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Postdoctoral Fellow Works with Tanzanian Tuberculosis Survivors to Improve Walking Distance and Quality of Life

6/24/2025

Idu Meadows, MD, a second-year infectious diseases fellow, collaborated with researchers at Kibong'oto Infectious Diseases Hospital in Tanzania's Kilimanjaro region to investigate disability following tuberculosis treatment. More than 9 million…

Food Allergies at Summer Camp: The Cost-Effective Solution to Keep Kids Safe

6/24/2025

Going off to summer camp can be a scary experience for children, but it can be even more nerve-wracking for parents of kids with serious food allergies. New UVA Health…

Clinical Research Trial Led by Linda Duska, MD, MPH, Advances New Treatments for Cervical Cancer

6/24/2025

An international clinical trial's U.S. arm, led by Linda Duska, MD, MPH, professor of obstetrics and gynecology and associate dean of clinical research at the UVA School of Medicine, is…

Richard Price, PhD, and John Lukens, PhD, Awarded $3.7 Million for Alzheimer’s Research Using Focused Ultrasound

6/24/2025

The National Institute on Aging has awarded Richard Price, PhD, and John Lukens, PhD, a new $3.7 million grant for research using focused ultrasound to deliver gene therapies to treat…

Research in Motion: Stephen Rich, PhD

6/24/2025

Our laboratory focuses on the genetic basis of complex human disease, and particularly type 1 diabetes, which is an autoimmune disease in which there’s some event that causes your own…

Jie Sun, PhD, Secures Grants Totaling $6.2 Million to Study Aging and Chronic Diseases After Viral Injury

6/24/2025

Harrison Distinguished Teaching Professor of Medicine Jie Sun, PhD, in the UVA Beirne B. Carter Center for Immunology Research and the Department of Medicine’s Division of Infectious Diseases and International…

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…