UVA Presents Psychedelic Research at International Society of Contemplative Research Conference
12/2/2025
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…
12/2/2025
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
12/2/2025
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
12/2/2025
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…
Research in Motion: Gordon Laurie, PhD
12/2/2025
There are no effective treatments for many chronic diseases. One approach is an unbiased screen. We did this to address the most common eye disease and discovered a new protein…
11/18/2025
Breast cancer survivors are more likely to experience insomnia and depression than people in the general population. This is a serious problem because these two conditions often feed into each…
Research in Motion: Zhenqi Liu, MD
11/18/2025
I'm a clinical endocrinologist treating patients with a variety of hormonal disorders, including diabetes. My laboratory is focused on how insulin works in the body, including vasculature and skeletal muscle,…
1st Death Linked to ‘Meat Allergy’ Spread by Ticks
11/18/2025
University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have identified the first death caused by what is commonly called the “meat allergy” being spread by ticks. A healthy 47-year-old man from…
