UVA Researchers Awarded Pharmacology T32 Grant Extending Nearly Five Decades of Continuous Funding
8/9/2023
For nearly five decades, UVA School of Medicine’s Training Program in Pharmacology has been funded continuously by NIH’s National Institute of General Medical Sciences in the form of a Pharmacological…
Research in Motion: Jayakrishna Ambati, MD
8/9/2023
My team and I tackle something called inflammation and how it promotes aging in diseases like Alzheimer's, macular degeneration, and diabetes, and we've been able to create molecules that can…
8/1/2023
New Alzheimer’s research from UVA Health School of Medicine suggests that enhanced light sensitivity may contribute to “sundowning” – the worsening of symptoms late in the day – and spur…
Muge Kuyumcu-Martinez, PhD, Researches Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
8/1/2023
Muge Kuyumcu-Martinez, PhD, a professor in the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics and a member of the Robert M. Berne Cardiovascular Research Center and the UVA Cancer Center,…
Kibbe-Tsihlis Research Lab Joins Impressive List of Gold Certified Green Labs
8/1/2023
The School of Medicine is proud to support sustainability in our research labs. At the University of Virginia there are 16 labs that are Gold Certified Green Labs, and 13…
Research in Motion: Todd Bauer, PhD
8/1/2023
I perform surgery for patients with cancer of the pancreas, liver and other organs. In addition, I lead a research laboratory that studies pancreatic cancer and colorectal cancer. By developing…
School of Medicine Achieves 27% Growth in Research Funding
8/1/2023
The School of Medicine is excited to report that as of the close of FY23, total research awards in our research and clinical departments have grown to $287 million. In…
Ian Wenker, PhD, Awarded $2.2 Million to Investigate Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy
7/26/2023
Ian Wenker, PhD, an assistant professor in the School of Medicine’s Department of Anesthesiology, was recently awarded an R01 grant from NINDS entitled “The Neural Circuitry of Seizure-Induced Apnea” and…
