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Dr. Jonathan Berg (Bryson Distinguished Professor, Genetics and Medicine) and Dr. Melissa Haendel (Sarah Graham Kenan Distinguished Professor, Genetics) are the co-PIs of a new U01 grant from the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) for a project titled “Southeastern Genomic Medicine eConsult Network (SeGMeNt)”.

Dr. Lisa Tarantino (Professor, Genetics and Assistant Dean for Research, Eshelman School of Pharmacy) was awarded an R03 grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse for her project titled “Using unbiased whole-brain imaging to identify functional brain networks in genetically heterogeneous Collaborative Cross mouse strains with divergent responses to...

Dr. Karen Mohlke (Professor, Genetics) successfully renewed her R01 grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) for her project titled “Targeted genetic analysis of T2D and quantitative traits”.

Dr. Katie Hoadley (Associate Professor, Genetics) received a new award from the Department of Defense for her project titled “Mapping histologic and molecular divergence in breast cancer metastasis”.

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 29 papers in April 2026.

Dr. Jeremy Purvis successfully renewed his R01 grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) for his project titled “Computational models of the human cell cycle to reveal disease mechanism and inform treatment”.

Dr. David Corcoran (Assistant Professor, Genetics) received an Innovation Impact Grant from the North Carolina Biotechnology Center (NCBC) to purchase two state-of-the-art GPU compute nodes for the Lineberger Bioinformatics Core.

Dr. Remi Ketchum (Postdoctoral Fellow - Schrider Lab) received a new K99/R00 award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences for her project titled “Novel methods for detecting positive selection in mosquitoes”.

Dr. Mark Heise (Professor, Genetics and M&I) is the recipient of two new R21 awards from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).  

Dr. Folami Ideraabdullah (Associate Professor, Genetics and Nutrition) was awarded a new R21 grant from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) for her project titled “Developmental windows of vitamin D supplementation for optimal metabolic health”.