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Two UVA Discoveries UVA Discoveries Advance to Sweet 16 in STAT Madness

3/14/2023

Not one but two UVA Health discoveries have made it to the Sweet 16 in STAT Madness, an online competition to crown 2022’s biggest biomedical advance. An Alzheimer’s discovery from…

Sana Syed, MD Leads UVA Team as Part of International Study Receiving $3 Million Grant

3/14/2023

An international team of researchers has received $3 million to support an ambitious effort to understand how early gut development can profoundly shape children’s health throughout life. The funding from…

Research in Motion Video: Maria Luisa Sequeira Lopez, MD

3/14/2023

I do basic research on renal expressing cells, which are endocrine cells in the kidney, that maintain blood pressure homeostasis. It is very important to do basic research because without…

Creating the Fourth Chapter of Human Genomics Seminar with Eric Green, MD, PhD from NIH

3/14/2023

Eric D. Green, MD, PhD, the director of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) is presenting a seminar titled “Creating the Fourth…

Date: Apr 10, 2023 - Apr 10, 2023

Start Time: 3:00 pm

End Time: 4:00 pm

All 3 UVA Contenders Advance in Search for 2022’s Biggest Biomedical Discovery

3/8/2023

The people have spoken! All three of UVA Health’s contenders for the biggest biomedical advance of 2022 have advanced to the second round of the STAT Madness bracket tournament. STAT…

Graham Casey, PhD and Research Team Publish Article on a Large Colorectal Cancer Genome-wide Association Studies in Nature

3/8/2023

Graham Casey, PhD, a professor in the Center for Public Health Genomics, and research team published an article on large colorectal cancer (CRC) in Nature in December 2022. Colorectal cancer…

UVA Researcher Eyleen O’Rourke, PhD and Team Discover Anti-Aging Detox Approach That Could Help Humans Live Longer

3/8/2023

University of Virginia scientists have identified a promising approach to delay aging by detoxifying the body of glycerol and glyceraldehyde, harmful by-products of fat that naturally accumulate over time. The…

UVA Cancer Center Receives American Cancer Society Research Grant

3/8/2023

The American Cancer Society is backing the UVA Cancer Center’s efforts to nurture promising ideas from early career scientists that could lead to important breakthroughs in our understanding of cancer…