UVA Researchers Find Outdoor Gait Training Benefits Treadmill Runners, Shin Splints
7/9/2024
Good news for all the treadmill runners who suffer from stubborn and painful shin splints: A little outdoor gait training may help, new research suggests. A randomized controlled trial found…
Undergrad’s Crohn’s Discovery Could Lead to Better Treatments
7/9/2024
Remarkable new research by a University of Virginia undergraduate may help explain recurrent Crohn’s disease in children and open the door to new ways to treat or even cure the…
7/9/2024
John Bushweller, PhD, a professor in the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics and the Department of Chemistry, and Dan Gioeli, PhD, a professor in the Department of Microbiology,…
Research in Motion: Chris Moskaluk, MD, PhD
7/9/2024
We use primary human cancer specimens that's allowed us to identify a potential new therapeutic and to develop a couple of new diagnostic biomarkers. — Chris Moskaluk, MD, PhD, Professor…
Failure Is an Option: How UVA Studies the Value of Scientific Mistakes
6/25/2024
In a perfect world, Gertrude Fraser would want women scientists to talk openly about the times they failed. She’d want research universities to embrace errors – maybe even celebrate them…
Lukens Lab to Study Role of Emerging Genetic Risk Factor in Alzheimer’s Disease
6/25/2024
John Lukens, PhD, an associate professor of neuroscience and inaugural director of the Harrison Family Translational Research Center in Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases to be located in UVA's Paul and…
Applicants Sought for Assistant Dean for Research
6/25/2024
The School of Medicine is issuing an internal call for applications for the Assistant Dean for Research reporting to the Senior Associate Dean for Research. This will be a 30%…
Research in Motion: Paola Gehrig, MD
6/25/2024
My primary research interest has been endometrial cancer, and throughout my career I've been very interested in clinical trials, be they surgical trials or novel therapeutics. Unlike many other malignancies,…
