{"id":9765,"date":"2021-01-04T10:19:32","date_gmt":"2021-01-04T15:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/?p=9765"},"modified":"2021-01-13T12:19:33","modified_gmt":"2021-01-13T17:19:33","slug":"william-valdar-phd-appointed-professor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/william-valdar-phd-appointed-professor\/","title":{"rendered":"William Valdar, PhD Appointed Professor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9766 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2021\/01\/2019-10-15_4_cropped2.jpeg\" alt=\"Will Valdar\" width=\"310\" height=\"350\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"lead\">Dr. William Valdar has been appointed Professor in the Department of Genetics, effective Jan. 1, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>He also holds an Adjunct Associate Professor appointment in the Department of Biostatistics.\u00a0 Dr. Valdar earned a BS in Biochemistry (1996) and an MS 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