Thurston Arthritis Research Center Faculty


Joanne M. Jordan, MD, MPH

Director, Thurston Arthritis Research Center
Chief, Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology
Herman & Louise Smith Distinguished Professor of Medicine
Adjunct Professor, Epidemiology




Robert Berger, MD

  • Professor of Medicine
  • Chief Medical Information Officer
  • Associate Chief of Staff
  • Clinical Professor of Pharmacy

Leigh Callahan, PhD

  • Professor, Departments of Medicine and Social Medicine
  • Adjunct Associate Professor, Dept. of Epidemiology
  • Research Fellow, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research

Robert DeVellis, PhD

  • Professor

Mary Anne Dooley, MD, MPH

  • Associate Professor

Elizabeth Duncan, MD, PhD

  • Assistant Professor

Yvonne Golightly, PT, MS, PhD

  • Research Assistant Professor

Nortin M. Hadler, MD MACP MACR FACOEM

  • Professor
  • Attending Rheumatologist, UNC Hospitals

Maya Jerath, MD, PhD

  • Assistant Professor
  • Director, Allergy/Immunology Fellowship Program
  • Director, UNC Allergy/Immunology Clinc

Beth L. Jonas, MD

  • Associate Professor
  • Director, Rheumatology Fellowship Program

Edwin Kim, MD, MS

  • Clinical Assistant Professor

Peng Liu, MD, PhD

  • Research Assistant Professor

Amanda E. Nelson, MD, MSCR

  • Assistant Professor

Alfredo Rivadeneira, MD

  • Associate Professor

Robert Roubey, MD

  • Associate Professor of Medicine

Maureen Su, MD, AM

  • Assistant Professor

Teresa Tarrant, MD

  • Assistant Professor

Kinga Vereczkey-Porter, MD

  • Associate Professor

William Yount, MD

  • Reeves Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Microbiology and Immunology