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Category: Research

UVA Brain Institute Offers Funding Support to Neuroscience Researchers

4/19/2023

The Brain Institute is excited to offer multiple mechanisms of support to UVA’s broad community of groundbreaking neuroscience researchers. The Brain Institute is currently accepting applications for the BRAIN Post Doctoral…

SOM Recognizes NIH Research Career Development ‘K’ Award Recipients

4/19/2023

As Dean Kibbe highlighted in recent faculty meetings, the School of Medicine is reaffirming its commitment to NIH Research Career Development (K) Awards. K Awards are a vital funding source…

Eric A. Hendrickson, PhD, Awarded $2.3 Million Grant to Study A-NHEJ Gene Pathways That Regulate Cell Proliferation Causing Cancer

4/19/2023

Eric A. Hendrickson, PhD, a professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology and an affiliate member of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, was awarded…

Research in Motion Video: Coleen McNamara, MD

4/19/2023

My work focuses on the role of immune cells in heart and vascular disease. It's a new field with novel discovery, and we're identifying new pathways related to heart disease…

Mariano A. Garcia-Blanco, MD, PhD, Research on Dengue Viruses Covered by More Than 150 News Outlets Nationally

4/12/2023

Research on dengue viruses by Mariano A. Garcia-Blanco, MD, PhD, was covered in more than 150 news outlets nationally, including U.S. News and World Report.  "Our findings are almost certainly…

UVA Discovers Gene That Shapes Risk for Heart Attacks, Vascular Diseases

4/12/2023

University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have identified a gene that plays a crucial role in determining our risk for heart attacks, deadly aneurysms, coronary artery disease and other…

Bradley Gelfand, PhD Awarded $2.6 Million Grant to Study Sex-Specific Responses to IgG1 Antibodies on Growth of Blood Vessels

4/12/2023

Bradley Gelfand, PhD, an assistant professor in the Department of Ophthalmology, was awarded a $2.6 million grant for a study titled "Mechanistic basis of sexual dimorphism in antigen-independent IgG1 angiogenesis…

Anne Kenworthy, PhD, Awarded $2.8 Million to Study Biological Activities of Caveolins — Regulators of the Cardiovascular System

4/12/2023

Anne Kenworthy, PhD, professor and assistant director of the Center for Membrane and Cell Physiology, Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, was awarded a $2.8 million grant for a project titled…