Micah Hysong (he/him), Genetics & Molecular Biology graduate student in Laura Raffield’s Lab (UNC Genetics), received the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program Award. This fellowship will pay for the remainder of his PhD and offer exciting opportunities. He got this fellowship based on both his research proposal “Leveraging Multi-omic data from Individuals with African Ancestry to Improve Polygenic Risk Score Accuracy and Portability Across Ancestry Groups” and his demonstrated commitment to advancing justice, equity, and belonging.