Establishing research is a priority that relates to the Campbell Medicine mission. Our faculty make contributions to the advancement of medicine through areas such as basic science, clinical science, medical and educational research.
Research Faculty
Oleg Alekseev
Dr. Alekseev’s research focuses on the investigation of the utility of tNASP as a potential diagnostic marker for PC.
Bonnie Brenseke
Disease prevention through recognizing the causal or contributing factors has been the basis of my research thus far. The bulk of Dr. Brenseke’s research is rooted in the fetal origins of adult disease which examines how early (e.g., in utero or during the post-natal period) exposures to harmful agents can have long-term consequences. To date, she has focused on nutritional exposures and the impact that a maternal high fat diet has on the growth and development of the offspring, particularly as it relates to bone and metabolic health.
Adam Foster
Dr. Foster’s research focuses on how growth and development of the locomotor system can provide insight into the links between form and function in humans and other mammals to explore how these organisms adapt to environmental and ecological challenges.
Terri Hamrick
Research in Dr. Hamrick’s lab focuses on in vivo and in vitro virulence properties of Listeria monocytogenes. To that end we generate targeted bacterial mutants, and assess virulence in models of infection and in tissue culture cells. A new area of interest in the lab involves the development antivirulence compounds as an alternative to antimicrobials and antibiotics.
Victoria Kaprielian
Dr. Kaprielian’s primary focus is on education, and assessment of various educational modalities. I also have a strong interest in clinical quality improvement and patient safety.
Yen-Ping Kuo
Dr. Kuo’s research focuses on determining the critical infectious diseases issues in the underserved areas of the State of North Carolina, and to identify the preventative opportunities to improve the public health in these areas.
Yunbo Robert Li
Oxidative and inflammatory stress in degenerative disorders and mechanistically-based chemoprotection.
Bruce W. Newton
The impact of undergraduate medical school education on the affective and cognitive empathy. This is a seven-year longitudinal study that looks at changes in empathy for the first four matriculating Campbell Medicine classes.
Nicholas Pennings
Dr. Penning’s research includes the impact of insulin levels and insulin resistance on the tendency to gain weight and ability to lose weight, effect of personalized coaching on tobacco cessation quit rates and development of obesity curriculum for medical school education.
Robert R. Terreberry
Dr. Terreberry’s research focuses on curriculum development: the use of technology in the teaching of anatomy.
Hong Zhu
Dr. Zhu focuses on oxidative stress in the pathogenesis of diseases and intervention of the disease processes by up-regulating the antioxidative system.