Failure Is an Option: How UVA Studies the Value of Scientific Mistakes
6/25/2024
In a perfect world, Gertrude Fraser would want women scientists to talk openly about the times they failed. She’d want research universities to embrace errors – maybe even celebrate them…
Lukens Lab to Study Role of Emerging Genetic Risk Factor in Alzheimer’s Disease
6/25/2024
John Lukens, PhD, an associate professor of neuroscience and inaugural director of the Harrison Family Translational Research Center in Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases to be located in UVA's Paul and…
Applicants Sought for Assistant Dean for Research
6/25/2024
The School of Medicine is issuing an internal call for applications for the Assistant Dean for Research reporting to the Senior Associate Dean for Research. This will be a 30%…
Research in Motion: Paola Gehrig, MD
6/25/2024
My primary research interest has been endometrial cancer, and throughout my career I've been very interested in clinical trials, be they surgical trials or novel therapeutics. Unlike many other malignancies,…
6/25/2024
William A. Petri MD, PhD, the Wade Hampton Frost Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, has been awarded a five-year, $2.4 million renewal of…
Shrirang Gadrey, MD, Invents Device to Help Measure Labored Breathing
6/18/2024
Shrirang Gadrey, MD, saw the tragedy play out far too many times: A patient’s breathing would be stable in the morning, but – without much warning – abruptly collapse by…
6/18/2024
School of Medicine researchers have discovered a novel clinical syndrome in children with recurrent wheeze — an asymptomatic or “silent” rhinovirus (RV) infection in the lungs accompanied by inflammation. The…
Brant Isakson, PhD, Awarded $2.6 Million to Study the Role of Renin in Hypertension
6/18/2024
Hypertension is the most common pathological indicator for cardiovascular diseases. The key biological system that regulates blood pressure is the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS); its dysregulation at almost any level can…
