Author Archives: Betsy Clarke

Congratulations to Leon Coleman, MD, PhD, winner of a 2025-26 James W. Woods Junior Faculty Award, which recognizes Dr. Coleman's outstanding accomplishments!

Lee M. Graves's Lab played a pivotal role in the approval of a new medication for pediatric patients that could also be used to treat other types of cancer.

Dr. Jenner successfully defended her thesis, “Kinase Inhibitor Therapies for Pancreatic Cancer" under the direction of her mentor, Dr. Jen Jen Yeh.

Hats off to Dr. Juan Song on the publication of SOM/UNC Health's Newsroom's article, “Junk Food Puts Memory at Risk—Here’s How to Protect It,” highlighting her lab's ground-breaking research published in Neuron Sept. 11.

New research led by Dr. Samuel Young, Jr. reveals that α2δ proteins—key players in brain communication—have far more complex roles than previously believed.

Congratulations to Dr. Dalia Martinez-Marin and members of the Kevin Pruitt Lab for their latest publication in Nature Communications exploring the role of Dishevelled-1 to regulate transcription and epigenetic!

Dr. Guzman successfully defended his PhD thesis, "Characterizing RNA G-quadruplex Recognition by Disordered Domains of RNA-Binding Proteins," under the guidance of Dr. Daniel Dominguez.

Dr. Yao successfully defended her PhD thesis, "Computational Design and High-Throughput Screening for Immunotherapy Protein Binder Development" under the guidance of Dr. Brian Kuhlman.

Dr. Graves successfully defended his PhD thesis, "ERK Regulates IKK Epsilon Expression and Oncogenic Functions of Pancreatic Cancer" under the guidance of Dr. Albert Baldwin.

The WRAL news segment focused on the growing popularity and public health questions surrounding THC-infused beverages.