Postdoctoral Research Fellow Tré Mills, PhD, Receives NIH K99 Award to Study Alzheimer’s Disease
9/16/2026
William “Tré” Mills III, PhD, a postdoctoral research fellow mentored by Ukpong Eyo, PhD, received a K99/R00 grant award from the NIH. The award will fund his project, “The Role…
New Leadership Announced for the Virginia Clinical and Translational Science Program
9/8/2026
New leaders have been appointed to oversee the program for the School of Medicine’s competitive application to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for the Clinical and Translational Science Award…
UVA Researchers Secure $8.4 Million to Explore the Functional Organization of Cellular Membranes
9/8/2026
Six University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers were awarded $8.4 million from the NIH National Institute of General Medical Sciences to study how lipids regulate the functional organization of…
Jie Yang, PhD, Secures $3.8 Million NIH Grant to Study Mitochondrial Stress Signaling
8/24/2026
Jie Yang, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, has received a five-year, $3.8 million R01 award from…
New AI Imaging Platform Aims to Open Epilepsy Surgery to More Patients
8/21/2026
A team led by Bijoy Kundu, PhD, a professor in the Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging, has developed iD-PET, an artificial intelligence-driven dynamic PET imaging software platform designed to…
Yaohua Yang, PhD, Receives $3.5 Million NIH R37 MERIT Award
8/21/2026
Yaohua Yang, PhD, an assistant professor in the Department of Genome Sciences and a member of the University of Virginia Comprehensive Cancer Center, has received a five-year, nearly $3.5 million…
Nassima Ait-Daoud Tiouririne, MD, Named Chair of UVA Department of Psychiatry
8/10/2026
The University of Virginia School of Medicine has named Nassima Ait-Daoud Tiouririne, MD, a nationally recognized physician-scientist and academic leader, to chair the Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences. She…
8/7/2026
New research from the UVA Department of Surgery's Tsung Research Group, published in JAMA Network Open and selected as an Editor's Pick, provides a national evaluation of the use of…
