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Hyejung Won
Hyejung Won, PhD Assistant Professor

Dr. Hyejung Won (Assistant Professor, Genetics) was selected as the recipient of a Jefferson-Pilot Fellowship in Academic Medicine, which recognizes exceptional junior faculty in the UNC School of Medicine.

Dr. Won’s laboratory is focused on bridging the gap between genetic risk factors for psychiatric illnesses and neurobiological mechanisms by decoding the regulatory relationships of the non-coding genome.  To celebrate this recognition, Dr. Won will provide a brief seminar as part of the UNC Research Week – see information below for seminar login.

2022-23 Jefferson-Pilot and James Woods Seminar