Josh Uronis, PhD

Josh Uronis serves as Genomics Sequencing Operations Director of GeneCentric Therapeutics.  In 2014, he completed post-doctoral training at the Duke University Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy where he utilized patient-derived human cancer explant models for the study of colorectal cancer and helped develop a six-class molecular model for subtyping colorectal cancers.  Prior to this, Josh completed post-doctoral training at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease (CGIBD).  There, he investigated the role of the intestinal microbiota in the development of colorectal cancer.  Josh’s research efforts resulted in significant contributions to the field of colorectal cancer research, including the publication of 11 research articles in addition to oral presentations at GI ASCO and the Digestive Disease Week (DDW) Annual Symposium.  Josh received his Ph.D. from UNC-CH in the Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology.