Professor of
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Pharmacology, and Medicine;
Member of Carolina
Cardiovascular Biology Center, Integrative Vascular Biology
Program, Curriculum
in Toxicology,
Program in Translational
Medicine, Biological
& Biomedical
Sciences Program, Lineberger
Comprehensive Cancer Center
Address: 932 Mary Ellen
Jones Bldg., Campus Box 7035, Manning Drive,
School of Medicine, The University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill,
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
27599-7035
Phone: 919-966-3311
FAX: 919-966-7639
E-mail: fchurch@email.unc.edu
Research Interest (see below for
additional descriptions)
NIH-style Biographical Sketch (PDF Format,
January 2008)
Pictures from
the Laboratory
Lab group pictures (from 1993-current): Spring 2009; Fall 2008; Summer 2008; Winter 2008; Fall 2007; Spring 2007; Fall 2006; Late Summer 2006; Summer 2006; Early Summer 2006; Fall 2005; Summer 2005; Fall 2004; Summer 2004; Fall 2003; Late Summer 2003;
Summer 2003; Fall 2002; Summer 2002; Fall 2001; Summer 2001; Fall 2000; Summer 2000;
Fall 1999; Spring 1999; Fall 1998; Summer 1998; Summer 1997; Summer 1996; Summer 1995; Fall 1994; Fall 1993.
Current and most recent lab group members
(2005-current): Graduate Students-- Mark (2006-present), Troy (2008-present), Jessica (2008-present), Jennifer (2004-2009), Jill (2003-2008), and Lea (2002-2007);
Postdoctoral Fellows-- Jen (2006-2008) and Yolanda (2000-2005);
Undergraduates-- Courtney (2008-present), Leah (2006-2007), Shawna (2006-2007), Emir (2006-2007), Rachel (2006-2007), Rebekah (2006-2007), Ryan (2004-2006), Meghan (2005-2006); Summer Undergrads-- Maralisi (2009), Alex (2009), Amanda (2008), Candace (2006), Melissa (2006);
Research Techs-- Romer (2006-2009), Holly (2007-2008), Amy (2004-2006); Medical Students-- Joshua (2007);
Collaborators/Lab Colleagues "HR" (Dr. Harold R. Roberts), Herb, Peter, and Mac.
Jill's
Ph.D. Defense (April 2008)! Frank's
25th anniversary from graduate school "reunion beach trip"
(summer 2007), to be posted soon!
2006 Race for the Cure
(Komen Foundation), Meredith College, Raleigh, NC Holiday
lab group lunch outing (411 West), December, 2005 ISTH (International Society on
Thrombosis and Haemostasis) Congress, August, 2005
(Lea, Yolanda, Jill, Frank, and many others) in Sydney Australia
Yolanda's
wedding in New Orleans (NOLA), Louisiana
Jill's
wedding in Staunton, Virginia
The
lab group gave Frank a very cool Xmas present a few
years ago, the only one in
North Carolina
Frank's "Girls":
Bayou and Mud Pie together and Bayou and Mud Pie alone The lab group in action: "Women in White Purifying Proteins!" Click
here for the "Older" Lab Photos (2003 and earlier)
Courses and Scholarship
Teaching Awards and
Honorary Societies
Biology/Pathology
426 (renumbered from 134) “Biology of Blood Diseases” (for
advanced undergraduates and graduate students), course director
and sole lecturer. An
introduction to the biology and pathophysiology of blood and the
molecular mechanisms of some human diseases: anemias; leukemias,
lymphomas, multiple myeloma; hemorrhagic, thrombotic, and vascular
disorders; and HIV disease/AIDS. [course is now located on
Blackboard.unc.edu]
“Hematology-Oncology”,
(for 2nd year medical students), Block Head along with co-Block
Directors Dr. Alice Ma and Dr. Georgette Dent. This course is designed to give an
overview of hematology and oncology at the level of the second year
medical student. The course consists of basic/clinical science
lectures combined with relevant laboratory exercises associated with
each given hematologic and oncologic disorder. [course is
now located on med.unc.edu website]
Research Overview (Click on the images below to find out about
more about some of the research in the laboratory)
Society Memberships and Other Sites
Medline-PubMed: National Library of
Medicine, PubMed
Susan G. Komen for the
Cure (current grant reviewer and grant recipient)
American
Heart Association (Fellow of the American Heart Association, FAHA;
current Chair, Research Committee, Mid-Atlantic AHA Affiliate,
2006-2010)
American Society for Biochemists
and Molecular Biologists (member of Society and Editorial Board
Member of the Journal of Biological
Chemistry, 1991-1997 and 2007-2012)
International Society of
Thrombosis and Haemostasis (member of Society, Journal Editorial
Board Assistant for Journal
of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, and former Chair of Plasma
Coagulation Inhibitors, Scientific
Sub-Committee, ISTH, 1999-2005)
American Society of Hematology
(member of Society)
Philadelphia
Phillies (my Uncle Bubba pitched for the "Whiz Kids"; obviously my
favorite MLB team!)
LSU Sports.net
"Friends
of the Church Laboratory" 
Current Triangle Weather Conditions
This web site was last updated on January 9, 2008 by Frank
Church, Ph.D. (Web Site Advisor, Herb Whinna, M.D./Ph.D.)