2/18/2026
Rebecca Krukowski, PhD, a professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences, has received a five-year, $3.4 million grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.…
Department of Pharmacology Researchers Map Brain’s Blood Pressure Control Center
2/18/2026
Doctors usually focus on a person's average blood pressure, but research increasingly shows that how much blood pressure fluctuates from moment to moment is just as important. Excessive short-term variability…
SOM Faculty Among Winners of UVA Research Achievement Awards
2/18/2026
The University of Virginia honored faculty members for their research that shapes scholarship and impacts communities at the seventh annual Research Achievement Awards, held February 5 at the Rotunda.
Sonkusare Lab Postdoc Fênix Araujo, PhD, Receives American Heart Association Fellowship
2/10/2026
Fênix Araujo, PhD, a postdoc in the Sonkusare Lab received a two-year Postdoctoral Fellowship award from the American Heart Association (AHA). Her project, “Non-Genomic Effects of Mineralocorticoid Receptor on Smooth…
2/10/2026
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most common cancer in children. Although cure rates have improved over the past 50 years, cancer outcomes differ by population. Latinos have both the…
UVA Researchers Reveal Structure of Core Cellular Quality-Control Complex That Drives Human Disease
2/10/2026
Scientists at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have unveiled the first high-resolution structure of a central protein quality-control complex in human cells, illuminating how its malfunction drives disease.…
Research in Motion: Ian Wenker, PhD
2/10/2026
A big focus of [our] lab is trying to understand how the brain contributes to what's called sudden unexpected death in epilepsy. People with epilepsy—unfortunately some fraction of them—will experience…
School of Medicine Faculty Research Retreat Planned for Feb. 27
2/4/2026
Registration is open for the School of Medicine Research Retreat scheduled for Friday, Feb. 27, 2026 in the Newcomb Hall Ballroom. Please register for the retreat by Feb. 13 on…
