{"id":12708,"date":"2022-05-02T19:47:32","date_gmt":"2022-05-02T23:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/?p=12708"},"modified":"2022-11-10T16:45:59","modified_gmt":"2022-11-10T21:45:59","slug":"hunter-named-as-simmons-scholar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/hunter-named-as-simmons-scholar\/","title":{"rendered":"Hunter named as Simmons Scholar"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_11424\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 135px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11424 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/716\/2021\/07\/SenyeneHunter-2020-adj.jpg\" alt=\"Senyene Hunter, MD, PhD\" width=\"125\" height=\"166\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Senyene Hunter, MD, PhD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The UNC Department of Neurology is pleased to announce that Senyene Hunter, MD, PhD, has been named as a UNC School of Medicine Simmons Scholar. Since its launch in 1994, the Simmons Scholars Program has offered support to faculty members from groups traditionally underrepresented in medicine, while also placing an emphasis on building a community of scholars that spans multiple disciplines. The program provides three to five years of salary support, structured mentorship, and career and leadership development opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Hunter is an assistant professor of child neurology and co-founder of the Epilepsy Neurogentics Initiative. She completed her PhD, MD, and residency at UNC Chapel Hill. She then went on to pursue a fellowship in clinical neurophysiology from Duke University.<\/p>\n<p>During the award period, Dr. Hunter will work collaboratively, utilizing UNC\u2019s robust genomic research capabilities, to improve our understanding of genetic epilepsies. 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