{"id":10649,"date":"2021-06-23T08:09:25","date_gmt":"2021-06-23T12:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/?p=10649"},"modified":"2021-06-23T08:09:25","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T12:09:25","slug":"will-valdar-phd-receives-new-subcontract-from-niddk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/will-valdar-phd-receives-new-subcontract-from-niddk\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Valdar, PhD Receives New Subcontract from NIDDK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9774 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2016\/10\/2019-10-15_4_cropped2.jpeg\" alt=\"William Valdar\" width=\"235\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2016\/10\/2019-10-15_4_cropped2.jpeg 937w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2016\/10\/2019-10-15_4_cropped2-266x300.jpeg 266w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2016\/10\/2019-10-15_4_cropped2-908x1024.jpeg 908w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2016\/10\/2019-10-15_4_cropped2-768x866.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2016\/10\/2019-10-15_4_cropped2-600x677.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"lead\">Dr. Will Valdar (Professor, Department of Genetics) is the recipient of a subcontract from a new R01 grant awarded to Dr. David Threadgill at Texas A&amp;M University.<\/p>\n<p>The grant, funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), is titled \u201cFoundational studies for precision nutrition\u201d. Dr. Valdar will supervise a postdoctoral fellow and a graduate student to assist in the analysis of phenotype, genotype and molecular data, including expression data, arising from the proposed project. 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