Research In Motion: Boris Kovatchev, PhD

9/5/2023

I'm the director of the UVA Center for Diabetes Technology and also a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors. Our center works on technologies for the treatment of diabetes like…

Jayakrishna Ambati, MD, and Bradley Gelfand, PhD, Awarded $3.14 Million to Research Cytosolic DNAs In Age-Related Disorders

8/30/2023

The National Institutes of Health has awarded a $3.14 million grant to Jayakrishna Ambati, MD, and Bradley Gelfand, PhD, to further their research into cytosolic DNAs in aging and age-related…

Gary Owens, PhD, Awarded $3.2 Million to Study Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes and Incidence of Heart Attacks and Stroke

8/30/2023

Gary Owens, PhD, the Robert M. Berne Professor of Cardiovascular Research, Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics and director of the School of Medicine's Robert M. Berne Cardiovascular Research Center, was…

Clinical Trials Office Offers New Regulatory Support Services

8/30/2023

The Clinical Trials Office (CTO) is pleased to offer new regulatory support services: study activation and on-going regulatory support. We have established a new regulatory compliance team based in the…

Medicine in Motion: Edward Egelman, PhD

8/30/2023

My laboratory is focused on structural biology, and the main technique we use is cryo electron microscopy, which enables us to determine the atomic structure of many biological assemblies. These…

Norbert Leitinger, PhD, Awarded $2.5 Million to Study the Acetyl CoA Carboxylase Enzyme in Metabolic Control of Inflammation

8/23/2023

Norbert Leitinger, PhD, a professor of pharmacology and associate director of UVA's Robert M. Berne Cardiovascular Research Center, was awarded a $2.5 million grant, for a project to study Acetyl…

Daniel  J. Cox, PhD, Awarded $3.5 Million for Multi-Center Study of Adults Newly Diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes

8/23/2023

Daniel  J. Cox, PhD, a professor of psychiatric and internal medicine in the Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, was awarded a $3.5 million R01 grant from the NIH for…

Research In Motion: Mary Peace McRae, PhD

8/23/2023

"My research studies how opioids negatively impact memory and learning in people living with HIV. Having a better understanding of these cellular and molecular processes, including how opioids decrease the…