{"id":16948,"date":"2026-05-19T13:03:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T17:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/?p=16948"},"modified":"2026-05-19T13:03:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T17:03:59","slug":"mohlke-renews-r01-from-niddk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/mohlke-renews-r01-from-niddk\/","title":{"rendered":"Mohlke Renews R01 from NIDDK"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_11130\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 198px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11130\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2016\/10\/Karen-Mohlke-Genetics.jpg\" alt=\"Karen Mohlke Genetics\" width=\"188\" height=\"250\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Karen Mohlke, PhD, Professor, Department of Genetics<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"lead\">Dr. Karen Mohlke (Professor, Genetics) successfully renewed her R01 grant 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