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). 

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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.

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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.

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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. 

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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.

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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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UNC School of Medicine Names 2024-25 Yang Family Biomedical Scholars

May 5, 2025

Gaorav Gupta, MD, PhD, Misty Good, MD, MS, and Jason Stein, PhD, were selected as Yang Family Biomedical Scholars in the eighth installment of this annual School of Medicine award.

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O’Neal Awarded Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Research Grant

April 29, 2025

Dr. Wanda O’Neal (Professor, Medicine and Genetics (secondary)) was awarded a new grant from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation for her project titled “Hypoxia signaling: a therapeutic target for cystic fibrosis lung disease”. 

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Magnuson Renews MMRRC U42 Grant

April 29, 2025

Dr. Terry Magnuson (Kay M. & Van L. Weatherspoon Eminent Distinguished Professor, Genetics and Vice Dean for Research and Strategy, School of Data Science and Society) is the Lead PI on the recently awarded competitive renewal of a U42 grant from the NIH Office of the Director titled “A Carolina … Read more

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Anne Thessen Publishes Exposomics Paper in Science

April 25, 2025

Dr. Anne Thessen (Associate Professor, Genetics) was a co-author of a recently published Science paper titled “Integrating exosomes in biomedicine”. 

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