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Emily Gonzalez, PhD, and Melanie Morse, PhD, Explore Virtual Reality as Tool to Reduce Anxiety in Children and Adolescents

6/19/2025

Emily Gonzalez, PhD, and Melanie Morse, PhD, in the Department of Pediatrics’ Division of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, have been awarded a Thriving Youth in a Digital Environment seed grant…

Patrick Finan, PhD, and Philip Chow, PhD, Earn $4 Million to Study an Adaptive Intervention to Manage Low Back Pain

6/19/2025

Chronic low back pain affects millions of people worldwide and is often accompanied by insomnia, defined as chronic difficulty falling or staying asleep resulting in daytime impairments. Treating insomnia using…

Research in Motion: Chelsea Marie Braun, PhD

6/19/2025

My lab researches the parasite Cryptosporidium. And we're really interested in understanding across a variety of pathogens, particularly Cryptosporidium, why some people [with] a particular infection become very sick and…

Research Town Hall: Wednesday, June 25

6/11/2025

As the federal landscape continues to evolve, the School of Medicine recognizes the ongoing uncertainty this creates—particularly for those of you working diligently to sustain your research programs and support…

Update on Construction Progress at the Paul and Diane Manning Institute of Biotechnology

6/11/2025

Construction is progressing on the Paul and Diane Manning Institute of Biotechnology at the Fontaine Research Park. All underground plumbing and electrical work were completed and inspected, allowing the concrete…

Interactive Artificial Pancreas Better Controls Type 1 Diabetes Using Digital Twins, Study Finds

6/11/2025

New technology that allows a University of Virginia-developed artificial pancreas system to adapt to users’ changing bodies – and lets users test changes to how the system operates – improved…

Research in Motion: Matthew Gurka, PhD

6/11/2025

As a biostatistician, I've been recently focusing on pragmatic clinical trials. These are real world clinical trials where we are randomizing, not patients, but providers or clinics to interventions to…

UVA Division of Perceptual Studies Names New Director, Faculty Publish New Research and Lead Seminar

6/11/2025

The UVA Division of Perceptual Studies (DOPS) in the Department of Psychiatry & Neurobehavioral Sciences is making headlines with the announcement of a new research director, a press release about…