{"id":9937,"date":"2021-02-02T11:56:55","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T16:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/?p=9937"},"modified":"2021-02-02T11:56:55","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T16:56:55","slug":"yun-li-phd-appointed-professor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/yun-li-phd-appointed-professor\/","title":{"rendered":"Yun Li, PhD Appointed Professor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2975 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2017\/10\/YunLi2-188.jpg\" alt=\"Yun Li, PhD\" width=\"270\" height=\"330\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"lead\">Dr. Yun Li has been appointed Professor in the Departments of Genetics and Biostatistics, effective February 1, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Li earned two B.S. degrees at Shanghai Jiaotong University (China) in Computer and Application and English (Finance and Business) in 2001, followed by an M.A. in 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