4/6/2026
R. Ariel Gomez, MD, Harrison Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics and director of the Department of Pediatrics' Child Health Research Center, and Maria Luisa S. Sequeira-Lopez, MD, Harrison Distinguished Professor of…
Research in Motion — Team Science: Manoj Patel, PhD, and Hannah Grote, PhD Student
4/6/2026
The School of Medicine is excited to introduce the first Research in Motion (RIM) Team Science video, a special variation on the RIM video series that started in 2023.…
Kratom Calls Skyrocket to Nation’s Poison Centers
4/1/2026
Calls to poison centers about kratom, a drug widely available in vape shops and gas stations, increased more than 1,200% between 2015 and 2025, with a corresponding rise in hospitalizations,…
New AI Technology to Speed Drug Development
4/1/2026
University of Virginia School of Medicine scientists have developed a bold new approach to drug development and discovery that could dramatically accelerate the creation of new medicines. UVA’s Nikolay V.…
Zhenqi Liu, MD, Earns New NIH Grant for $3.9 Million to Study Type 1 Diabetes and Obesity
4/1/2026
Zhenqi Liu, MD, professor in the Department of Medicine and the James M. Moss Professor of Diabetes in the Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, has been awarded…
Research in Motion: Matthew Reilley, MD
4/1/2026
My research focus is primarily on running clinical trials for patients with cancer. My main focus in the clinic is seeing patients with gastrointestinal cancer and offering them trials, but…
Child Health Research Center Hosts 38th Annual Research Symposium
4/1/2026
On Thursday Mach 26, 2026, the Child Health Research Center (CHRC), Department of Pediatrics, held its 38th Annual Research Symposium. The day began with a welcome from CHRC Director R.…
Richard Lifton, MD, PhD, Presents the Spring 2026 Anderson Lecture
3/24/2026
Complex human diseases are characterized by a genetic susceptibility whose initiation and progressions depend on a permissive environment. Identification of changes in human DNA sequences leading to disease risk can…
