Colin Derdeyn, MD, Appointed to Chair the Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging

9/29/2023

The University of Virginia School of Medicine has named Colin Derdeyn, MD, a national leader, clinician, and pioneer in advancing stroke care, to chair its Department of Radiology and Medical…

BIMS PhD Student Synphane Gibbs-Shelton and Mentor Ukpong Eyo, PhD, Awarded the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Gilliam Fellowship

9/27/2023

Doctoral candidate Synphane Gibbs-Shelton and mentor, Ukpong Eyo, PhD, an assistant professor in the Department of Neuroscience, are this year’s UVA recipients of the Gilliam Fellowship through the Howard Hughes…

UVA Cancer Center to Host Commonwealth of Virginia Cancer Research Conference Dec. 1-2

9/27/2023

Members of UVA’s cancer research community are invited to join other researchers in the field from across the state on Dec. 1-2 for the Commonwealth of Virginia Cancer Research Conference…

Center for Public Health Genomics Held Fourth Annual Emerging Scholars in Genome Sciences Symposium

9/27/2023

The Center for Public Health Genomics (CPHG) held its fourth annual Emerging Scholars in Genome Sciences Symposium September 21 - 22 in Pinn Hall Conference Center. Dean Melina Kibbe opened…

Swapnil Sonkusare, PhD, Awarded $2.1 Million to Study How Signaling Centers in Smooth Muscle Cells Contribute to Elevated Blood Pressure

9/27/2023

Swapnil Sonkusare, PhD, an associate professor in the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics and UVA’s Robert M. Berne Cardiovascular Research Center, was awarded a $2.1 million grant to…

Beirne B. Carter Immunology Center Researchers Expand Studies About Link Between IgE Sensitization to Alpha-gal, Cardiovascular Disease and Alzheimer’s

9/27/2023

The National Institute of Health (NIH) has awarded two new research supplements to an existing $4 million award to investigate the role of IgE antibodies to alpha-gal in driving vascular…

Research in Motion: George Christ, PhD

9/27/2023

We're a diverse group of interdisciplinary researchers dedicated to developing regenerative medicine and tissue engineering technologies to treat craniofacial and extremity trauma... primarily for wounded warriors. —George Christ, PhD, Professor,…

In Memorarium: Honoring the Life of Nobel Laureate Ferid Murad, MD, PhD

9/19/2023

It is with great sadness the School of Medicine shares news that Ferid Murad, MD, PhD, a professor emeritus who held appointments in the Departments of Medicine and Pharmacology from…