Staff: Patrick F. Sullivan | Helena Furberg Barnes | Molly Losh | Jim Crowley | Thomas Konneker | Andrea Byrnes
Affiliates: Cynthia Bulik, PhD | Robert K. McClure | Laura Marie Thornton | Tammy Root | Rebecca Knickmeyer | Lauren Reba-Harrelson


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Patrick F. Sullivan
Distinguished Professor, Genetics, Psychiatry, & Epidemiology
Foreign Adjunct Professor, Karolinska Institutet
University of Notre Dame, BS, 1981
University of California, San Francisco, MD, 1988
Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, 1994
Factoid:  Ran for Adidas for 5 years, black belt in TKD. Concepts to live by: RTFM, eschew black boxes, "it depends...", love the H0.
Favorite Movie:  Rashomon
Ancestry:  German>Irish (despite the name)
Ability to roll tongue?:  HIPAA prohibits disclosure


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Helena Furberg Barnes
Assistant Professor, UNC Department of Genetics
UNC, PhD Epidemiology, 2001
UNC, MSPH Epidemiology 1997
Wake Forest, BA Studio Art 1991
Factoid:  Majored in Studio Art before getting into the sciences
Favorite Movie:  No Country For Old Men, Whale Rider
Ancestry:  Swedish.
Ability to roll tongue?:  Yes.


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Molly Losh
Assistant Professor, UNC Department of Psychiatry
UC Berkeley, PhD, 2004
Factoid:  n/a
Favorite Movie:  n/a
Ancestry:  n/a
Ability to roll tongue?:  n/a


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Jim Crowley
Postdoctoal fellow
Cornell, BS, 2000
Univ. of Pennsylvania, PhD, 2005
Factoid:  I have lived in 7 different states, but always within 30 miles of a nuclear reactor.
Favorite Movie:  Black Robe
Ancestry:  English > Irish = French
Ability to roll tongue?:  Yes


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Thomas Konneker
Lab Manager
Factoid:  n/a
Favorite Movie:  n/a
Ancestry:  n/a
Ability to roll tongue?:  n/a


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Andrea Byrnes
Doctoral student, Biostatistics
Factoid:  n/a
Favorite Movie:  n/a
Ancestry:  n/a
Ability to roll tongue?:  n/a


Affiliates:

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Cynthia Bulik, PhD
William and Jeanne Jordan Distinguished Professor of Eating Disorders
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine
Professor of Nutrition, School of Public Health
Director, UNC Eating Disorders Program
Univ California at Berkeley, Ph.D. Psychology (Clinical) 1988
Univ California at Berkeley, M.A. Psychology (Clinical) 1985
University of Notre Dame, B.A. Psychology, 1982


Factoid:  Ice dancing gold medalist
Favorite Movie:  The Year of Living Dangerously, Top Gun
Ancestry:  Czech, German, Austrian (aka European)
Ability to roll tongue?:  No, sadly


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Robert K. McClure
Assistant Professor, UNC Department of Psychiatry
M.D., University of Washington, 1993
Factoid:  Born and raised in the Seattle area.
Favorite Movie:  Amadeus, Office Space
Ancestry:  MGP emigrated from Scotland to Canada. PGP of German descent.
Ability to roll tongue?:  No


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Laura Marie Thornton
Data czarina
Penn State, PhD, 1992
Factoid:  Voted as the track teams most supportive parent this year - much to the dismay of my daughters.
Favorite Movie:  O' Brother Where Art Thou?
Ancestry:  Polish
Ability to roll tongue?:  Yes


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Tammy Root
Postdoctoral fellow
Ph.D. (2007); The Pennsylvania State University; Human Development and Family Studies
M.A.S. (2006); The Pennsylvania State University; Statistics
M.A. (2002); California State University, Fullerton; Psychology
B.A. (1999); Chapman University; Psychology
Factoid:  My dog Frenchie (see favorite movie below!) has been with me through all my degrees -- BA, MA, MAS, and PhD. Thus, she has moved from CA to PA to NC.
Favorite Movie:  Grease (not intellectually stimulating by any means, but fun and timeless!)
Ancestry:  English and Dutch
Ability to roll tongue?:  Yep


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Rebecca Knickmeyer
Assistant Professor
BA Goucher College 2000
PhD University of Cambridge 2005
Factoid:  Represented England in 3 Latin Formation World Championships (despite being an American citizen)
Favorite Movie:  Groundhog Day, Rear Window
Ancestry:  German with Danish, English, Luxemburgish, and French.
Ability to roll tongue?:  No (sigh)


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Lauren Reba-Harrelson
Doctorol student, Clinical Psychology
Brown University, A.B., 2000
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, M.A., 2006
Factoid:  I have a 170 lb blue great dane named Victor.
Favorite Movie:  The Apartment, A Nightmare before Christmas
Ancestry:  1/2 Swedish & 1/2 Serbo-Croatian
Ability to roll tongue?:  Yes