{"id":16950,"date":"2026-05-19T13:06:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T17:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/?p=16950"},"modified":"2026-05-19T13:06:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T17:06:23","slug":"tarantino-receives-r03-grant-from-nida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/tarantino-receives-r03-grant-from-nida\/","title":{"rendered":"Tarantino Receives R03 Grant from NIDA"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2952\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 198px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2952 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2017\/10\/tarantino-CR2-188x250.jpg\" alt=\"Lisa M. 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