Author Archives: Jonathon Cornett

Dr. Matthew Brush (Assistant Professor) received a Chan Zuckerberg/Wellcome Award for his project titled “LinkML: an open data modeling framework”. 

Dr. Chuck Perou (Distinguished Professor) has renewed the UNC Breast Cancer SPORE for years 30-34. 

New contracts, subcontracts, and supplements awarded to Genetics Faculty Members Dr. Ichiro Misumi, Dr. Marty Ferris, and Dr. Melissa Haendel.

Margarita Dzama, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow in the laboratory of Dr. Jesse Raab, has been awarded a Fellowship grant from the American Cancer Society, for her project titled “Identification of Epigenetic Therapies for Liver Cancer”. 

Jason Stein’s lab in the UNC School of Medicine created a model to identify genetic variants linked to mental illness.

Ms. Kimberly Foss has been promoted to Associate Professor in the Department of Genetics.

Andrea Horimoto, PhD has joined the Department of Genetics as an Assistant Professor.

Drs. Natalie Stanley (secondary), Jerry Guintivano (secondary), and Robbie Mealer (joint) have joined the Department of Genetics.

The Department of Genetics, the Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology (GMB) and the Curriculum in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (BCB) held a scientific retreat on September 29-October 1, 2024, at Myrtle Beach, SC.

Dr. Jason Stein (Associate Professor, Genetics and Neuroscience Center) was awarded a new U01 grant from the National Institute of Aging (NIA) for his project titled “AD GxE: in vivo and in vitro modeling of gene x environment interactions”.