2/25/2022
To our UVA Health GME community, We are grateful for your incredible dedication to UVA Health. You are such a vital part of our team, bringing your best every…
2/22/2022
Dr. Frederick Epstein, Mac Wade Professor and Chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME), has been appointed as the associate dean for research by School of Engineering and Applied Science Dean Jennifer West.
Lung Research Suggests New Way to Detect, Monitor Lung Diseases
2/2/2022
New research from an international team of scientists could offer doctors a new way to detect and monitor progressive lung diseases – and may also shed light on the fundamental causes of those conditions.
Treatments in Weeks, Not Months: Scientist Develop Ambitious Pandemic Response Plan
12/28/2021
An international team of scientists has created a plan for an accelerated pipeline for developing drug cocktails to battle the COVID-19 pandemic. The pipeline could speed new and better treatments that the newly diagnosed and recently exposed could take at home to prevent serious illness.
2021 Innovator of the Year Honored for Leading COVID-19 Testing Efforts Across Virginia
11/2/2021
The University of Virginia Licensing & Ventures Group (UVA LVG) has named Amy Mathers, MD, the 2021 Edlich-Henderson Innovator of the Year. Since 1992, this endowed award recognizes University researchers whose work is making a major impact.
UVA Discovery Reveals Potential Way To Prevent Heart Attacks, and Strokes
3/24/2021
Scientists at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have identified a potential way to head off heart attacks and strokes by strengthening the fibrous caps overlying atherosclerotic plaques that…
UVA Scientist Developing Gene Therapy to Help Girls with Rett Syndrome
3/16/2021
University of Virginia School of Medicine scientist is developing an innovative gene therapy she hopes will slow disease progression and improve movement, coordination and communication in children with Rett syndrome.…
Q&A: What New COVID-19 Variants Mean For Our Vaccine Options
2/18/2021
Over nearly a year of life in a global pandemic, words and phrases like “masking,” “social distancing,” “quarantine” and “herd immunity” have jumped into public conversation and stayed there, shorthand…
