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UVA Researchers Awarded $12M for Establishment of New Center for Systems Analysis of Stress-Adapted Cancer Organelles.

9/22/2022

With a 12M grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Cancer Institute, the School of Engineering and Applied Science in collaboration with UVA Health Cancer Center and the School…

Mariano Garcia-Blanco, MD, PhD, Appointed to Chair UVA Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Cancer Biology

9/22/2022

The School of Medicine has recruited Mariano A. Garcia-Blanco, MD, PhD, an internationally recognized expert in virology and RNA biology, to lead its Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Cancer Biology.…

Jennifer Payne, MD, Research Study on Premenstrual Anxiety and Mood Swings Covered in U.S. News and World Report

9/15/2022

Jennifer L. Payne, MD, discovers frequency of premenstrual mood swings and anxiety is a global public health issue. Her findings were published in the Archives of Women's Health and have…

Amy Bouton, PhD Welcomes Researchers from Minority-Serving Universities for New Cancer Center Summer Research Program

9/15/2022

The 2022 inaugural session of a UVA Comprehensive Cancer Center program that hosts researchers from minority-serving universities for short-term summer research experiences is drawing praise from participants, and UVACCC hopes…

Chia-Yi Kuan, MD, PhD, Awarded Two NIH R01 Grants Totaling $5M to Study Neonatal Acute Brain Injury

9/15/2022

Chia-Yi "Alex" Kuan, MD, PhD, a professor in the Department of Neuroscience, was recently awarded two NIH R01 grants to study the mechanisms and monitoring methods of two types of…

Christopher K. Kramer, MD Discovers New Way to Track Peripheral Artery Disease

9/15/2022

Cardiovascular experts at UVA School of Medicine have found a new way to track peripheral artery disease (PAD), a serious medical condition involving atherosclerosis in the leg arteries that affects…

Mete Civelek, PhD and Coleen McNamara, MD, Receive $15 Million from LeDucq Foundation for Atherosclerosis Research

9/15/2022

The Leducq Foundation has awarded $15 million to researchers at UVA School of Medicine and their collaborators to advance our understanding of atherosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries, and find…

Kevin Pelphrey, PhD Awarded $12M NIH R01 Grant, One of Only Nine Grants Given Nationally to an Autism Center of Excellence

9/15/2022

Kevin Pelphrey, PhD, the Harrison-Wood Jefferson Scholars Foundation Professor of Neurology, was awarded a $12M R01 grant from the NIH for the next 5 years for research to identify neurodevelopmental…