Highlights
Seminar: Beyond the Medical: Genetic Testing for Social Traits
Virtual Seminar: Beyond the Medical: Genetic Testing for Social Traits Friday December 9, 2022, 12:00-1:00pm ET Speakers: Anya Prince, JD, Associate Profesor, College of Law, University of Iowa and Member, University of Iowa Genetics Cluster Jean Cadigan, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Social Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Core Faculty Member, … Continued
Biomedical Imaging for Precision Diagnosis, Prognosis, and Therapy | November 7, 2022
Join the UNC Program for Precision Medicine in Healthcare (PPMH) for Biomedical Imaging for Precision Diagnosis, Prognosis, and Therapy, a free virtual mini-symposium on Monday November 7, 2022 from 11:00am to 12:00pm ET. At this interactive event, you will engage in discussion with leading Precision Medicine researchers at UNC. Precision medicine harnesses cutting edge data … Continued
Drs. Jonathan Berg and Laura Milko awarded new R01 from NHGRI
Jonathan Berg, MD, PhD (Distinguished Professor) and Laura Milko, PhD (Assistant Professor) received a new R01 grant from the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) for their proposal titled “Age-based genomic screening in newborns, infants and children: a novel paradigm in public health genomics”.
About Us
Leadership
The PPMH was launched in Fall 2018 under the leadership of Director, Jonathan Berg, MD, PhD, Professor in the Department of Genetics. Associate Director, Laura Milko, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Genetics, joined the PPMH leadership in early 2019. The PPMH Steering Committee is comprised of 13 members representing 20 departments across the School of Medicine, as well as representatives from the UNC Health Care System, the College of Arts and Sciences, and the School of Public Health. The PPMH leadership is engaged in outreach to various Departments and Centers on UNC’s campus, with the goal of raising awareness of the new program and engaging new members and collaborators.