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Dr. Jason Stein (Associate Professor, Genetics and Neuroscience Center) was awarded a new U01 grant from the National Institute of Aging (NIA) for his project titled 鈥淎D GxE: in vivo and in vitro modeling of gene x environment interactions鈥�.聽

Matthew Brush, PhD (Assistant Professor, Genetics) is the contact PI for a recently transferred Other Transaction (OT) award from National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS).

Parul Johri, PhD (Assistant Professor of Biology and Genetics) received a new R35 grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) for her project titled 鈥淛ointly modeling the effects of evolutionary processes on genomic variation鈥�.聽

黑料网 researchers Mohanish Deshmukh, PhD, professor of cell biology and physiology, and Praveen Sethupathy, PhD, a former professor of genetics and current chair of Biomedical Sciences at Cornell University, show that a molecule called miR-29 is instrumental in driving the aging process.

William Kim, MD, and Tracy Rose, MD, MPH, published a review highlighting new scientific insights that have led to advances in kidney cancer treatment and increased survival rates.

Melissa Haendel, PhD, FACMI (Distinguished Professor, Genetics) was recognized with a 2024 Leading for IMPACT 鈥� Women in Leadership Award from FORUM.

Cynthia M. Powell, MD, MS, FAAP, Professor of Pediatrics, in the Division of Genetics and Metabolism, and Genetics received the Outstanding Academic Service Award in recognition of her groundbreaking work in genetics and newborn screening as well as her trusted partnership with pediatricians across North Carolina.

Melissa Haendel, PhD, FACMI (Distinguished Professor, Genetics) is the contact PI for the recently transferred RM1 grant from NHGRI titled 鈥淎 phenomics-first resource for interpretation of variants鈥�.

Sabrina Toro, PhD (Assistant Professor, Genetics) has been awarded an R24 from NIEHS for her project titled 鈥淎dvancing a community-led zebrafish toxicology phenotype atlas鈥�.

Courtney Thaxton, PhD was promoted to Associate Professor, effective July 1, 2024.聽