Author Archives: vdoyle

The Rau Lab, In Collaboration With Brian Colwell Jensen, M.D., Publishes In Genetics….. Read More

Congratulations Dr. Katherine Hoadley (Associate Professor, Genetics), who received a new award from the Department of Defense for her project titled “Mapping histologic and molecular divergence in breast cancer metastasis”…..Read more 

The Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2025 University Distinguished Professorships. These honors represent some of the highest recognitions our University can bestow, awarded to faculty whose scholarly achievements, teaching excellence, and service to the Carolina community exemplify the highest...

Dr. Elizabeth Brunk was awarded the 2025 PhRMA Foundation Faculty Starter Grant in Drug Discovery! Dr. Brunk leads a systems genomics lab that integrates single-cell technologies and artificial intelligence to study how cancer cells rapidly adapt their DNA. Her groundbreaking research focuses on identifying and targeting these genetic adaptations to...

On June 11, 2024, UNC Health announced Dr. Yinglong Miao, associate professor of pharmacology and computational medicine program, has been named editor-in-chief of npj Drug Discover, part of Nature Partner Journals.

Congratulations to our two winners of the 2024 CompMed Pilot Award Drs. Elizabeth Brunk and Ashok Krishnamurthy; and Drs. Guorong Wu and Todd Cohen

$200K grant stimulates change for cancer research, By Patrick Thomas Chapel Hill, PUBLISHED 6:00 AM ET Jan. 26, 2023

A grand challenge in the genome sciences is identifying functionally relevant variants and interpreting their biological impacts on cellular systems. A growing body of work in the biomedical sciences generates and analyzes omics data; our work contributes to these efforts by focusing on the integration of different omics data types...

10 May 2023 Leading investigators offer ‘highly scientific, but patient-focused talks on women’s cancers at the Lineberger’s 46th symposium (Read HERE)

On March 24, the department hosted a group of eight students who participate in the WTCC STEM Academic and Research Training (START) Program