School of Medicine General Faculty Meeting on March 7

2/8/2023

Dean Kibbe will host a General Faculty Meeting on Tuesday, March 7, 2023, 5-6 p.m.  All voting faculty of the School of Medicine are invited to attend and should have…

Date: Mar 7, 2023 - Mar 7, 2023

Start Time: 5:00 pm

End Time: 6:00 pm

UVA School of Medicine Celebrates Black History Month 2023

2/8/2023

As we acknowledge, bring awareness, and celebrate the 2023 Black History Month theme, "Black Resistance: Restoration and Resilience," we are dedicated to standing with our Black patients, visitors, team members,…

Anna Jesus, MD and Rebecca J. Scharf, MD Discuss How Life-Saving Gene Therapy Offers Hope for Children Suffering from Spinal Muscular Atrophy

2/8/2023

Anna O. Jesus, MD and Rebecca J. Scharf, MD, both neurodevelopmental pediatricians at UVA Children's, discuss how gene therapy is used to treat Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) in the video…

Department of Defense Presents Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs at School of Medicine

2/8/2023

Melina Kibbe, MD, Dean of the School of Medicine and Jianjie Ma, PhD, the William H. Muller Endowed Professor of Surgery, hosted Department of Defense (DoD) representatives Dr. Kristy Lidie…

Irina M. Bochkis, PhD and Collaborators Discover Key Trigger for Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

2/8/2023

University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have discovered a key trigger for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, a mysterious condition that causes fat to build up in the liver for…

Melissa Kendall, PhD Awarded $2.4 Million Grant to Study How Bacterial Pathogens Rely on RNA Binding Proteins to Establish Infection and Cause Disease

2/8/2023

Melissa Kendall PhD, an associate professor in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology, was awarded a 5-year, $2.4 million grant to examine how bacterial pathogens rely on RNA…

Benjamin W. Purow, MD Secures Two R01 Grants for $4 Million to Study Gioblastoma and Will Co-Lead a Project for the $12 million NIH-funded SASCO Center U54 grant

2/8/2023

Benjamin W. Purow, MD, a professor in the Department of Neurology, was awarded two new R01 grants providing approximately $4 million over the next 5 years to study glioblastoma. He…

Research in Motion Video: Upkong Eyo, PhD

2/8/2023

“I study these cells called microglia in the brain. I love studying them because they're really enigmatic.” --Ukpong Eyo, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience To watch more Research in…