Author Archives: Jonathon Cornett

William Kim, MD, and Tracy Rose, MD, MPH, published a review highlighting new scientific insights that have led to advances in kidney cancer treatment and increased survival rates.

Melissa Haendel, PhD, FACMI (Distinguished Professor, Genetics) was recognized with a 2024 Leading for IMPACT – Women in Leadership Award from FORUM.

Cynthia M. Powell, MD, MS, FAAP, Professor of Pediatrics, in the Division of Genetics and Metabolism, and Genetics received the Outstanding Academic Service Award in recognition of her groundbreaking work in genetics and newborn screening as well as her trusted partnership with pediatricians across North Carolina.

Melissa Haendel, PhD, FACMI (Distinguished Professor, Genetics) is the contact PI for the recently transferred RM1 grant from NHGRI titled “A phenomics-first resource for interpretation of variants”.

Sabrina Toro, PhD (Assistant Professor, Genetics) has been awarded an R24 from NIEHS for her project titled “Advancing a community-led zebrafish toxicology phenotype atlas”.

Courtney Thaxton, PhD was promoted to Associate Professor, effective July 1, 2024. 

Welcome to Daiwei (David) Zhang, PhD. Dr. Zhang has been appointed as an Assistant Professor (tenure-track) in the Department of Biostatistics, with a joint appointment in the Department of Genetics.

A new review article written by Patrick Sullivan, MD, FRANZCP, the Yeargan Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Genetics, outlines the genetic foundations for schizophrenia.

Jim Crowley, PhD (Professor, Genetics) has received a collaborative grant with the Karolinska Institutet, funded by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) for the project titled “Saving lives: Constructing a nationwide cohort with multimodal data to improve precision in prediction and prevention of suicide”. 

Since 2022, 14 cases of bird flu in humans have been reported in the United States. Since April 1, four people have contracted the virus after exposure to dairy cows, while 10 cases since April 28, 2022, came after exposure to poultry. Colorado has 10 cases in total.