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Evan Scott, PhD, Appointed to Direct UVA nanoSTAR

4/9/2024

A preeminent expert in the use of nanotechnology to understand and fight disease will head up the University of Virginia’s Institute for Nanoscale Scientific and Technological Advanced Research, or nanoSTAR,…

Kenneth Walsh, PhD, and Team Discover How Y Chromosome Loss Triggers Form of Heart Failure Prevalent in Men

4/3/2024

University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have discovered a gene on the Y chromosome that contributes to the greater incidence of heart failure in men. Y chromosome loss in…

UVA Health Seeks to Improve Cancer Prevention, Clinical Trial Access Across U.S.

4/3/2024

Two University of Virginia Cancer Center experts in gynecologic cancer have outlined simple steps to improve cancer prevention for millions of rural and medically underserved Americans, as well as increase…

Thurl Harris, PhD, Awarded $2.3 Million to Study Why Post-Meal Metabolism Differs in Lean Versus Obese Individuals

4/3/2024

Thurl Harris, PhD, an associate professor in the Department of Pharmocology and Department of Medicine Division of Endrocinology and Metabolism, was awarded a $2.3 million NIH grant for a project…

Jennifer Charlton, MD, Awarded $2.8 Million to Study Vitamin D Metabolism After Preterm Birth

4/3/2024

Jennifer Charlton, MD, MSc, an associate professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Nephrology, was awarded a $2.8 million R01 grant to study vitamin D metabolism following preterm birth.…

Research in Motion: Ling Qi, PhD

4/3/2024

I have enjoyed the process of unlocking the secrecy of how the protein degradation system works in physiology, and how it breaks down in disease. The other aspect I enjoy…

BIMS Students Receive Their First Lab Coats

4/3/2024

The School of Medicine celebrated our first-year BIMS students at the UVA Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program (BIMS) Lab Coat Ceremony on March 29. This event marks the transition to…

Office for Research Solicits Projects and Faculty Mentors for the Medical Student Summer Research Program

3/27/2024

The SOM Office for Research is soliciting projects for the Medical Student Summer Research Program (MSSRP). The MSSRP is a summer research experience offered to our medical students as an…