10/8/2024
Natasha Sheybani PhD, an assistant professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Virginia School of Engineering and School of Medicine, will collaborate with researchers at Children’s National Hospital to…
10/8/2024
Traumatic brain injury, stroke, and cardiac arrest are frequently complicated by impaired blood flow and oxygenation, which may lead to progressive brain injury. Current devices, designed to measure tissue oxygenation,…
A Healthier Future — One Clinical Trial at a Time: An Interview with JoAnn Pinkerton, MD
10/8/2024
JoAnn Pinkerton, MD, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology and director of the UVA Midlife Center, was the national lead and UVA site principal investigator for the international, randomized OASIS…
Research in Motion: Chongzhi Zang, PhD
10/8/2024
We develop new quantitative models and computational methods for analyzing high throughput data from emerging genomics technologies. A better understanding of the genetic and epigenetic code, or how the human…
10/1/2024
Ifrah Zawar, MD, an assistant professor in the Department of Neurology, was awarded a prestigious five-year K23 grant from the National Institutes of Health to investigate the interplay between seizures…
Scientists Discover Important Blood Pressure ‘Switch’
10/1/2024
School of Medicine researchers have discovered how certain cells have the amazing ability to transform their function to help our bodies control our blood pressure. These cells include smooth muscle…
Survival Gap Eliminated for Black Cord Blood Recipients
10/1/2024
Patients who receive umbilical cord blood transplants for blood cancers now live equally long regardless of their race, new research from UVA Cancer Center shows. The findings, from UVA Health’s…
10/1/2024
Mark DeBoer, MD, is a pediatric endocrinologist and professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the UVA School of Medicine. He is passionate about improving the health of children and…
