UVA’s Center for Advanced Medical Analytics Explores Cutting-Edge Applications of AI in Medicine
12/8/2025
The University of Virginia’s Center for Advanced Medical Analytics (CAMA) was established in 2016, modeled after a National Science Foundation scientific center to fuel collaboration and accelerate the clinical translation…
12/8/2025
Large-scale genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of lung function and COPD have identified more than 1,000 independent genetic association signals, but the metabolic implications of the GWAS signals remains unclear. To…
Cause of Obesity-Related High Blood Pressure Found Inside Blood Vessels
12/8/2025
University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have discovered an unknown way obesity causes high blood pressure – and it comes from within the blood vessels themselves. UVA Health’s Swapnil…
Research in Motion: Anny Xiaobo Zhou, PhD
12/8/2025
Our research program aims to characterize the function of genetic variants identified from genome-wide association studies, therefore, designing novel drug targets to treat lung diseases. — Anny Xiaobo Zhou, PhD,…
UVA Presents Psychedelic Research at International Society of Contemplative Research Conference
12/3/2025
The International Society of Contemplative Research is a global, interdisciplinary community that gathered in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, in early November, for a conference to advance rigorous scientific study of…
12/3/2025
Backed by a new National Institutes of Health U01 grant for $3.3 million, UVA and collaborating investigators from Tanzania and Uganda will lead a multi-country, randomized controlled trial to prevent…
UVA, Military Researchers Seek Better Ways to Identify, Treat Blast-Related Brain Injuries
12/3/2025
University of Virginia School of Medicine and Naval Medical Research Command (NMRC) researchers will use a federal Department of Defense grant to better identify, prevent and treat brain injuries for…
UVA Research Leads to New Drug for Deadliest Blood Cancer
12/3/2025
Biomedical research that began at the University of Virginia School of Medicine has yielded a much-needed new treatment for patients with the deadliest form of blood cancer. The federal Food…
