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Will Valdar, PhD, Recognized for Outstanding Contribution to Graduate Education

Will Valdar, PhD April 2, 2018

Dr. William Valdar, was accepted to the UNC Graduate School’s Frank Porter Graham Honor Society in recognition of outstanding contribution to graduate education at UNC.


Department of Genetics Publications for March 11-24, 2018

UNC Department of Genetics logo April 2, 2018

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published ten papers during March 11-24, 2018.


Will Valdar, PhD, Awarded NIGMS Outstanding Investigator Grant

Will Valdar, PhD March 23, 2018

Dr. Will Valdar has received an R35 Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA) for his project titled “Statistical Modeling of Multiparental and Genetic Reference Populations”.


Department of Genetics Winter Faculty Retreat

Genetics Retreat faculty group 1 March 21, 2018

More than fifty faculty members from the Department of Genetics participated in the first annual Winter Faculty Retreat on Wed., March 7.


Department of Genetics Publications for Feb. 25 – March 10, 2018

UNC Department of Genetics Logo March 13, 2018

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published eleven papers during Feb. 25 – March 10, 2018.


Daniel Schrider, PhD, Appointed Assistant Professor in the Department of Genetics

Daniel Schrider, PhD March 1, 2018

Dr. Schrider’s research interests lie in the area of developing machine learning methods for leveraging population genetic data to make inferences about natural selection and demographic events such as migration and population size change.


Department of Genetics Publications for Feb. 11-24, 2018

UNC Department of Genetics Logo February 27, 2018

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published fourteen papers during Feb. 11-24, 2018. The Integrated Genomic Landscape of Thymic Epithelial Tumors. Radovich M, Pickering CR, Felau I, Ha G, Zhang H, Jo H, Hoadley KA, Anur P, Zhang J, McLellan M, Bowlby R, Matthew T, Danilova L, Hegde AM, Kim … Read more


New Human Subjects and Clinical Trials Information Required for NIH Grants

NIH Logo February 27, 2018

For grants submitted after January 25, 2018, NIH has instituted significant changes for applications proposing clinical trials and/or work with human subjects. The new requirements affect how and where information is presented regarding human subjects, enrollment and clinical trial information.  This information will now be collected at the “study” level … Read more


Andrew Morgan, PhD, Awarded 2018 Dean’s Distinguished Dissertation Award

Andrew Morgan, PhD February 19, 2018

Congratulations to Andrew Morgan, PhD for being awarded the Dean’s Distinguished Dissertation Award in the area of Biological and Life Sciences from The Graduate School at UNC. Andrew and his dissertation committee were commended for the originality and significance of his research.  He will be recognized at The Graduate School’s … Read more


Department of Genetics Publications for Jan. 28 – Feb. 10, 2018

UNC Department of Genetics Logo February 12, 2018

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published eleven papers during Jan. 28-Feb. 10, 2018. Anticipated responses of early adopter genetic specialists and nongenetic specialists to unsolicited genomic secondary findings. Christensen KD, Bernhardt BA, Jarvik GP, Hindorff LA, Ou J, Biswas S, Powell BC, Grundmeier RW, Machini K, Karavite … Read more


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