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Meet Drs. McGinnis & Stubbins

Meet Drs. McGinnis & Stubbins

Drs. Eric McGinnis (left) and Ryan Stubbins (right) are recipients of the 2022/2023 Precision Health Catalyst Grant award for their project entitled “Rapid targeted gene sequencing and high-resolution optical genome mapping to optimize selection of targeted therapies in acute myeloid leukemia” Read a summary of the project here. “This project aims to: 1) Evaluate the […]

Meet Dr. Annie Ciernia

Meet Dr. Annie Ciernia

Drs. Annie Ciernia (pictured) and Sheila Teves (not pictured) are recipients of the 2022/2023 Precision Health Catalyst Grant award for their project entitled “Human SPI1 variants alter microglial immune memory to promote neuroinflammation” Read a summary of the project here. “This project aims to identify how GWAS hits in non-coding regions confer disease risk or […]

Meet Dr. Anna Blakney

Meet Dr. Anna Blakney

Drs. Anna Blakney (pictured) and Jayachandran Kizhakkedathu (not pictured) are recipients of the 2022/2023 Precision Health Catalyst Grant award for their project entitled “Next-generation anti-cancer antibody formats enabled through development of novel low immunogenic RNA delivery” Read a summary of the project here. “This project will develop a low immunogenic novel delivery platform that enables […]

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VPRI Call for Faculty CRC Proposals for Persons with Disabilities

Important Dates March 6, 2024 FoM Launches Internal Call for Proposals March 25, 2024 Deadline to consult Department/School finance managers for recruitment stream eligibility April 6, 2024 Application Deadline for FoM Internal Call April 2024 Adjudication Committee reviews retention and recruitment applications Mid May 2024 Applicants notified of FoM Internal Call Results Mid May – […]