Research in Motion: Alison Criss, PhD
8/25/2025
Our research uncovers how the foot soldiers of our immune system, called neutrophils, recognize and respond to microbes, and how pathogens, including the bacterium that causes gonorrhea, manages to subvert…
UVA Researchers Awarded $13 Million to Lead National Study to Battle Leukemia
8/25/2025
UVA Comprehensive Cancer Center Director Thomas P. Loughran Jr., MD, and Professors of Medicine/Hematology and Oncology Charles Chalfant, PhD, and David Feith, PhD, have been awarded a new five-year, $13…
8/20/2025
On the first Thursday of each month, the School of Medicine hosts a seminar highlighting two recently hired assistant professors. Each presenter gives a 30-minute introduction to their research program.…
Date: Sep 4, 2025 - Sep 4, 2025
Start Time: 4:00 pm
End Time: 5:00 pm
New Monoclonal Antibody Targets Deadly Sepsis
8/20/2025
Scientists at the University of Virginia School of Medicine and the University of Michigan have developed a monoclonal antibody to stop sepsis, a deadly full-body infection. The antibody also has…
AI, Full Automation Could Expand Artificial Pancreases to More Diabetes Patients
8/20/2025
Automated insulin delivery (AID) systems such as the UVA Health-developed artificial pancreas could help more type 1 diabetes patients if the devices become fully automated, according to a new review…
8/20/2025
Ahmad Jomaa, PhD, an assistant professor in the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, and his lab were recently awarded a five-year, $2.22 million NIH Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award…
8/20/2025
Jeffrey Sturek, MD, PhD, an associate professor of medicine, pharmacology, and biomedical engineering, was awarded a new five-year $4 million grant from the NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute…
SHUTi Online Treatment Helps Older Adults Overcome Insomnia, Study Finds
8/12/2025
An online insomnia treatment developed at the University of Virginia School of Medicine has been shown to greatly benefit older adults struggling to sleep. The findings suggest the online program…
