Research in Motion Video: John Lukens, PhD

3/28/2023

"We now know that the immune system is a key contributor to neurological diseases such as Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's. We're trying to work on ways to harness the immune…

Bias in Healthcare

3/28/2023

Facilitated by Kimberley R. Barker, MLIS, Librarian for Belonging & Community Engagement Description/Learning Objectives: Bias can be both conscious and unconscious and affects all areas of life including healthcare, with…

Date: Apr 17, 2023 - Apr 17, 2023

Start Time: 12:00 pm

End Time: 1:00 pm

Last Chance: Vote for U.S. News & World Report’s 2023-2024 Best Hospital’s Expert Opinion Survey

3/21/2023

U.S. News & World Report’s 2023-2024 Best Hospital’s Expert Opinion Survey voting window closes this week! Faculty still have time to vote! Faculty members may still claim their Doximity profile…

Ahmad Jomaa, PhD, Is Co-First and Senior Author for Nature Communications Article About the Structure of Bacterial Ribosome

3/21/2023

Ahmad Jomaa, PhD, is co-first and senior author for research published in Nature Communications about the high-resolution structure of the bacterial ribosome, which could lead to better antimicrobial drugs to…

Alexander Podboy, MD’s Study Finds Troubling Disparities in Esophageal Cancer Outcomes

3/21/2023

Lower-income people are significantly less likely to receive a potentially lifesaving treatment for the fastest-increasing type of esophageal cancer – and are more likely to die from the disease, new…

COVID-19 Discovery by Jie Sun, PhD and Colleagues Points to New Treatment to Protect High-Risk Patients

3/21/2023

UVA Health researchers have identified a potential treatment to prevent severe COVID-19 in patients at great risk. The new research from UVA School of Medicine's Jie Sun, PhD, and colleagues…

Artificial Pancreas Developed at UVA Improves Blood Sugar Control for Kids Ages 2-6

3/21/2023

An artificial pancreas originally developed at the University of Virginia Center for Diabetes Technology improves blood sugar control in children ages 2 to 6 with type 1 diabetes, according to…

Research in Motion Video: Jason Papin, PhD

3/21/2023

  We build computer models of networks inside cells. We apply these computer models to problems in cancer and infectious disease to understand the genes or proteins, which are the…