{"id":6051,"date":"2023-08-10T11:06:36","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T15:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ppmh\/?post_type=ud_entry&#038;p=6051"},"modified":"2025-11-04T14:03:56","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T19:03:56","slug":"grace-byfield-ms-phd","status":"publish","type":"ud_entry","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ppmh\/people\/grace-byfield-ms-phd\/","title":{"rendered":"Grace Byfield, MS, PhD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Grace Byfield earned her Ph.D. in Microbiology from North Carolina State University in 2005 after completing a M.S. in Biology at North Carolina Central University in 2002.\u00a0 Her postdoctoral tenures included research in Human Genetics at Duke University School of Medicine, and Ophthalmology at UNC-CH School of Medicine.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Currently, Grace leads the initiative in Promoting Advocacy and Research Awareness for Diversity in Genomic Medicine (PARADIGM) under the UNC Program for Precision Medicine in Healthcare (PPMH).\u00a0\u00a0 The PARADIGM initiative focuses on advocacy efforts to increase understanding of genomics in health care among underrepresented communities, raise student awareness about genomics-related careers, and address disparities in genomic medicine through research.\u00a0 She is also actively involved in other PPMH projects and initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Grace\u2019s scientific career spans 15 years of research and teaching in industry and academia.\u00a0 She has published her work in peer-reviewed journals and contributed to several book chapters.\u00a0 Before joining the UNC-CH Department of Genetics, Grace was the Interim Director for the Center for Outreach in Alzheimer\u2019s, Aging and Community Health (COAACH) at NC A&amp;T State University.\u00a0 There she was involved in community outreach and research initiatives geared towards increasing education and awareness of Alzheimer\u2019s disease and promoting Healthy Aging among African Americans.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Grace is from Jamaica where she completed her undergraduate degree in Botany at the University of the West Indies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5543,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"ud_division":[51],"class_list":["post-6051","ud_entry","type-ud_entry","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","ud_division-edge-leadership","odd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Grace Byfield, MS, PhD - PPMH - Program for Precision Medicine in Health Care<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ppmh\/people\/grace-byfield-ms-phd\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Grace Byfield, MS, PhD - PPMH - Program for Precision Medicine in Health Care\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Grace Byfield earned her Ph.D. in Microbiology from North Carolina State University in 2005 after completing a M.S. in Biology at North Carolina Central University in 2002.\u00a0 Her postdoctoral tenures included research in Human Genetics at Duke University School of Medicine, and Ophthalmology at UNC-CH School of Medicine. &nbsp; 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