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Qingyun Liu, PhD has joined the Department of Genetics as a tenure-track Assistant Professor, effective January 1, 2024. 

As part of a UNC NeuroSpark event, four research teams at the UNC School of Medicine won $25,000 pilot grants with the goal of increasing collaborations throughout the neurosciences.

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 14 papers during December 3rd - 16th 2023.

Several researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are focusing their efforts on suicide-related intervention research, but linking their work across schools and departments can be daunting.

Greg Smith, PhD (Assistant Professor, Genetics) has received a Junior Faculty Development Award from the UNC Provost’s Office.

Jeremy Purvis, PhD (Associate Professor, Genetics and Computational Medicine) has been selected as a recipient of an Academic Leadership Fellowship by the Institute for the Arts and Humanities (IAH) in the UNC College of Arts and Sciences. 

On November 29, UNC graduate students Kerstin Baran, JP Flores, Jessica McAfee, and Rachel Szymanski, volunteered their time and expertise for a Shadow a Scientist outreach event held on the UNC Chapel Hill campus.

Nov. 15 was a day unlike any other for UNC Lineberger’s Katie Hoadley, PhD (Assistant Professor of Genetics).

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 18 papers during November 19th - December 2nd 2023.

Drs. Katie Hoadley, Chuck Perou, Patrick Sullivan, and Jenny Ting have been recognized as 2023 Highly Cited Researchers.