Thanks to a $500,000 lead gift by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC), the Susan G. Komen and Blue Cross NC Metastatic Breast Cancer Disparities Collaborative Research Grant was awarded to a research team led by Jennifer Freedman, PhD, and Steven Patierno, PhD, of Duke Cancer Institute, and Katie Hoadley, PhD, of UNC Lineberger, who were awarded the grant to investigate how the ancestry of different populations impacts the immune response to metastatic breast cancer.

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 12 papers during July 25th – August 7th 2021.

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published twenty one papers during June 13-26, 2021.

Dr. Katherine Hoadley (Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics) is the PI of a new R01 grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) titled “P53, DNA repair imbalance, and immune response in breast cancer mortality disparities” (Dr. Melissa Troester, Lead PI).

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published twelve papers during February 21 – March 6, 2021.

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published twenty papers during Jan. 24 – Feb. 6, 2021.

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published seven papers during Jan. 10-23, 2021.

For Katherine Hoadley, PhD, the best way to make progress and major scientific breakthroughs is by working as a team.

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published ten papers during November 29 – December 12, 2020.

Drs. Katie Hoadley (Assistant Professor), Piotr Mieczkowski (Associate Professor), Joel Parker (Associate Professor), Chuck Perou (Professor), Patrick Sullivan (Professor) and Jenny Ting (Professor) have been recognized as 2020 Highly Cited Researchers.