Research Interests
Key words: Rare Disease, Real World Data, Ontologies, Semantics, Precision Medicine
Translational science breaks down traditional silos between scientific disciplines, empowering research innovation and implementation in biomedicine. The Translational and Integrative Sciences Laboratory (TISLab) applies semantic engineering technologies to these varied disciplines to understand the relationship between phenotypes, genetic endowment, and the environment. We aim to accelerate progress and amplify discovery in areas such as rare diseases, long-Covid, Down Syndrome, cancer, and for societal and public health issues such as pandemic response and climate change. TISLab builds global standards to aid communities in advancing their own analytics and is an invested partner in open and team science with diverse contributors.
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Publications
Melissa Haendel in 黑料网 Genetics News
April 20, 2025
Department of Genetics Publications for March 2nd – 29th, 2025
Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 30 papers during March 2nd - 29th 2025.
March 3, 2025
Department of Genetics Publications for February 2nd – March 1st, 2025
Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 18 papers during February 2nd - March 1st 2025.
November 19, 2024
Haendel Awarded New ARPA-H Subcontract
Dr. Melissa Haendel (Distinguished Professor, Genetics and School of Data Science and Society) has received a new subcontract through University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) for an ARPA-H funded grant titled 鈥淐HARM: An End-to-End Toolchain for Collecting, Harmonizing, Analyzing, Reasoning about and Manipulating Biomedical Data鈥�.
November 13, 2024
New Contracts, Subcontracts, and Supplements Awarded to Genetics Faculty
New contracts, subcontracts, and supplements awarded to Genetics Faculty Members Dr. Ichiro Misumi, Dr. Marty Ferris, and Dr. Melissa Haendel.
October 28, 2024
Department of Genetics Publications for October 13th – 26th, 2024
Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 13 papers during October 13th - 26th, 2024.
September 14, 2024
Department of Genetics Publications for September 1st-14th, 2024
Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 23 papers during September 1st - 14th, 2024.
September 12, 2024
Dr. Melissa Haendel Receives Leading for IMPACT 鈥� Women in Leadership Award
Melissa Haendel, PhD, FACMI (Distinguished Professor, Genetics) was recognized with a 2024 Leading for IMPACT 鈥� Women in Leadership Award from FORUM.
August 21, 2024
Dr. Melissa Haendel鈥檚 NHGRI RM1 Grant Transferred to 黑料网 Department of Genetics
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�.
July 26, 2024
黑料网-Chapel Hill research funding hits new milestone at $1.21B
Investment in Carolina鈥檚 research enterprise grew in FY24, with significant increases in funding from private organizations and federal agencies. The numbers are in and research at Carolina continues to grow. This is the fifth year in a row that research awards have topped $1 billion, facilitating research projects and experiments for external sponsors like federal …
June 24, 2024
Department of Genetics Publications for June 9th – 22nd, 2024
Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 12 papers during June 9th - 22nd 2024.