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Ting Earns 2021 ICIS-Pfizer Award for Excellence in Interferon and Cytokine Research
June 24, 2021
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.
BCB Predoctoral Training Program Grant Funded by NIGMS
June 23, 2021
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.
SOM Department Chairs, Center Directors and the Lineberger Equity Council Submit Letters to UNC Board of Trustees
June 23, 2021
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.
Adriana Beltran, PhD Selected to Participate in ACCLAIM
June 23, 2021
Dr. Adriana Beltran (Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics) has been selected to participate in the 2021-2022 Academic Career Leadership Academy in Medicine (ACCLAIM).
Will Valdar, PhD Receives New Subcontract from NIDDK
June 23, 2021
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.
Dr. Patrick F. Sullivan Co-Edits Special Issue of Current Opinion in Genetics & Development
June 17, 2021
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 awarded new U01 grant from NHGRI to improve utility of polygenic risk scores in diverse populations
June 16, 2021
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”.
Paola Giusti Rodriguez, PhD Appointed Assistant Professor (tenure-track) at University of Florida
June 14, 2021
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 Publications for May 30 – June 12, 2021
June 14, 2021
Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published seventeen papers during May 30 – June 12, 2021.
Department of Genetics Welcomes New Faculty
June 4, 2021
Four new Assistant Professors have recently been appointed in the Department of Genetics.
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