Jeremy Purvis, PhD (Professor, Department of Genetics) has been awarded a new R01 grant for his project titled “Cell cycle paths as a framework for understanding drug resistance in tumor cell subpopulations” from the National Cancer Institute. The goal of this project is to investigate variability in tumor cell cycle progression at the single-cell level … Read more

UNC Educational Pathways to Increase Diversity in GEnomics (EDGE Genomics) is an innovative 2-year summer program that provides training in research skills, career education, and mentoring to undergraduate students from underrepresented and disadvantaged backgrounds who are interested in careers in genomics. Click here for more information and to apply for the summer 2024 – summer … Read more

As technologies and health interventions expand at a rapid rate in healthcare, many providers and patients desire quick and efficient incorporation of these new offerings in to practice. The field of implementation science can be critical in studying the barriers and facilitators to bring options previously available only in the research realm to the clinic. … Read more

Community engagement continues to be a critical component in genomic medicine and precision health research where the overall goal is to improve health outcomes of communities. The translation of findings into practice and implementation depends heavily on stakeholder engagement throughout the research process. In this seminar session on Wednesday, November 8th, we explored insights gained … Read more

Rachel Phillips, PPMH project coordinator, presented a poster titled “Precision Health Genetic Screening: Where Is The Pipeline Leaky?” at the 2023 UNC Genetics Department Retreat in September. This poster explored the topic of participant retention in the Precision Health Genetic Screening (PHGS) program. Rachel worked with Erica Baynard and Kim Foss, MS, CGC to analyze … Read more

In an effort to build a precision medicine community at UNC, PPMH has created a membership system. This system has now rolled out and is now available to the UNC and UNC Health Community!  Three types of PPMH membership are offered: UNC Faculty and Staff UNC Health UNC Trainee (graduate student, postdoc, medical student, or … Read more

The UNC Clinical Genomic Analysis (GENYSIS) Core is a PPMH-affiliated research service that collaborates with the BioSpecimen Processing (BSP) facility, the High-Throughput Sequencing Facility (HTSF), and the McLendon Molecular Genetics Laboratory (MGL) to provide clinical researchers with four main services:  Bioinformatics: human genome alignment of sequence data and variant calling via a custom in-house pipeline  … Read more

The PPMH Precision Analytics Initiative has wrapped up its first round of consultation services, and has granted Dr. Kimberly Shoenbill and her research group a $2500 pilot award to use toward their project, “Using NLP Algorithms to Improve Identification and Use of EHR Tobacco Information”. To see project submission details, click here.