8/20/2025
Jeffrey Sturek, MD, PhD, an associate professor of medicine, pharmacology, and biomedical engineering, was awarded a new five-year $4 million grant from the NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute…
SHUTi Online Treatment Helps Older Adults Overcome Insomnia, Study Finds
8/12/2025
An online insomnia treatment developed at the University of Virginia School of Medicine has been shown to greatly benefit older adults struggling to sleep. The findings suggest the online program…
Patricio Ray, MD, and Colleague Spearhead Research About HIV-Chronic Kidney Diseases
8/12/2025
People living with HIV carrying any combination of two APOL1 risk alleles (RA), genetic variants known as G1 and G2, are at high risk of developing HIV-chronic kidney diseases (HIV-CKD),…
Research in Motion: Bradley Gelfand, PhD
8/12/2025
I run a research lab whose primary interest is in understanding the mechanisms and potential new therapies for prevalent diseases of the retina, like age-related macular degeneration. —Bradley Gelfand, PhD,…
For Controlling Our Genes, This ORC Is a Versatile Warrior
8/6/2025
School of Medicine scientists have made surprising discoveries about an important controller of gene activity that could advance efforts to better treat cancer and genetic diseases. Genes, as we learn…
Heart Failure Drug Relieves POTS Symptoms, Study Finds
8/6/2025
Researchers at UVA Health and Virginia Commonwealth University have identified a drug that appears to provide lasting relief for POTS (Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome), a condition that causes heart racing…
UVA Aims to Improve Brain Cancer Care Using AI
8/6/2025
University of Virginia School of Medicine scientists are tapping the power of artificial intelligence to enhance and accelerate treatment for glioblastoma, the deadliest brain cancer. UVA researcher Bijoy Kundu, PhD,…
Research in Motion: Anna Cliffe, PhD
8/6/2025
My lab works on herpes simplex virus, which infects over five billion people worldwide and persists for life as a silent infection in the nervous system. And it can come…
