{"id":16456,"date":"2025-11-20T12:12:40","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T17:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/?p=16456"},"modified":"2025-11-20T12:12:40","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T17:12:40","slug":"kelada-promoted-to-professor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/kelada-promoted-to-professor\/","title":{"rendered":"Kelada Promoted to Professor"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_14511\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 229px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14511 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2016\/10\/Samir-Kelada-2024.jpg\" alt=\"Samir Kelada 2024\" width=\"219\" height=\"291\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Dr. Samir Kelada<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"lead\">Dr. Samir Kelada has been promoted to Full Professor with tenure in the Department of Genetics, effective November 14, 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