{"id":9495,"date":"2025-09-02T07:42:05","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T11:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/?p=9495"},"modified":"2025-09-02T07:44:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T11:44:00","slug":"welcome-randa-dafalla-mbbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/welcome-randa-dafalla-mbbs\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome Randa Dafalla, MBBS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"124\" data-end=\"299\">The Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine is pleased to welcome back <strong data-start=\"198\" data-end=\"225\">Randa Dafalla, M.B.B.S.<\/strong>, who joined the department in July 2024 as a Molecular Pathology Fellow and now rejoins as an Clinical Assistant Professor.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"301\" data-end=\"325\">Image of Randa Dafalla<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"327\" data-end=\"667\">Dr. Dafalla earned her medical degree from the University of Khartoum in Sudan and went on to complete her residency in Pathology at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, where she also served as Chief Resident. She then completed a fellowship in Hematopathology at UNC before starting her current fellowship in Molecular Pathology.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"669\" data-end=\"1056\">Her previous experience includes work as a Pathology Assistant with siParadigm Diagnostic Informatics in New Jersey, research at Duke University Medical Center, and clinical practice as a General Practitioner in Abu Dhabi and Sudan. Dr. Dafalla is board-certified by the American Board of Pathology and brings a wealth of clinical, research, and teaching experience to her role at UNC.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1058\" data-end=\"1074\">Welcome Randa!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine is pleased to welcome back Randa Dafalla, M.B.B.S., who joined the department in July 2024 as a Molecular Pathology Fellow and now rejoins as an Clinical Assistant Professor. Image of Randa Dafalla Dr. Dafalla earned her medical degree from the University of Khartoum in Sudan and went on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/welcome-randa-dafalla-mbbs\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Welcome Randa Dafalla, MBBS\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115151,"featured_media":7139,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","odd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Welcome Randa Dafalla, MBBS | Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/welcome-randa-dafalla-mbbs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Welcome Randa Dafalla, MBBS | Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine is pleased to welcome back Randa Dafalla, M.B.B.S., who joined the department in July 2024 as a Molecular Pathology Fellow and now rejoins as an Clinical Assistant Professor. Image of Randa Dafalla Dr. Dafalla earned her medical degree from the University of Khartoum in Sudan and went on &hellip; Read more\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/welcome-randa-dafalla-mbbs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-02T11:42:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-02T11:44:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/646\/2020\/12\/old-well-placeholder.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"259\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Lindsey Reich\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@UNCPathology\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@UNCPathology\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Lindsey Reich\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/welcome-randa-dafalla-mbbs\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/welcome-randa-dafalla-mbbs\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Lindsey Reich\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/#\/schema\/person\/e2198c261c447606c79e584948484308\"},\"headline\":\"Welcome Randa Dafalla, MBBS\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-02T11:42:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-02T11:44:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/welcome-randa-dafalla-mbbs\/\"},\"wordCount\":159,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/welcome-randa-dafalla-mbbs\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/646\/2020\/12\/old-well-placeholder.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/welcome-randa-dafalla-mbbs\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/welcome-randa-dafalla-mbbs\/\",\"name\":\"Welcome Randa Dafalla, MBBS | Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/welcome-randa-dafalla-mbbs\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/welcome-randa-dafalla-mbbs\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/646\/2020\/12\/old-well-placeholder.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-02T11:42:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-02T11:44:00+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/welcome-randa-dafalla-mbbs\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/welcome-randa-dafalla-mbbs\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/welcome-randa-dafalla-mbbs\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/646\/2020\/12\/old-well-placeholder.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/646\/2020\/12\/old-well-placeholder.png\",\"width\":200,\"height\":259,\"caption\":\"old well\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/welcome-randa-dafalla-mbbs\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Welcome Randa Dafalla, MBBS\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/\",\"name\":\"Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/#organization\",\"name\":\"UNC Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/646\/2017\/06\/PathologyandLaboratoryMedicine_logo_2c_rgb_v.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/646\/2017\/06\/PathologyandLaboratoryMedicine_logo_2c_rgb_v.png\",\"width\":488,\"height\":460,\"caption\":\"UNC Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/x.com\/UNCPathology\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/#\/schema\/person\/e2198c261c447606c79e584948484308\",\"name\":\"Lindsey Reich\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/80610b7cc3bcd19be8a68d553bf4e6ac281c4c4657c5f5bc43bfba2e9663c783?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/80610b7cc3bcd19be8a68d553bf4e6ac281c4c4657c5f5bc43bfba2e9663c783?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Lindsey Reich\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/author\/lreich\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Welcome Randa Dafalla, MBBS | Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/welcome-randa-dafalla-mbbs\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Welcome Randa Dafalla, MBBS | Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine","og_description":"The Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine is pleased to welcome back Randa Dafalla, M.B.B.S., who joined the department in July 2024 as a Molecular Pathology Fellow and now rejoins as an Clinical Assistant Professor. Image of Randa Dafalla Dr. Dafalla earned her medical degree from the University of Khartoum in Sudan and went on &hellip; Read more","og_url":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/welcome-randa-dafalla-mbbs\/","og_site_name":"Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine","article_published_time":"2025-09-02T11:42:05+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-09-02T11:44:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":200,"height":259,"url":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/646\/2020\/12\/old-well-placeholder.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Lindsey Reich","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@UNCPathology","twitter_site":"@UNCPathology","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Lindsey Reich","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/welcome-randa-dafalla-mbbs\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/welcome-randa-dafalla-mbbs\/"},"author":{"name":"Lindsey Reich","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/#\/schema\/person\/e2198c261c447606c79e584948484308"},"headline":"Welcome Randa Dafalla, MBBS","datePublished":"2025-09-02T11:42:05+00:00","dateModified":"2025-09-02T11:44:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/welcome-randa-dafalla-mbbs\/"},"wordCount":159,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/welcome-randa-dafalla-mbbs\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/646\/2020\/12\/old-well-placeholder.png","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/welcome-randa-dafalla-mbbs\/","url":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/welcome-randa-dafalla-mbbs\/","name":"Welcome Randa Dafalla, MBBS | Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/welcome-randa-dafalla-mbbs\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/welcome-randa-dafalla-mbbs\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/646\/2020\/12\/old-well-placeholder.png","datePublished":"2025-09-02T11:42:05+00:00","dateModified":"2025-09-02T11:44:00+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/welcome-randa-dafalla-mbbs\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/welcome-randa-dafalla-mbbs\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/welcome-randa-dafalla-mbbs\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/646\/2020\/12\/old-well-placeholder.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/646\/2020\/12\/old-well-placeholder.png","width":200,"height":259,"caption":"old well"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/welcome-randa-dafalla-mbbs\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Welcome Randa Dafalla, MBBS"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/","name":"Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/#organization","name":"UNC Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine","url":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/646\/2017\/06\/PathologyandLaboratoryMedicine_logo_2c_rgb_v.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/646\/2017\/06\/PathologyandLaboratoryMedicine_logo_2c_rgb_v.png","width":488,"height":460,"caption":"UNC Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/UNCPathology"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/#\/schema\/person\/e2198c261c447606c79e584948484308","name":"Lindsey Reich","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/80610b7cc3bcd19be8a68d553bf4e6ac281c4c4657c5f5bc43bfba2e9663c783?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/80610b7cc3bcd19be8a68d553bf4e6ac281c4c4657c5f5bc43bfba2e9663c783?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Lindsey Reich"},"url":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/author\/lreich\/"}]}},"featured_image":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/646\/2020\/12\/old-well-placeholder.png","featured_image_medium":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/646\/2020\/12\/old-well-placeholder.png","featured_image_medium_large":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/646\/2020\/12\/old-well-placeholder.png","featured_image_large":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/646\/2020\/12\/old-well-placeholder.png","featured_image_thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/646\/2020\/12\/old-well-placeholder-150x150.png","featured_image_alt":"old well","category_details":[{"name":"News","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/category\/news\/"}],"tag_details":[],"_links_to":[],"_links_to_target":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/115151"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9495"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9495\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9499,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9495\/revisions\/9499"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pathology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}