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…
Nassima Ait-Daoud Tiouririne, MD, Leads Pioneering Research to Combat Cocaine Addiction
8/23/2023
Pioneering researchers at UVA Health are testing whether focused sound waves can help people overcome cocaine addiction, a growing problem in Virginia and elsewhere. The scientists have launched a clinical…
Implications for Generative AI in Teaching and Learning
8/11/2023
The University’s Task Force on Generative AI in Teaching and Learning issued a report this summer that provides a fascinating and thoughtful picture of how this technology is already affecting…
