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iTHRIV Scholars Program Announces 2024 Cohort

6/5/2024

The integrated Translational Health Research Institute of Virginia (iTHRIV) is pleased to announce its eighth cohort for the iTHRIV Scholars Program. Four outstanding early career researchers from the University of…

Severity of Calls to U.S. Poison Centers Increases Sharply

6/5/2024

America’s poison centers are fielding increasingly severe cases that are dramatically more likely to lead to severe harm or death in both adults and children, a new study from the…

COVID-19 Analysis Reveals How $4 Billion Fueled Unprecedented Pandemic Response

6/5/2024

New University of Virginia School of Medicine research is shedding light on how federal funding helped scientists understand the COVID-19 virus, develop new treatments and deploy lifesaving vaccines in record…

James C. Zimring, MD, PhD, Investigates Major Barrier to Treating Malaria Worldwide

6/5/2024

James C. Zimring MD, PhD, the Thomas W. Tillack Professor of Experimental Pathology in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, was awarded a $2.9 million R01 grant by the…

Research in Motion: Shengyi Iris Sun, PhD

6/5/2024

Our research focuses on protein quality control process in the endoplasmic reticulum, which is an important hub for protein production in the cells. —Shengyi Iris Sun, PhD, Associate Professor, Department…

Child Health Research Center 36th Annual Research Symposium Highlights Pediatric Research Discoveries

6/5/2024

The Child Health Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, hosted the 36th Annual Research Symposium on May 30, 2024. The renowned event kicked off with an invigorating keynote lecture by Madhusmita…

Hear How Health Innovators Avoid Getting ‘Lost in Translation’

5/29/2024

Translational research can be full of twists and turns. In the debut podcast of the Wallace H. Coulter Center for Translational Research at the University of Virginia, David Chen, founding managing director, talks…

Anna Cliffe, PhD, Awarded $2.7 Million to Study How ATRX Protein Protects Against Herpes Simplex Virus

5/29/2024

Anna Cliffe, PhD, an associate professor in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology, was awarded a $2.7 million R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health for a…