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Multiple images of researchers working in the field. The first image shows two student researchers, looking at a laptop by a stream in their high boots and weighters. The second image is a close up shot of a student researcher looking at creatures in glass containers. The third image shows two professors, wearing safety glasses, about to pour liquid nitrogen. The fourth image shows a researcher in the lab. The fifth image shows a group of researchers looking at foliage in plastic bags. The sixth image shows two researchers taking images for the library archive, one is standing on a stool while the other holds books open.

Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research

The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research oversees, develops and supports Carolina’s $1.36 billion research enterprise. It sets strategic priorities for research, manages proposals and awards, provides research infrastructure, identifies funding opportunities, develops research teams and partnerships, and oversees regulatory compliance, science and security, and ethics.

Portrait of Dr. Penny Gordon-Larsen

Penny Gordon-Larsen, Vice Chancellor for Research

William R. Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor, Department of Nutrition, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health and School of Medicine

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