Faculty Spotlight: George Bloom Seeks to Untangle Alzheimer’s Riddle
12/2/2019
Editor's Note: One in an occasional series about University of Virginia faculty members who are helping to make the University both great and good. Today’s installment features biology and neuroscience…
Faculty Spotlight: How One Professor Is Finding Cures With Computer Algorithms
11/18/2019
Editor's Note: One in an occasional series about University of Virginia faculty members who are helping to make the University both great and good. Today’s installment features Jason Papin, a…
Seizures in Babies: UVA Doctor Sheds Light on Why They Have Lifelong Effects
11/13/2019
A doctor at the University of Virginia Children’s Hospital is using an elegant new approach to mapping brain activity to shed light on what happens during seizures in newborns that…
The Meat Allergy: UVA Identifies Biological Changes Triggered By Tick Bites
10/28/2019
University of Virginia School of Medicine scientist has, for the first time, identified key immunological changes in people who abruptly develop an allergic reaction to mammalian meat, such as beef. His…
UVA Leads Major Effort to Understand Autism Differences in Boys, Girls
9/12/2019
A pioneering autism researcher at the School of Medicine is spearheading an ambitious effort to understand how autism-spectrum disorders differ in boys and girls as part of the National Institutes…
iTHRIV, Community Groups Partner to Improve Health of Virginians
8/6/2019
Four biomedical research projects to improve the health of Virginians will be funded by the integrated Translational Health Research Institute of Virginia, or iTHRIV, a Clinical Translational Science Award Hub.…
UVA Health System Works to Reduce Unnecessary Testing, Promote High Value Care
8/5/2019
When a patient goes to a hospital for an ailment such as pneumonia, he or she expects thorough and appropriate care. Physicians work hard to provide that kind of high-value…
Incredible ‘Hullk’ that Controls Growth and Aggressiveness of Prostate Cancer Discovered
7/30/2019
Cancer researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have identified a key to controlling the growth and progression of prostate cancer, the second most common cancer in men. The researchers…
