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The 2015-2017 picture for University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Department of Pathology is a 50-PI network with 49 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Medicine as the leading field (50% of slots across 41 PIs; 41 labels), Molecular Biology as the leading subfield (15% of slots across 19 PIs; 19 labels), and Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes as the leading topic (3% of slots across 4 PIs; 4 labels). The specialization is notable and potentially attractive, with the caveat that adjacent fields may have fewer local peers. The top weighted PIs are Monte S. Willis (22.8 weighted works; Mitochondrial Function and Pathology, Adipose Tissue and Metabolism). The strongest pairings are Jiandong Liu and Qian Li (19 shared works, weight 10.9); Jonathan C. Schisler and Monte S. Willis (12 shared works, weight 8). The standout breakdown groups are group 1 with 9 PIs, 9 internal connections, weight 10.3, around Nephrology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Molecular Biology, led by Volker Nickeleit, Eric T. Weimer, J. Charles Jennette.