Faculty and Staff

Meet our faculty and staff

Our faculty and staff work across various disciplines across the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Philip Sloane headshotCo-directors

Phil Sloane, MD, MPH

​Distinguished Professor of Family Medicine and Director of Academic Advancement.

Get in touch with Dr. Sloane

 

 

sheryl zimmerman at shepsSheryl Zimmerman, PhD

​Kenan Distinguished Professor of Social Work

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Researchers

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Chrissy Kistler, MD, MASc

Associate Professor of Family Medicine

Get in touch with Dr.Kistler

 

 

 

John Preisser, PhDPreisser faculty photo

Professor, Department of Biostatistics, Gillings School of Global Public Health

Get in touch with Dr. Preisser

 

Research staff

Kimberly Ward

MPH, Research Associate ​and Co-Director of Collaborative Studies of Long-Term Care kimberly_ward@unc.edu

 

Johanna v.T S​ilbersack Hickey, MSW

Research Associate

jvtsilbersack@unc.edu

 

Christopher Wretman, PhD

Research Associate

wretman@live.unc.edu

 

Jennifer Hodgkinson, MA

Social Clinical Research Specialist

jencm@email.unc.edu

 

Julia Thorp, MA

Social Clinical Research Assistant

julthorp@schsr.unc.edu

 

Patricia Poole, RDH, MS

Dental Hygienist

patricia_poole@unc.edu

 

Chris Mygrant, MS, CSCS

Clinical Research Coordinator

chris_mygrant@med.unc.edu