{"id":9834,"date":"2021-01-13T12:09:09","date_gmt":"2021-01-13T17:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/?p=9834"},"modified":"2021-01-13T12:11:30","modified_gmt":"2021-01-13T17:11:30","slug":"hyejung-won-phd-receives-junior-faculty-development-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/hyejung-won-phd-receives-junior-faculty-development-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Hyejung Won, PhD Receives Junior Faculty Development Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_7101\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 286px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-7101\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2019\/04\/Hyejung-Won-2019.jpg\" alt=\"Hyejung Won\" width=\"276\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2019\/04\/Hyejung-Won-2019.jpg 672w, 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