{"id":5747,"date":"2018-04-02T10:11:07","date_gmt":"2018-04-02T14:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/?p=5747"},"modified":"2020-09-23T13:15:32","modified_gmt":"2020-09-23T17:15:32","slug":"will-valdar-phd-recognized-for-outstanding-contribution-to-graduate-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/will-valdar-phd-recognized-for-outstanding-contribution-to-graduate-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Valdar, PhD, Recognized for Outstanding Contribution to Graduate Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">Dr. William Valdar, Associate Professor in the Department of Genetics and Associate Director of the Curriculum in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (BCB), was accepted to the UNC Graduate School\u2019s Frank Porter Graham Honor Society in recognition of outstanding contribution to graduate education at UNC.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2971 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2017\/10\/Will-Valdar-188x250.jpeg\" alt=\"Will Valdar, PhD\" width=\"175\" height=\"233\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Valdar was nominated by 17 trainees and faculty members for this honor. The nominations highlighted how Dr. Valdar\u2019s development of BCB 720 \u201cIntroduction to Statistical Modeling\u201d has significantly advanced graduate education for students in numerous training programs. His course was been described as \u201ca challenging, but highly rewarding course that through\u00a0Dr. Valdar\u2019s thoughtful instruction provides a necessary understanding of the foundational statistical principles required for analysis of biological data.\u201d Dr. Valdar was also acknowledged for being an exceptional mentor to trainees within and outside of his laboratory and\u00a0enhancing the operations of the BCB curriculum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. William Valdar, was accepted to the UNC Graduate School\u2019s Frank Porter Graham Honor Society in recognition of outstanding contribution to graduate education at 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