{"id":16740,"date":"2026-03-05T14:21:37","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T19:21:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/?p=16740"},"modified":"2026-03-05T14:21:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T19:21:37","slug":"wolff-promoted-to-associate-professor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wolff-promoted-to-associate-professor\/","title":{"rendered":"Wolff Promoted to Associate Professor"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_13988\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 198px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13988 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2019\/10\/Sam-Wolff-2024-MEJ-lobby.jpg\" alt=\"Sam Wolff\" width=\"188\" height=\"250\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Dr. Sam Wolff, Associate Professor of Genetics<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"lead\">Dr. Sam Wolff was promoted to Associate Professor, effective February 1, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Wolff received a BS degree in Neuroscience in 1997 from Tulane University and a PhD in Neurobiology from UNC-Chapel Hill in 2006.\u00a0\u00a0He served as a Postdoctoral Fellow at Inspire Pharmaceuticals (2006-2007).\u00a0\u00a0Dr. Wolff was an R&amp;D Scientist at Regado Biosciences in 2007 to 2013 and then joined UNC-Chapel Hill as a Research Specialist in 2014.\u00a0\u00a0Since August 2019, he has been an Assistant Professor in the Department of Genetics. 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