School of Medicine Researchers Obtain New Insights Into Coronary Artery Disease
2/28/2024
University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have obtained important new insights into the development of coronary artery disease – the world’s No. 1 killer – in diverse groups of…
Calls to Poison Center for ‘Magic Mushrooms’ Spiked After Decriminalization
2/28/2024
Calls to U.S. poison centers involving psilocybin, or “magic mushrooms,” among adolescents and young adults rose sharply after several U.S. cities and states began decriminalizing the hallucinogen, University of Virginia…
2/28/2024
Public Health Sciences Professor Jamie Zoellner, PhD, RDN, and her multidisciplinary team were awarded a five-year, $3.4 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to engage Head Start families across…
Research in Motion: Mete Civelek, PhD
2/28/2024
I'm a cardiovascular researcher, and my lab aims to understand how our genetic makeup increases our risk of having a heart attack. We do this by using both computational approaches…
2/21/2024
Researchers in the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics at UVA have made a significant stride in understanding the intricate workings of endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation (ERAD), a principal protein…
UVA Pain Research Suggests New Ways to Manage Migraine, Chronic Pain in Women
2/21/2024
Doctors may be able to develop new treatments for migraines and chronic pain in women by targeting receptors in the brain that help regulate their fertility, new research from the…
2/21/2024
Suna Onengut-Gumuscu, PhD, an associate professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences and resident faculty of the Center for Public Health Genomics, was awarded a $4.4 million R01 grant…
Research in Motion: Brant Isakson, PhD
2/21/2024
We work with microcirculation. It's the business end of the blood vessels, where inflammation is regulated and where blood pressure is regulated. There's a lot of new things that we're…
