NIH Provides $23 Million for Statewide Translational Research Institute

3/5/2019

The integrated Translational Health Research Institute of Virginia (iTHRIV) has been awarded a five-year grant of nearly $23 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to advance innovative ideas…

Reversing Depression Symptoms in Mice Using Probiotics Found in Yogurt

3/10/2017

Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have reversed depression symptoms in mice by feeding them Lactobacillus, a probiotic bacteria found in live-cultures yogurt. Further, they have discovered…

Grad Student Receives Congenital Heart Defect Research Award

1/4/2017

Congratulations to biomedical engineering graduate student Xiaoying Cai for being selected as one of seven fellows by the American Heart Association and the Children’s Heart Foundation for a joint funding…