{"id":12319,"date":"2019-03-29T13:42:35","date_gmt":"2019-03-29T17:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/?p=12319"},"modified":"2019-12-10T14:02:54","modified_gmt":"2019-12-10T19:02:54","slug":"grad-student-sam-kistler-receives-her-phd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/news\/grad-student-sam-kistler-receives-her-phd\/","title":{"rendered":"Grad student Sam Kistler receives her PhD!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sam successfully defended her dissertation and received her PhD on March 29, 2019.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9620\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 160px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9620 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2019\/05\/Sam-Kistler-150x150-Campbell-lab-2019.jpg\" alt=\"photo of Sam Kistler\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Sam Kistler, PhD.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sam Kistler, under the direction of Dr. Campbell, successfully defended her dissertation and received her PhD on March 29,2019! 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