee

Amy Herring, ScDAssociate Chair and Professor, BIOS

Faculty ElectionsRecently elected

to the Faculty Assembly Delegation

James Porto, PhDProfessor, HPM

Alice Ammerman, DrPHProfessor, NUTR

Scholars from the Gillings School of Global Public Health: • Kelly Evenson, EPID (2014-2015)• Archana Lamichhane, NUTR

(2015-2016)

RTI University Scholars Program

Provides support for academic researchers to spend time at RTI

Researcher partners with an ongoing RTI project/collaborator

Goals include fostering collaboration and seeking new opportunities for externally funded joint projects

Applications are usually due in mid-December of each year

For more information: http://www.rti.org/page.cfm/University_Collaborations

Dr. Jackie Olich (RTI) – jolich@rti.orgDr. Eliana Perrin (UNC)