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Symposium – Beyond the Horizon: The Changing Landscape of Rare Disease Treatments

January 28, 2025

PPMH Offering $3,000 Pilot Awards for GENYSIS Core Facility Services

January 13, 2025
The Program for Precision Medicine in Health Care (PPMH) is supplying $3,000 pilot awards for services with the Clinical Genomic Analysis (GENYSIS) Core Facility. GENYSIS is a research service that collaborates with the BioSpecimen Processing (BSP) facility, the High-Throughput Sequencing Facility (HTSF), and the McLendon Molecular Genetics Laboratory (MGL), enabling...

PPMH Provides Conference Award, Followed by a Small Summit with PPMH, Moving Forward Precision Psychiatry at UNC

December 16, 2024
In September 2024, the PPMH supplied a $300 conference award to Dr. Alissa Hutto (Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry) to attend the “Massachusetts General Hospital 4th Annual Conference on Precision Psychiatry: Innovation to Implementation”. Following the conference, the PPMH arranged a small summit with the goal of further generating...

PPMH Announces New Medical Student Elective Course

November 4, 2024
PPMH has launched a new elective course for UNC medical students: Genomic & Precision Medicine (MEDI 455). The 4-week elective explores how innovations in cutting-edge technology & systems-based thinking can be applied to improve patient outcomes in the health care system. A deep dive into genomic science and technology and...

Workshop Series: Research at UNC with All Of Us Data – Getting Started

October 28, 2024
All Of Us is an NIH-supported research program that brings together academic institutions, healthcare organizations, and community partners to gain deeper insights into human health via data science. With an emphasis on representing diverse US populations, All Of Us provides access to clinical, genetic, wearables, and personal survey data for...

GENYSIS Core Featured in a UNC Research Article

June 12, 2024
As one of the newer core facilities at Carolina, GENYSIS aims to help researchers analyze whole exome and genome sequences — looking at a person’s entire genetic code. By working with existing core facilities, such as the BioSpecimen Processing Facility and High-Throughput Sequencing Facility, GENYSIS can provide a unique service...

Working Towards Justice and Genetic Health Literacy in Clinical Genomics

May 22, 2024
A seminar and panel about working towards justice and genetic health literacy in clinical genomics and the complexity of supporting informed decision making by members of vulnerable or marginalized groups. Featured Speakers: Dr. Janeth Sanchez, PhD, MPH: Program Director for Health Equity at National Institutes of Health Dr. Janina Jeff,...

Unlocking Equity: Disability Inclusion in Precision Medicine Research

May 10, 2024
Despite comprising about 27% of the US population, the disability community has remained largely absent from diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts in precision medicine and genomics research. Research suggests that individuals with disabilities are willing to participate in precision medicine research, yet this group continues to be underrepresented. Reasons...

Ensuring Fairness: At the Crossroads of Equity and Economic Considerations in Precision Medicine

March 26, 2024
Efforts to expand access to genomic health and precision medicine have resulted in a proliferation of screening programs for healthy adult populations across the nation. Issues of fairness and equity abound in medicine and are a critical component of assessing implementation of these genomic health and precision medicine efforts. But...

NCCU Workshop – Genetics-in-a-Day: Careers from the Bench to the Bedside

March 11, 2024