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Faculty Fellows

FPG Faculty Fellows are UNC-Chapel Hill faculty members who play a vital role in our work. The faculty listed below have a primary appointment in an academic or health affairs department, while also actively and substantially participating in research, evaluation, implementation, or technical assistance projects at FPG. Faculty Fellows are valued and respected members of the FPG community, and they benefit the Institute by fostering innovative and interdisciplinary work and increasing our visibility and impact across campus and beyond.

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Professor, Department of Psychiatry; Professor, Department of Psychology; and Director, Psychiatry Neuroimaging Research

Dara Chan

Assistant Professor, Department of Allied Health Sciences

Carol L. Cheatham

Associate Professor, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience

Dorothy Cilenti

Associate Professor, Department of Maternal and Child Health

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Associate Professor, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience

Julie Daniels

Professor, Department of Maternal and Child Health and Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health

Gabriel Dichter

Professor, UNC Departments of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities

Director, UNC Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center (IDDRC)

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William C. Friday Distinguished Professor of Education

Kori Flower

Professor, General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

John Gilmore

Thad and Alice Eure Distinguished Professor, Department of Psychiatry

Daniel P. Gitterman, PhD

Duncan MacRae ’09 & Rebecca Kyle MacRae Professor of Public Policy

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Research Professor, EPIC (Education Policy Initiative at Carolina), Public Policy

Dana Griffin

Associate Professor and Dean's Fellow for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, School of Education

Kristen Harrison

Richard Cole Eminent Professor, Hussman School of Journalism and Media

Clare Harrop

Research Assistant Professor, Department of Allied Health Sciences

Eric Hodges

Associate Professor, School of Nursing

Stephen Hooper

Associate Dean and Chair, Department of Allied Health Sciences

Kara Hume

Associate Professor, School of Education

Iheoma Iruka

Professor, Department of Maternal Child Health

Kimberly Jenkins

Assistant Professor, Department of Health Sciences, Speech and Hearing Sciences

Laura Klinger

Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry

Steve Knotek

Associate Professor, School of Education

Paul Lanier

Kuralt Distinguished Associate Professor, School of Social Work

Melissa Lippold

Assistant Professor, School of Social Work

Allison Metz

Professor of the Practice, School of Social Work

Roger Mills-Koonce

Professor and Program Coordinator, Applied Developmental Sciences and Special Education & Early Childhood Intervention and Family Support, School of Education

Desiree Murray

Senior Research Scientist, Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

Cathi Propper

Associate Professor, School of Nursing

Dalal Safa

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology & Neuroscience

Samantha Schilling

Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics

Meghan Shanahan

Asstistant Professor, Department of Maternal and Child Health, Gillings School of Global Public Health

Margaret Sheridan

Assistant Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, Gillings School of Global Public Health

Jessica Steinbrenner

Associate Professor, Department of Allied Health Sciences

Sean Sylvia

Assistant Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, Gillings School of Global Public Health

Brianne Tomaszewski

Research Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry

Heather Wasser

Assistant Professor, Department of Nutrition

Eric Arden Youngstrom

Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, and Psychiatry

Bharathi Zvara

Assistant Professor, Department of Maternal and Child Health, Gillings School of Global Public Health

Emeritus Fellows

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Professor Emeritus, School of Education

Elizabeth Crais

Professor Emeritus, Department of Allied Health Sciences

Carolyn Halpern

Professor Emeritus, Department of Maternal and Child Health

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Adjunct Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience; F. Stuart Chapin Distinguished Professor, Emeritus

Rune Simeonsson

Professor Emeritus, School of Education

Barbara Wasik

Professor Emeritus, School of Education

Linda Watson

Research Professor, Department of Allied Health Sciences