10/25/2022
Joshua Li, MD, PhD, an associate professor of orthopaedic surgery in the Division of Spine Surgery, and Li Jin, PhD, an associate professor of orthopaedic surgery, received a five-year NIH…
Kristen Naegle, PhD and Colleagues Develop Shining ‘KSTAR’ to Guide Cancer Treatments
10/25/2022
UVA Cancer Center researchers have developed an algorithm that will improve cancer care by quickly and easily identifying patients who will benefit from powerful cancer drugs called kinase inhibitors. The…
10/25/2022
Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine and the UVA Biocomplexity Institute have been selected to help establish a national pathogen genomics surveillance network working to better identify,…
Minorities Face Longer Waits for Vital Lung Cancer Treatment, Study Finds
10/18/2022
A new study has revealed significant racial disparities in how quickly minorities with the most common form of lung cancer receive potentially lifesaving radiation therapy compared with their white counterparts.…
Ammasi Periasamy, PhD and Researchers Acquire Funding for a $1.25 Million Microscope
10/18/2022
UVA researchers have acquired a Leica Microsystems Stellaris 8 STED (Stimulated Emission Depletion) super-resolution microscope through a $1.25 million grant from the NIH and $150,000 in matching funds from the…
Huiwang Ai, PhD Awarded Two Grants From the NIH for $5.3 Million
10/18/2022
Huiwang Ai, PhD, an associate professor in the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics and the Center for Membrane and Cell Physiology, received two R01 grants from the NIH…
UVA Joins $15M NSF-Funded ‘Innovation Hub’
10/18/2022
The University of Virginia has joined the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) new Mid-South Innovation Corps Hub, a consortium whose aim is to enhance innovation capacity, support promising research, generate…
Brain Discovery Could Help Doctors Boost Body’s Ability to Fight Alzheimer’s and Multiple Sclerosis
10/18/2022
UVA School of Medicine researchers have discovered a molecule in the brain responsible for orchestrating the immune system’s responses to Alzheimer’s disease and multiple sclerosis (MS), potentially allowing doctors to…
