Common Brain Parasite Can Infect Your Immune Cells; Here’s Why That’s OK
1/7/2026
The parasite that may already live in your brain can infect the very immune cells trying to destroy it, but new UVA Health research reveals how our bodies keep it…
Research in Motion: Rahul Sharma, PhD
1/7/2026
We are studying a category of immune cells known as T regulatory cells, or Tregs. These cells maintain immune balance by controlling other immune cells. And quite recently, our work…
1/7/2026
Mark Weathers, MBA, who has more than nine years of higher education and 28 years of military leadership, has been named the inaugural chief operating officer for the University of…
12/16/2025
Research from the lab of Lu Q. Le, MD, PhD, has identified a stem cell population required for the development and continuous renewal of tiny glands in the eyelids, called…
Research in Motion: Thomas Platts-Mills, MD
12/16/2025
We do research on allergic disease in my clinic, measuring IgE antibodies to many different allergens, including allergens that we first identified here. — Thomas Platts-Mills, MD, Professor, Department of…
Scientists ID Potential Way to Prevent Brain Injuries From Triggering Alzheimer’s
12/16/2025
University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have uncovered how and why traumatic brain injury (TBI) increases the risk for Alzheimer’s disease, and their work suggests a potential way to…
UVA’s Center for Advanced Medical Analytics Explores Cutting-Edge Applications of AI in Medicine
12/8/2025
The University of Virginia’s Center for Advanced Medical Analytics (CAMA) was established in 2016, modeled after a National Science Foundation scientific center to fuel collaboration and accelerate the clinical translation…
12/8/2025
Large-scale genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of lung function and COPD have identified more than 1,000 independent genetic association signals, but the metabolic implications of the GWAS signals remains unclear. To…
