{"id":11292,"date":"2022-01-13T15:14:23","date_gmt":"2022-01-13T20:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/?p=11292"},"modified":"2023-05-22T15:55:53","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T19:55:53","slug":"educational-pathways-to-increase-diversity-in-genomics-edge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/educational-pathways-to-increase-diversity-in-genomics-edge\/","title":{"rendered":"Educational Pathways to Increase Diversity in GEnomics (EDGE)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-11361 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2022\/01\/EDGE-logo.png\" alt=\"EDGE\" width=\"316\" height=\"197\" \/>The UNC Department of Genetics is excited to announce the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ppmh\/education\/edge-genomics\/\">UNC\u00a0<strong>E<\/strong>ducational Pathways to Increase\u00a0<strong>D<\/strong>iversity in\u00a0<strong>GE<\/strong>nomics (EDGE<\/a>) training program for undergraduate students.<\/p>\n<p>UNC EDGE was developed by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ppmh\/\">Program for Precision Medicine in Health Care (PPMH)<\/a> and is led by Genetics faculty members Dr. Folami Ideraabdullah and Dr. Jonathan Berg. 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