{"id":11493,"date":"2022-02-21T15:28:29","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T20:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/?p=11493"},"modified":"2022-02-28T10:41:57","modified_gmt":"2022-02-28T15:41:57","slug":"laura-raffield-phd-awarded-r01-from-nia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/laura-raffield-phd-awarded-r01-from-nia\/","title":{"rendered":"Laura Raffield, PhD, Awarded R01 from NIA"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_11133\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 198px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11133 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2020\/07\/Laura-Raffield.jpg\" alt=\"Laura Raffield\" width=\"188\" height=\"250\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\"><strong>Dr. Laura Raffield<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"lead\">Dr. Laura Raffield (Assistant Professor, Genetics) was awarded a 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