Yemko Pryor, PhD● Press, profiles and interviews
Media
- 2026Award
Yemko Pryor Receives Outstanding Postdoctoral Fellow Award
A profile marking the 2026 Outstanding Postdoctoral Fellow Award, covering current work on the genetics of human pigmentation alongside teaching and community engagement.
- 2026Award
Postdoctoral fellows, faculty mentors recognized
Coverage of the Outstanding Postdoctoral Fellow Awards, which recognize excellence across research, teaching, mentoring, service and leadership.
- 2025Research news
Epigenetics linked to high-altitude adaptation in Andes
A news feature on the first whole-methylome data from the Kichwa of the Ecuadorian Andes and the Ashaninka of the Amazon Basin, and what DNA methylation may contribute to long-standing human adaptation.
- 2024Profile
Student Spotlight: Meet Yemko Pryor
A featured scientist spotlight on bringing a genetics perspective into biological anthropology and studying the evolutionary histories of Indigenous populations in South America.
- 2024Community
Top Priorities and Growing Complexities for Some LGBTQ Voters
Coverage of GLAAD Media Institute listening and coaching sessions with activists and community leaders at Atlanta City Hall, including work building community for queer graduate students at Emory.
- 2021Profile
Oberlin Science Scholar Explores Ancient DNA at Emory and Howard Universities
An alumni profile tracing the path from a double major in biology and Africana studies to doctoral research in ancient DNA.
- 2020Research news
Ancient DNA lab maps little-explored human lineages
A feature on the Lindo ancient DNA lab, including work comparing coastal and high-altitude populations of ancient Peru.
- 2019Interview
I Am Abel
A television interview with Dr. Conway about research, recorded in Chicago in July 2019.
- 2018Profile
Alumni Perspectives: Yemko Pryor ’14
An alumni interview on how interests in biology and Africana studies first took shape and where they led after Oberlin.