Lori L. McMahon, PhD, Selected as UVA’s Next Vice President for Research
4/9/2024
The University of Virginia announced today that Lori L. McMahon has been selected to serve as its next vice president for research following a national search. Her appointment, pending approval…
Research in Motion: Jie Sun, PhD
4/9/2024
I direct a respiratory immunology lab studying pulmonary immunity and pathology in the context of lung infection and cancer. I also mentor undergraduate and graduate student postdoc fellows, as well…
Evan Scott, PhD, Appointed to Direct UVA nanoSTAR
4/9/2024
A preeminent expert in the use of nanotechnology to understand and fight disease will head up the University of Virginia’s Institute for Nanoscale Scientific and Technological Advanced Research, or nanoSTAR,…
4/3/2024
University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have discovered a gene on the Y chromosome that contributes to the greater incidence of heart failure in men. Y chromosome loss in…
UVA Health Seeks to Improve Cancer Prevention, Clinical Trial Access Across U.S.
4/3/2024
Two University of Virginia Cancer Center experts in gynecologic cancer have outlined simple steps to improve cancer prevention for millions of rural and medically underserved Americans, as well as increase…
4/3/2024
Thurl Harris, PhD, an associate professor in the Department of Pharmocology and Department of Medicine Division of Endrocinology and Metabolism, was awarded a $2.3 million NIH grant for a project…
Jennifer Charlton, MD, Awarded $2.8 Million to Study Vitamin D Metabolism After Preterm Birth
4/3/2024
Jennifer Charlton, MD, MSc, an associate professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Nephrology, was awarded a $2.8 million R01 grant to study vitamin D metabolism following preterm birth.…
Research in Motion: Ling Qi, PhD
4/3/2024
I have enjoyed the process of unlocking the secrecy of how the protein degradation system works in physiology, and how it breaks down in disease. The other aspect I enjoy…
