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Board of Directors

David H. Murdock
Robert M. Califf, MD
Andrew Conrad, PhD
Victor J. Dzau, MD
Steven Leath, PhD
Steven A. Lommel, PhD
Michael Luther, PhD, MBA
Tony G. Waldrop, PhD
R. Sanders Williams, MD

Tony G. Waldrop, PhD Vice Chancellor, Research and Economic Development Professor of Cell and Molecular Physiology University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Tony Waldrop is Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic Development at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Waldrop, a Columbus, N.C. native, was a Morehead Scholar receiving an A.B. in Political Science in 1974 and a PhD in Physiology both from the University of North Carolina.  His postdoctoral training was done at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas. Prior to his current position, he was a professor of molecular and integrative physiology and Vice Chancellor for Research at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.  

Waldrop's research has been supported by agencies including the National Institutes of Health and the American Heart Association (AHA). AHA selected him as an Established Investigator. At Illinois, Waldrop was a University Scholar, the premier recognition accorded to faculty by their colleagues. His research interests are hypertension, developmental neurobiology and the effects of hypoxia on brainstem neurons. He has published more that one hundred peer reviewed journal articles and book chapters. His faculty appointment at UNC-Chapel Hill is as a professor of cell and molecular physiology.  

Dr. Waldrop is also serving currently as President of the Triangle Universities Center for Advanced Studies Incorporated, serves as a Board member for NC IDEA, Research Triangle Institute, Kenan Institute Asia, Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce and Americans for Medical Progress.