Gary Owens, PhD, and Amy Bouton, PhD, Receive 2023 Research Achievement Awards
1/4/2024
Two School of Medicine faculty received 2023 Research Achievement Awards from the Office of Vice President for Research. Gary Owens, PhD, the Robert M. Berne Professor of Cardiovascular Research, Molecular…
1/4/2024
The North American Board of Breastfeeding and Lactation Medicine (NABBLM) issued its first board exam this fall. Ann Kellams, MD, a professor in the Department of Pediatrics, is among 103…
1/4/2024
Li Li, MD, PhD, professor and chair of the Department of Family Medicine and co-leader of UVA Comprehensive Cancer Center's Cancer Prevention and Population Health program, had a pivotal role…
George Bloom, PHD, and Collaborators Discover Dire Effect of Toxic Tau Protein on Brain Cells
1/4/2024
Alzheimer’s researchers at the University of Virginia have discovered how harmful tau proteins damage the essential operating instructions for our brain cells, a finding which could lead to new treatments.…
Healthy Omega-3 Fats May Slow Deadly Pulmonary Fibrosis
1/4/2024
Could healthy fats found in nuts and fish slow the progression of potentially deadly lung scarring known as pulmonary fibrosis and delay the need for lung transplants? UVA pulmonary researchers…
Research in Motion: Sarah Ewald, PhD
1/4/2024
My lab is interested in developing new technologies that allow us to study the immune response in a tissue at a biopsy scale. We can add molecular handles to proteins…
Albert S. Jun, MD, PhD, Appointed as Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology
1/4/2024
The University of Virginia School of Medicine has named Albert S. Jun, MD, PhD, a leader in revolutionizing how corneal transplants are performed, to chair its Department of Ophthalmology. He…
Hong Zhu, PhD, Co-Authors New Book About Pragmatic Clinical Trial Design
12/12/2023
A new book co-authored by Hong Zhu, PhD, a professor of biostatistics in the Department of Public Health Sciences, addresses an unmet need for guidance texts on sample size and…
