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Public Health Sciences Professor Jamie Zoellner, PhD, and Team Awarded $3.4 Million to Reduce Sugary Drink Consumption

2/28/2024

Public Health Sciences Professor Jamie Zoellner, PhD, RDN, and her multidisciplinary team were awarded a five-year, $3.4 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to engage Head Start families across…

Research in Motion: Mete Civelek, PhD

2/28/2024

I'm a cardiovascular researcher, and my lab aims to understand how our genetic makeup increases our risk of having a heart attack. We do this by using both computational approaches…

Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics Researchers Identify Misfolded Proteins in the Endoplasmic Reticulum

2/21/2024

Researchers in the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics at UVA have made a significant stride in understanding the intricate workings of endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation (ERAD), a principal protein…

UVA Pain Research Suggests New Ways to Manage Migraine, Chronic Pain in Women

2/21/2024

Doctors may be able to develop new treatments for migraines and chronic pain in women by targeting receptors in the brain that help regulate their fertility, new research from the…

Suna Onengut-Gumuscu, PhD, Awarded $4.4 Million to Study How Genes Affect Risk of Type 1 Diabetes in Children

2/21/2024

Suna Onengut-Gumuscu, PhD, an associate professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences and resident faculty of the Center for Public Health Genomics, was awarded a $4.4 million R01 grant…

Research in Motion: Brant Isakson, PhD

2/21/2024

We work with microcirculation. It's the business end of the blood vessels, where inflammation is regulated and where blood pressure is regulated. There's a lot of new things that we're…

Meghan Puglia, PhD, and Collaborators Awarded $200,000 Grant from The Jefferson Trust

2/15/2024

Meghan Puglia, PhD, an assistant professor in the Department of Neurology, and an interdisciplinary team of School of Medicine researchers were awarded a $200,000 grant from The Jefferson Trust. Dr.…

Imre Noth, MD, Awarded $3.7 Million to Study the Role of Quantitative CT and Radiomic Biomarkers in Pulmonary Fibrosis

2/15/2024

Imre Noth, MD, the Dudley F. Rochester Professor of Medicine, and chief of the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, in the School of Medicine’s Department of Medicine, was…