Liu Publishes in Trends in Genetics

April 20, 2026

Dr. Qingyun Liu (Assistant Professor) et al. published a paper in Trends in Genetics titled “Heterogeneity in microbial antibiotic responses: Genetic basis and within-host evolution”.

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Emily Drzymalla Awarded a NRSA Predoctoral Fellowship from NIA

April 16, 2026

Emily Drzymalla is an epidemiology graduate student and has been awarded a National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (F31) from the National Institute of Aging (NIA), for her project titled “Metabolomic correlates of improved Alzheimer’s disease polygenic risk score for different populations”.

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Perou Appointed Honorary Doctor of Medicine by Karolinska Institutet

April 9, 2026

Dr. Chuck Perou (Distinguished Professor) has been appointed an honorary Doctor of Medicine by the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden.

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Thessen Awarded Consulting Contract from NIEHS

April 9, 2026

Dr. Anne Thessen (Associate Professor) received a consulting contract from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Common Data Element program.

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Department of Genetics Publications for February 2026

March 17, 2026

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 26 papers in February 2026.

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Jon Rosen (Assistant Professor of Genetics) et al. publish paper in AJHG

March 16, 2026

Jon Rosen (Assistant Professor of Genetics) et al. publish paper in AJHG titled “Higher eQTL power reveals signals that boost GWAS colocalization”.

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Haendel Publishes Health Data Policy Paper in Science

March 6, 2026

Dr. Melissa Haendel (Distinguished Professor, Genetics) is first author on a newly published paper in Science titled “Governing real-world health data as a public utility”.

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Wolff Promoted to Associate Professor

March 5, 2026

Dr. Sam Wolff was promoted to Associate Professor, effective February 1, 2026.  

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UNC Health Launches Revolutionary Coding Standard to Transform Rare Disease Diagnosis Nationwide

February 27, 2026

A geneticist at the UNC School of Medicine has coordinated the development of Mondo, the world’s first standardized rare disease coding tool. Mondo is designed to streamline the diagnosis and treatment planning for millions of patients with rare diseases internationally.

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Raab and Hoadley Labs publishes paper in G3

February 26, 2026

The laboratories of Jesse Raab and Katie Hoadley have published a new research article, “Hepatocyte-targeted Bap1 reduction in the liver primes an inflammatory transcriptional response,” in G3: Genes | Genomes | Genetics.

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