Postdoctoral Training
The Center hosts postdoctoral fellows on an ongoing basis. Postdoctoral fellows typically stay for two or more years and receive mentored research training while participating in research projects with senior investigators in the Center.
Currently, Dr. Syed Thiwan is a Fellow in the Postdoctoral Training Program. He is in a three-year postdoctoral fellowship, for which Dr. William Whitehead serves as his research mentor and Dr. Douglas Drossman teaches him skills in interviewing and treating patients with functional GI disorders. Dr. Thiwan is also collaborating with Dr. Udi Ringel on research.
Previous research fellows include:
The Center hosts postdoctoral fellows on an ongoing basis. Postdoctoral fellows typically stay for two or more years and receive mentored research training while participating in research projects with senior investigators in the Center.
Currently, Dr. Syed Thiwan is a Fellow in the Postdoctoral Training Program. He is in a three-year postdoctoral fellowship, for which Dr. William Whitehead serves as his research mentor and Dr. Douglas Drossman teaches him skills in interviewing and treating patients with functional GI disorders. Dr. Thiwan is also collaborating with Dr. Udi Ringel on research.
Previous research fellows include:
- Charles K. Burnett, PhD, DrPH, Assistant Professor of Medicine, UNC School of Medicine
- Olafur S. Palsson, PsyD, Associate Professor of Medicine, UNC School of Medicine
- Kenneth Jones, PhD, Director, Managing Obesity in Veterans Program, Veterans Administration, Durham, NC
- Yehuda Ringel, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, UNC School of Medicine
- Miranda Van Tilburg, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, UNC School of Medicine
