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Goldstein Promoted to Associate Professor
July 7, 2025
Dr. Jennifer Goldstein has been promoted to Associate Professor in the Department of Genetics, effective July 1, 2025.
Melissa Haendel (Professor of Genetics; School of Data Science and Society) Appears on “The Genetics Podcast”
July 3, 2025
Dr. Melissa Haendel (Professor of Genetics; School of Data Science and Society) participated in a July 2025 episode of “The Genetics Podcast” with host Dr. Patrick Short.
Department of Genetics Publications for June 1st – 28th, 2025
July 1, 2025
Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 25 papers during June 1st – 28th 2025.
UNC GeNe Families including BCB and GMB Graduate Students Celebrate Summer!
June 30, 2025
UNC GeNe Families including Graduate Students from the Curriculum in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology and the Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology celebrated the end of academic year 2024-2025 with a summer kick-off on the lawn of Genetic Medicine Building on the UNC campus on Tuesday, June 17. The event … Read more
Liu Chosen for Leadership in Academic Medicine Program (LAMP)
June 22, 2025
Dr. Qingyun Liu (Assistant Professor, Genetics) has been selected to participate in the 2025-2026 Leadership in Academic Medicine Program (LAMP).
Drs. Smith and Kelada publish a new paper in Environmental Health Perspectives
June 5, 2025
Dr. Greg Smith and Dr. Samir Kelada recently published a paper titled “A new mouse model for ozone health effects research” in Environmental Health Perspectives.
Department of Genetics Publications for April 27th – May 31st, 2025
June 3, 2025
Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 42 papers during April 27th – May31st 2025.
Haendel Lab Publishes New Paper in JMIR Formative Research
May 28, 2025
Dr. Eric Hurwitz, postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Dr. Melissa Haendel (Distinguished Professor, Genetics), is the first author on a new paper titled “Unlocking the potential of wear time of a wearable device to enhance postpartum depression screening and detection: cross-sectional study”, published in the journal JMIR Formative Research.
Lauryn Bailey joins UNC’s Postbaccalaureate Research Initiative in Science and Medicine (PRISM) program this summer
May 15, 2025
Lauryn Bailey (Biology ’25) will join the first cohort of students in the UNC’s newly created Postbaccalaureate Research Initiative in Science and Medicine (PRISM) program this summer.
Department of Genetics Publications for March 30th – April 26th, 2025
May 9, 2025
Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 25 papers during March 30th – April 26th 2025.
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