Category: GENE

Sam Young, Jr., PhD, Roper Investigator, Professor of Pediatrics, and Director of the UNC Gene Therapy Center, has been elected to his second one-year term on the Technical Activities Committee (TAC) of the National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals (NIIMBL). NIIMBL is a public-private partnership dedicated to accelerating biopharmaceutical...

Several pediatrics faculty were recently selected to receive UNC-Chapel Hill Junior Faculty Development Awards for 2025. The Junior Faculty Development Awards are funded by IBM and R. J. Reynolds Industries, Inc. This award grants $10,000 to support scholarly pursuits over one calendar year.

Coltrane Beck-Chance joined Genetics and Metabolism on February 10, 2025. Mr. Beck-Chance received his Bachelor's degree from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in December of 2019. He received his MS in Genetic Counseling from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 2024. Welcome!

Tierra Bobo, PhD, Assistant Professor in Pediatric Genetics and Metabolism and a researcher with the Gene Therapy Center, recently received an award by the American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy (ASGCT). Her proposal for Viral Vector Development in the amount of $100,000 was accepted as a Career Development Award....

UNC Children’s has opened the Muenzer MPS Research and Treatment Center dedicated to improving the lives of patients with mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS), a group of rare inherited conditions, and advancing research with the goal of creating better therapies.

Ric Ong, MD, MBA joined the Pediatric Division of Genetics & Metabolism on October 7, 2024. Dr. Ong received his BA from University of Rochester, NY in 1988 and earned his MD from Duke University in 1996. He completed a Residency in Emergency Medicine at Johns Hopkins University in 1999...

Cynthia M. Powell, MD, MS, FAAP, Professor of Pediatrics, in the Division of Genetics and Metabolism, received the Outstanding Academic Service Award in recognition of her groundbreaking work in genetics and newborn screening as well as her trusted partnership with pediatricians across North Carolina.

Alexis Darling joined Genetics and Metabolism on August 15, 2024. Ms. Darling received her Bachelor of Science degree from Colorado State in Fort Collins, CO in December of 2019. She received her MS in Genetic Counseling from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in May of 2024. Welcome Alexis!

Michaela Reinhart, MD joined the Pediatric Division of Genetics & Metabolism on August 15, 2024. Dr. Reinhart received her MD from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in May of 2019. She also received her Bachelor of Science degree from Clemson University in Clemson, SC in May of...

Ivy Gwynn, PA-C, joined the Muenzer MPS center in the Pediatric division of Genetics & Metabolism as an Advanced Practice Practitioner on August 12, 2024. Ms. Gwynn received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in May 2014 and her her MS in...