Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 19 papers during October 23rd – November 5th, 2022.

UNC School of Medicine researchers led by Hyejung Won, PhD, Assistant Professor of Genetics, used a new kind of computational tool to parse the complicated genetics that put some people at higher risk of becoming addicted to alcohol, cigarettes, and likely other substances of abuse.

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 18 papers during April 10th – 23rd, 2022.

We are excited to announce that Nancy Sey, who works in Dr. Hyejung Won’s lab and is co-mentored by Dr. Joyce Besheer, was selected as a 2021 HHMI Gilliam Fellow.

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published nine papers during November 15-28, 2020.

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published nine papers during November 1-14, 2020.

Third-year Neuroscience graduate student Nancy Sey has been selected to present at the 2020 Virtual World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics during the Inclusion, Diversity and Equity in Action (IDEA) Plenary Session.