{"id":16216,"date":"2025-10-03T12:46:46","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T16:46:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/?p=16216"},"modified":"2025-10-03T12:46:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T16:46:46","slug":"tsagaratou-promoted-to-associate-professor-with-tenure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/tsagaratou-promoted-to-associate-professor-with-tenure\/","title":{"rendered":"Tsagaratou Promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_6178\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 228px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6178\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2018\/08\/Ageliki-Tsagaratou-188x250-4.jpg\" alt=\"Ageliki Tsagaratou\" width=\"218\" height=\"290\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Dr. Ageliki Tsagaratou (Associate Professor)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"lead\">Dr. Ageliki 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