Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research

Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research

Portrait of Penny Gordon-Larsen.

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.

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

Meet the rest of OVCRʼs organizational leadership.