{"id":13569,"date":"2024-01-25T10:37:03","date_gmt":"2024-01-25T15:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/?p=13569"},"modified":"2024-01-25T10:37:03","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T15:37:03","slug":"dr-jeremy-purvis-promoted-to-professor-in-department-of-genetics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/dr-jeremy-purvis-promoted-to-professor-in-department-of-genetics\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Jeremy Purvis Promoted to Professor in Department of Genetics"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_6523\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 251px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6523\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2018\/11\/Purvis-Headshot.jpg\" alt=\"Jeremy Purvis UNC Genetics\" width=\"241\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2018\/11\/Purvis-Headshot.jpg 1944w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2018\/11\/Purvis-Headshot-261x300.jpg 261w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2018\/11\/Purvis-Headshot-891x1024.jpg 891w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2018\/11\/Purvis-Headshot-768x882.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2018\/11\/Purvis-Headshot-1337x1536.jpg 1337w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2018\/11\/Purvis-Headshot-1783x2048.jpg 1783w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2018\/11\/Purvis-Headshot-600x689.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Jeremy Purvis, PhD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"lead\">Jeremy Purvis, PhD has been promoted to Professor with permanent tenure in the Department of Genetics, effective January 19, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Purvis received his BS and MS degrees in Microbiology and Cell Science at the University of Florida and his PhD in Genomics and Computational Biology at the University of Pennsylvania. He spent four years as a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Systems Biology at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Purvis was appointed Assistant Professor in the UNC Department of Genetics in 2013 followed by promotion to Associate Professor with tenure in 2019.\u00a0 He is also a member of the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Computational Medicine Program.\u00a0 He has an outstanding background in both computational biology and cell biology and has combined his skills in these fields to develop a truly innovative research program. 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