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Steven Zeichner, MD, PhD, Awarded $2.7 Million NIH Grant to Develop New Globally Appropriate HIV Vaccines

3/28/2023

Steven L. Zeichner, MD, PhD, the McLemore Birdsong Professor in the Departments of Pediatrics and Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology and the Child Health Research Center and the Myles H.…

Research in Motion Video: John Lukens, PhD

3/28/2023

"We now know that the immune system is a key contributor to neurological diseases such as Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's. We're trying to work on ways to harness the immune…

Coming Soon – Full-Service Clinical Trials Unit For Researchers

3/28/2023

The School of Medicine is thrilled to announce the development of a new and full-service Clinical Trials Unit (CTU), intended to serve the School of Medicine, UVA Health, and the…

UVA’s Stem Cell Transplant Program Reaches Major Milestones

3/21/2023

UVA's Stem Cell Transplant Program has reached major milestones in its treatment of children and adults battling blood-related cancers such as leukemia, multiple myeloma, and lymphoma. In the article "Marking…

UVA Discovery by John Lukens, PhD’s Lab Makes Elite 8 in Hunt for Biggest Biomedical Advance

3/21/2023

A UVA Health discovery that could help us better treat Alzheimer’s disease has fought its way to the Elite 8 in STAT Madness, an online competition to crown 2022’s biggest…

Ahmad Jomaa, PhD, Is Co-First and Senior Author for Nature Communications Article About the Structure of Bacterial Ribosome

3/21/2023

Ahmad Jomaa, PhD, is co-first and senior author for research published in Nature Communications about the high-resolution structure of the bacterial ribosome, which could lead to better antimicrobial drugs to…

Alexander Podboy, MD’s Study Finds Troubling Disparities in Esophageal Cancer Outcomes

3/21/2023

Lower-income people are significantly less likely to receive a potentially lifesaving treatment for the fastest-increasing type of esophageal cancer – and are more likely to die from the disease, new…

COVID-19 Discovery by Jie Sun, PhD and Colleagues Points to New Treatment to Protect High-Risk Patients

3/21/2023

UVA Health researchers have identified a potential treatment to prevent severe COVID-19 in patients at great risk. The new research from UVA School of Medicine's Jie Sun, PhD, and colleagues…