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Nora Franceschini is a nephrology-trained physician and a cardiovascular disease epidemiologist. Her research focuses on environmental and genetic determinants of hypertension, kidney and cardiovascular diseases in the US and global populations who carry a high burden of chronic diseases. This research includes gene discovery, studies using multi-omics biomarkers for disease and studies to characterize the social/environmental context in which genetic variants contribute to health conditions. She is also leading research in chronic kidney disease of unknown cause in Central America.
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Publications
Nora Franceschini in UNC Genetics News
March 3, 2025
Department of Genetics Publications for February 2nd – March 1st, 2025
Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 18 papers during February 2nd - March 1st 2025.
January 20, 2025
Department of Genetics Publications for January 5th – 18th, 2025
Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 18 papers during January 5th - 18th, 2025.
