9/9/2024
Mohammad Fallahi-Sichani, PhD, an associate professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and a faculty member of the UVA Comprehensive Cancer Center, was awarded a $2 million, five-year R35 grant…
Out-of-Body Experiences Can Profoundly Increase Empathy
9/9/2024
Out-of-body experiences, such as near-death experiences, can have a “transformative” effect on people’s ability to experience empathy and connect with others, a scientific paper from University of Virginia School of…
Cause, Potential Treatment Identified for Persistent COVID-19 Lung Problems
9/9/2024
Arthritis drugs already available for prescription have the potential to halt lingering lung problems that can last months or years after COVID-19 infections, new research from the School of Medicine…
Research in Motion: Nassima Tiouririne, MD
9/9/2024
Currently we are investigating the use of focused ultrasound on targeting the insular cortex in the brain to assess its role in cocaine craving. With focused ultrasound and transcranial magnetic…
Third Summer of Success for the UVA Comprehensive Cancer Center STRIVE Program
9/4/2024
The UVA Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Short-Term Research Initiative for Visiting Educators (STRIVE) program enjoyed a third year of success this summer. The program invites professors from historically Black colleges and…
Scott Zeitlin, PhD, Advances Understanding and Treatment of Huntington’s Disease
9/4/2024
Since UVA neuroscientists discovered the link between the brain and the immune system in 2015, researchers across UVA Health and worldwide have been investigating ways of leveraging this connection to…
Synthetic Blood Platelets Might Be as Good as the Real Thing to Stop Bleeding
9/4/2024
SelSym, a company co-founded by University of Virginia biomedical engineering professor Thomas Barker, PhD, is developing a product to stop uncontrolled bleeding caused by traumatic injury or surgery. Findings published…
Tajie Harris, PhD, Awarded $2.6 Million to Study How the Immune System Benefits the Brain
9/4/2024
Tajie Harris, PhD, an associate professor in the Department of Neuroscience, was awarded a five-year $2.6 million grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, titled “Caspase-8 mediated…
