Shawn Pelletier, MD, Appointed Division Chief of Transplant Surgery in the Department of Surgery
8/23/2023
Shawn Pelletier, MD, has been selected as the next chief of the Division of Transplant Surgery in the Department of Surgery and as director of the Transplant Service Line at…
Anne Kenworthy, PhD, Elected to Council of the Biophysical Society
8/23/2023
Anne Kenworthy, PhD, was elected to the Council of the Biophysical Society. Consisting of 7,500 members, the Biophysical Society is a professional, scientific society established to lead an innovative global…
Local High Schoolers Explore ‘STEM’ Through SOAR Program
8/23/2023
The School of Medicine’s Summer Opportunities in Academic Research (SOAR), co-founded and co-directed by Assistant Professor Brynne Sullivan, MD, and Associate Professor Sana Syed, MD, in the Department of Pediatrics,…
Mark Roeser, MD, and Hannah Mannem, MD, Performed COVID-Induced, Double Lung Transplant
8/23/2023
R. J. Redstrom is a triathlete who received a double-lung transplant after COVID complications irrevocably damaged his lungs. He says it was a series of "miracles" that led him to…
David Schiff, MD, Highlights Promising New Drug for Brain Tumor
8/23/2023
A top UVA Health cancer expert is highlighting how a new drug could transform how doctors treat a brain tumor that typically strikes younger people. David Schiff, MD, the Harrison…
8/23/2023
Norbert Leitinger, PhD, a professor of pharmacology and associate director of UVA's Robert M. Berne Cardiovascular Research Center, was awarded a $2.5 million grant, for a project to study Acetyl…
8/23/2023
Daniel J. Cox, PhD, a professor of psychiatric and internal medicine in the Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, was awarded a $3.5 million R01 grant from the NIH for…
Research In Motion: Mary Peace McRae, PhD
8/23/2023
"My research studies how opioids negatively impact memory and learning in people living with HIV. Having a better understanding of these cellular and molecular processes, including how opioids decrease the…
