{"id":9671,"date":"2024-08-19T11:53:04","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T15:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/gmb\/?post_type=ud_entry&#038;p=9671"},"modified":"2025-01-07T14:14:55","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T19:14:55","slug":"whitney-edwards-phd","status":"publish","type":"ud_entry","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/gmb\/people\/whitney-edwards-phd\/","title":{"rendered":"Whitney Edwards, PhD"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"faculty-training\">\n<li style=\"line-height: 1.1; font-size: small; color: #333;\">Mentorship Training Completions:<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ogefacultymentoring.web.unc.edu\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/gmb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1391\/2024\/03\/Faculty-OGE-Trained-mentor-badge.svg\" alt=\"OGE Mentoring Workshop Badge\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9189\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"department-affiliations\">\n<li style=\"line-height: 1.1; font-size: small; color: #333;\">Department Affiliations:<\/li>\n<li style=\"\">Cell Biology &amp; Physiology; McAllister Heart Institute; Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n\nCongenital heart diseases (CHDs) are characterized by structural malformations that arise from perturbations in the molecular programs that regulate heart development. CHD is the most common birth defect, affecting approximately 1% of all live births. Despite the prevalence of CHDs, the underlying cause remains unknown in most cases. My lab\u2019s overarching goal is to identify the cellular processes essential for cardiac development and determine how these processes are altered in CHDs. We use a multifaceted approach to investigate molecular mechanisms of cardiogenesis, including mammalian cell culture, genetic mouse models, biochemical\/molecular studies, and transcriptomics. 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