Author Archives: Jonathon Cornett

Jenny Ting, PhD, has been chosen as the 2021 ICIS-Pfizer Award winner in recognition of her outstanding discoveries in the fields of immunology, molecular biology, genomics, and microbiology, and especially for her observations regarding the control of immunity which impact a wide variety of diseases.

The T32 Predoctoral Training Program in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (BCB) grant has been renewed for five years by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences.

In response to recent events involving the appointment of Nikole Hannah-Jones, UNC School of Medicine department chairs and center directors submitted a letter to the UNC Board of Trustees to respond to the threat on the integrity of the academic process.

Dr. Adriana Beltran (Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics) has been selected to participate in the 2021-2022 Academic Career Leadership Academy in Medicine (ACCLAIM).

Dr. Will Valdar (Professor, Department of Genetics) is the recipient of a subcontract from a new R01 grant awarded to Dr. David Threadgill at Texas A&M University.

Patrick F. Sullivan, MD, FRANZCP (Distinguished Professor of UNC Genetics and Psychiatry and Professor, Karolinska Institutet) co-edited the April 21 (volume 68) special issue of Current Opinion in Genetics & Development titled “Molecular and Genetics Basis of Disease”.

Yun Li, PhD, Professor in the Department of Genetics, is the contact PI on a new five-year, $5-million collaborative U01 from the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) for her project titled “Polygenic risk scores and health disparities: the role of blood cells immune response and evolutionary adaption”.

Dr. Paola Giusti Rodriguez (Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics) has been appointed as a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at University of Florida College of Medicine, effective August 2021.

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published seventeen papers during May 30 – June 12, 2021.

Four new Assistant Professors have recently been appointed in the Department of Genetics.