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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...

     

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...