4/29/2025
A decades-long partnership with UVA School of Medicine faculty and institutions in the Kilimanjaro region of Tanzania now supports two NIH-Fogarty International Center research training grants. The D43 grant to…
UVA Comprehensive Cancer Center Joins Melanoma Research Foundation’s Breakthrough Consortium
4/29/2025
UVA Comprehensive Cancer Center (UVACCC) was recently accepted as a member of the Melanoma Research Foundation Breakthrough Consortium (MRFBC), a group of 30 top institutions pursuing new and enhanced therapies…
Test of Peanut Desensitization in Young Kids Proves Hugely Successful
4/29/2025
A real-world study of peanut oral immunotherapy in children younger than 3 has shown the approach is both safe and effective at desensitizing children to the increasingly common food allergy.…
Research in Motion: Gary Owens, PhD
4/29/2025
My lab studies the disease atherosclerosis, which is the underlying basis of most heart attacks and stroke. We're particularly interested in mechanisms that contribute to formation of this protective fibrous…
4/23/2025
It has become abundantly clear that chronic inflammation underlies many autoimmune diseases, cancer and aging. To find new treatments, the first step is to identify the cellular mechanisms that drive…
4/23/2025
Doug Bayliss, PhD, the Joseph & Frances Larner Professor and chair of the Department of Pharmacology, and Yingtang Shi, MD, an assistant professor of research in the Department of Pharmacology,…
Prostate Cancer Discovery Opens Door to More Tailored Treatments
4/23/2025
Prostate cancer has distinct genetic properties in different groups of men that can be targeted to improve patient outcomes, UVA Cancer Center researchers have discovered. Based on new findings in…
Research in Motion: Karen Rheuban, MD
4/23/2025
We've long focused on innovative care delivery models and technologies that enable patients to access our top-notch UVA clinicians and population health programs by eliminating the barrier of distance and…
