10/21/2025
The Jefferson Trust awarded John McNeil, MD, an associate professor in the Department of Anesthesiology, a grant for $81,532 to study whether microplastics and forever chemicals are accumulating in human…
Research in Motion: Lian-Wang Guo, PhD
10/21/2025
When an artery is clogged, doctors can insert a balloon catheter to re-open it or use open graft to bypass a clogged artery to resume blood flow. But the problem…
Missing Molecule May Explain Down Syndrome
10/21/2025
Faulty brain circuits seen in Down syndrome may be caused by the lack of a particular molecule essential for the development and function of the nervous system, new research suggests.…
Walsh Lab Finds Solutions to Consequences of Y Chromosome Loss
10/14/2025
As human beings age, we accumulate mutations in our DNA. These mutations can be harmless, or they can contribute to age-related conditions including neurodegenerative disorders, cardiovascular diseases, and some cancers.…
10/14/2025
A groundbreaking multicenter clinical trial published in JAMA Network Open explores whether ventilatory assistance before umbilical cord clamping improves outcomes for extremely preterm infants. The study, which enrolled 570 infants…
Alison Criss, PhD, Receives NIH R37 MERIT Award for Gonorrhea Research
10/14/2025
Congratulations to Alison Criss, PhD, Harrison Distinguished Teaching Professor and vice chair of the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology, for her recent National Institutes of Health (NIH) R37…
Evan Scott, PhD, Earns $2.5 Million to Research Nanotherapeutic Strategies to Treat Chagas Disease
10/14/2025
University of Virginia School of Medicine biomedical engineering professor Evan Scott, PhD, has been awarded a $2.5 million NIH grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to develop…
Research in Motion: Benjamin Purow, MD
10/14/2025
In my research time, we look at a range of approaches in the laboratory to better treat glioblastoma and other brain cancers. In particular, I'm excited about better using existing…
