Trainee Profiles

Patrick Archdeacon, MD
Renal Transplant Fellow: 1st Year
Adult Nephrology: 2005-2007
patrick_archdeacon@med.unc.edu

Research Interests:Dr. Archdeacon is studying the role of epithelial mesenchymal transition in renal fibrosis and looking at the mechanisms which drive EMT in response to injury in the hope to learn to regulate this drive and thereby promote recovery from acute renal failure, prevent scarring in chronic kidney disease, and ameliorate outcomes in renal transplant.

Andy Bomback, MD
Adult Nephrology/Renal Epidemiology: 2nd Year
abomback@unch.unc.edu

Research Interests: Aldosterone's role in chronic kidney disease and thrombotic complications of chronic kidney disease.

Vimal Derebail, MD
Adult Nephrology/Renal Epidemiology: 2nd Year
vimal_derebail@med.unc.edu

Research Interests: Examining forms and prevalence of familial hypertensive disorders and subsequent kidney disease; Promoting the choice of peritoneal dialysis as outpatient modality of renal replacement therapy.

Keisha Gibson, MD
Peds Nephrology/ Renal Epidemiology: 3rd Yr
keisha_gibson@med.unc.edu

Research Interests: Dr. Gibson's research is primarily focused on the characterization of children and adolescents with lupus nephritis .  Initial observational studies are aimed to determine overall morbidity and mortality, evaluate risk factors for disease progression, and evaluate current treatment strategies.  Current and planned clinical trials evaluating standard and new therapies for lupus nephritis in children and adolescents are in progress.

Patrick Gipson, MD
Adult Nephrology: 2nd Year
patrick_gipson@med.unc.edu

So Yoon Jang, MD
Adult Nephrology: 1st Year
sjang@unch.unc.edu

JulieAnne McGregor, MD
Adult Nephrology: 1st Year
mailto:JMcgrego@unch.unc.edu

Scott Sanoff, MD
Adult Nephrology/Renal Epidemiology: 3rd Yr
mailto:ssanoff@unch.unc.edu

Research Interests: Identification and modification of population based risk factors for CKD, the study of CKD as an international public health problem, and investigating new models of health care delivery.

Greg Smith, MD
Adult Nephrology: 2nd Year
gsmith@unch.unc.edu

Ahinee Amamoo , MS
Renal Epidemiology/Predoctoral: 2nd Year
mailto:ahinee@unc.edu

Research Interests: Examining Racial
Health Disparities; Social Epidemiology

David Bautz
Research/Biochemistry/Predoctoral
dbautz@email.unc.edu

Delesha Miller, MPH
Renal Epidemiology: 1st Year
dlmiller@email.unc.edu

Research Interests:Interpersonal influences on disease self-management for persons living with autoimmune conditions. Specifically, Ms. Miller is interested in how receiving conflicting medication information from different sources affects medication adherence for lupus and vasculitis patients. She is also interested in how male and female patients cope differently with their illnesses. She is a fourth-year doctoral student in the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education at UNC Chapel Hill.

Sofia Lionaki, MD
Greece
sofia_lionaki@med.unc.edu

Research Interests:Autoimmune Diseases of the Kidney and especially ANCA-glomerulonephritis, Lupus Nephritis and Idiopathic  Membranous  Nephropathy.

Lee Gray, MD
Adult Nephrology: 2005-2007

Piedmont Nephrology & Hypertension Associates
Hickory, NC

Peter Hewins, MD
Visiting Scholar: 2005-2007

University of Birmingham Medical School
Birmingham, UK

Carla Nester, MD
Peds/Adult Nephrology/Research: 2003-2007

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine and Pediatrics at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa

David Shoham, PhD, MSPH
Renal Epidemiology Fellow

Assistant Professor
Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology
Loyola University, Stritch School of Medicine
Chicago, IL

Jennifer Slickers, MD, MPH
Pediatric Nephrology: 2004-2007

Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics, Nephrology Division
Doernbecher Children's Hospital
Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU)
Portland, OR

Karin True, MD
Adult Nephrology:2002-2004
Renal Transplant: 2006-2007

Assistant Professor
UNC Kidney Center
Chapel Hill, NC

Regulo Valdes, MD
Visiting Scholar: 2006-2007

Servicio de Nefrologia
Complejo Hospitalario Metropolitano
Caja de Seguro Social
Via Transistmica
Panama, Panama