Dr. Patterson successfully defended her PhD thesis, “Understand and Optimizing Chemotherapy Combinations,” under the guidance of Dr. Adam Palmer, on May 31.

Congratulations to Yinglong Miao, PhD, who has been named editor-in-chief of npj Drug Discovery, part of the Nature portfolio of journals. The journal published a Q&A with Dr. Miao about his research and vision for the journal.

Jefferson-Pilot Fellowships in Academic Medicine are given to talented junior faculty across all disciplines in the School of Medicine. Congratulations on your award!

Congratulations to the the Ph. Dinks and The Boys in Blue who placed 1st & 2nd in the first ever PHCO PickleBall Tourney!

Congratulations to Dr. Rob Nicholas for being awarded the BBSP Distinguished Teaching Award, on behalf of the UNC School of Medicine Academy of Educators.

Dr. Sheehy successfully defended his PhD thesis, “Interrogating the Role of G9a in the Brain During Health, Aging, and Alzheimer’s Disease.”

Dr. Daugird defended his PhD thesis, “Correlative single molecule lattice light sheet imaging reveals the dynamic relationship between nucleosomes and the local chromatin environment.”

The team placed 2nd in top donors at the Purple Strider 5K 2024 event, raising a total of $16,762 in support of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network!

Dr. Zewdie successfully defended her thesis, “MerTK Induces Tolerogenic Dendritic Cells by Metabolic Reprogramming.”

Dr. Xu successfully defended his PhD thesis, “Defining the Kinome Landscape of Pancreatic Cancer.”