UVA Health Makes It to Sweet 16 of STAT Madness
3/18/2025
An important UVA Health discovery about COVID-19 has made it to the Sweet 16 of STAT Madness, a fun online tournament to crown 2024’s biggest scientific advance. In a hard-fought…
Research in Motion: Patrick Jackson, MD
3/18/2025
What I work on is how HIV is able to turn its own genes on and off, and how the virus uses that ability to adapt to different conditions in…
Biomedical Engineering Postdocs and PhD Candidates Awarded American Heart Association Fellowships
3/12/2025
Two postdoctoral research fellows, Kelsey Watts, PhD, and Alexander Clark, PhD, in the Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME), were awarded 2025 American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellowships. The prestigious one- to…
A Healthier Future—One Clinical Trial at a Time: An Interview With Lisa Zuckerwise, MD
3/12/2025
Lisa Zuckerwise, MD, is an associate professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and division director of the Maternal-Fetal Medicine Program at the University of Virginia. She is the…
UVA Health Contenders Advance in STAT Madness
3/12/2025
Major medical findings from UVA Health are closer to being crowned 2024’s most important scientific discovery after advancing to the second round of STAT Madness, a fun online tournament highlighting…
Drug Can Reduce COVID-19 Spread Within Households, Major Trial Finds
3/12/2025
An international clinical trial has identified a medication that can help prevent symptomatic COVID-19 in people exposed within households. The results could be particularly important for families where someone is…
Research in Motion: Tarek Abbas, PhD
3/12/2025
The focus for my research laboratory is to try to understand the specific functions of different regulatory proteins that are able to sense and repair different types of DNA damage.…
COVID-19 Discovery Could Lead to New Treatments for Chronic Breathing Problems
3/12/2025
University of Virginia School of Medicine scientists have discovered how severe COVID-19 can destroy immune cells’ ability to repair the lungs, helping explain the lingering effects of long COVID. The…
