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O鈥橬eal Awarded Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Research Grant

April 29, 2025

Dr. Wanda O鈥橬eal (Professor, Medicine and Genetics (secondary)) was awarded a new grant from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation for her project titled 鈥淗ypoxia signaling: a therapeutic target for cystic fibrosis lung disease鈥�.聽

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Magnuson Renews MMRRC U42 Grant

April 29, 2025

Dr. Terry Magnuson (Kay M. & Van L. Weatherspoon Eminent Distinguished Professor, Genetics and Vice Dean for Research and Strategy, School of Data Science and Society) is the Lead PI on the recently awarded competitive renewal of a U42 grant from the NIH Office of the Director titled 鈥淎 Carolina … Read more

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Anne Thessen Publishes Exposomics Paper in Science

April 25, 2025

Dr. Anne Thessen (Associate Professor, Genetics) was a co-author of a recently published Science paper titled 鈥淚ntegrating exosomes in biomedicine鈥�.聽

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Department of Genetics Publications for March 2nd – 29th, 2025

April 20, 2025

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 30 papers during March 2nd – 29th 2025.

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Searching for the genetic origins of a debilitating skin disease

April 11, 2025

Chris Sayed, a dermatologist at the 黑料网, has spent much of his career focused on what he calls “the worst and most common disease you’ve never heard of.”

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Dr. Yun Li and Team Publish New Model (endoPRS) in AJHG

April 8, 2025

Yun Li, PhD (Professor, Genetics) together with first author Elena Kharitonova (PhD Student, Biostatistics) have published a new paper in the American Journal of Human Genetics (AJHG) titled 鈥淓ndoPRS: Incorporating endophenotype information to improve polygenic risk scores for clinical endpoints 鈥� a study in asthma鈥�.聽

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Dr. Yun Li and Collaborators Publish Review in AJHG

April 4, 2025

Yun Li, PhD (Professor, Genetics and Biostatistics) is a co-corresponding author together with Quan Sun (Biostatistics doctoral candidate) on a new review paper published in the American Journal of Human Genetics, titled 鈥淥pportunities and challenges of local ancestry in genetic association analysis鈥�.

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Dr. Virginia Miller Named AAAS Fellow

April 1, 2025

Virginia Miller, PhD (Professor, Genetics and Microbiology & Immunology, Retired) has been named a 2024 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, one of the most distinguished honors in the scientific community.

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Laura Raffield Awarded New Subcontract from UTSW Medical Center

March 20, 2025

Dr. Laura Raffield (Assistant Professor, Genetics) has received a new subcontract from University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.

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Hyejung Won Awarded New Seed Grant from the ALS Association

March 20, 2025

Dr. Hyejung Won (Associate Professor, Genetics) was awarded a seed grant from the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association for her project titled 鈥淒eciphering higher-order chromatin mechanisms for C9orf72-mediated ALS鈥�.

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