Norbert Leitinger, PhD, Awarded $2.5 Million to Study the Acetyl CoA Carboxylase Enzyme in Metabolic Control of Inflammation

8/23/2023

Norbert Leitinger, PhD, a professor of pharmacology and associate director of UVA's Robert M. Berne Cardiovascular Research Center, was awarded a $2.5 million grant, for a project to study Acetyl…

Daniel  J. Cox, PhD, Awarded $3.5 Million for Multi-Center Study of Adults Newly Diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes

8/23/2023

Daniel  J. Cox, PhD, a professor of psychiatric and internal medicine in the Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, was awarded a $3.5 million R01 grant from the NIH for…

Research In Motion: Mary Peace McRae, PhD

8/23/2023

"My research studies how opioids negatively impact memory and learning in people living with HIV. Having a better understanding of these cellular and molecular processes, including how opioids decrease the…

Nassima Ait-Daoud Tiouririne, MD, Leads Pioneering Research to Combat Cocaine Addiction

8/23/2023

Pioneering researchers at UVA Health are testing whether focused sound waves can help people overcome cocaine addiction, a growing problem in Virginia and elsewhere. The scientists have launched a clinical…

Mete Civelek, PhD, and Team Make Discovery About Coronary Artery Disease

8/11/2023

UVA School of Medicine researchers probing coronary artery disease – the nation’s No. 1 killer – have identified a normally protective biological process that can go wrong inside blood vessel…

Surprise COVID Discovery by Peter Kasson, PhD and Team Helps Explain How Coronaviruses Jump Species

8/11/2023

Unexpected new insights into how COVID-19 infects cells may help explain why coronaviruses are so good at jumping from species to species and will help scientists better predict how COVID-19…

Research in Motion: Mariano Garcia-Blanco, MD, PhD

8/11/2023

My laboratory works on two areas of RNA biology, both very important for human health. The first area is RNA viruses and the second area is autoimmune diseases and the…

David Kashatus, PhD, Awarded Lustgarten Foundation 2023 Innovation and Collaboration Program Grant

8/9/2023

David Kashatus, PhD, an associate professor in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology, was awarded a 2023 Innovation and Collaboration Program grant from the Lustgarten Foundation, for his…