Program for Precision Medicine Celebrates Phase One

January 9, 2026

The Program for Precision Medicine reflects on achievements across research, education and patient care missions since its launch 2019 in this comprehensive report.

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Gregory and Clissold Publish in Journal of Biomolecular Techniques

January 6, 2026

Dr. Chris Gregory (Professor, Department of Genetics and Director, Office of Research Technologies) and Kara Clissold (Associate Director, Office of Research Technologies) published a paper titled “Incentivizing collaboration with core facilities: Developing an impactful core facility voucher program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine” (JBT … Read more

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Ferris Promoted to Professor

January 6, 2026

Dr. Marty Ferris has been promoted to Professor, effective December 1, 2025.

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Department of Genetics Publications for November 2025

December 16, 2025

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 29 papers in November 2025.

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Rachel Szymanski, GMB Graduate Student (Frank Conlon Lab), has received a Prestigious American Heart Association Fellowship

December 11, 2025

Rachel Szymanski, a PhD in the Conlon Lab, has received a prestigious American Heart Association fellowship to investigate the role of the CRL4 ubiquitin-ligase complex in embryonic heart development.

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Terry Furey, Professor of Genetics & Biology Highlighted In Article In “The Well”

December 11, 2025

Terry Furey, Professor of Genetics & Biology, was recently highlighted in the article “Graduate with ‘orphan diseases’ transformed by quantitative genomics” in UNC’s “The Well” publication. Original article appears HERE. Graduate with ‘orphan diseases’ transformed by quantitative genomics With help from family and friends and University accommodations, Daniel Meng-Saccoccio is ready … Read more

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Abdalla Alkhawaja and Dr. Kevin Currin are co-first authors on a newly published manuscript in the American Journal of Human Genetics

December 11, 2025

Abdalla Alkhawaja (Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Graduate Student in the labs of Karen Mohlke and Terry Furey, UNC Genetics) and Dr. Kevin Currin are co-first authors on a newly published manuscript in the American Journal of Human Genetics.

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Dr. Jenny Ting Named Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate

December 2, 2025

29 Carolina faculty named ‘highly cited researchers’ including Dr. Jenny Ting, Distinguished Professor of Genetics, Microbiology and Immunology.

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Lynch Promoted to Associate Professor

December 1, 2025

Dr. Rachel Lynch has been promoted to Associate Professor, effective December 1, 2025.

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Heinzen Promoted to Professor

November 25, 2025

Dr. Erin Heinzen was promoted to Professor with tenure in the Division of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics and the Department of Genetics, effective November 14, 2025.

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