iTHRIV Hosting Series to Improve NIH Grant Submission Success

9/2/2022

iTHRIV is hosting six moderated webinar sessions to discuss ways to improve NIH grant submission success.  There is limited space and deadline to register is September 25 at 5:00 pm.…

Date: Sep 26, 2022 - Oct 31, 2022

Start Time: 4:00 pm

End Time: 6:00 pm

iTHRIV Offers Resources to Support DEI in Research Participation

9/1/2022

The integrated Translational Health Research Institute of Virginia (iTHRIV) team seeks to facilitate inclusive, collaborative research in partnership with our diverse, often underrepresented communities in Virginia. iTHRIV is committed to…

Meghan Puglia, PhD, Uses EEG Receptor Skullcap to Study Electrical Brain Activity in Babies

9/1/2022

Meghan Puglia, PhD, an assistant professor in the Department of Neurology, is studying the role of touch and stimuli in infant neurological development hoping to learn how genes influence behavior…

Loren Erickson, PhD and Coleen McNamara, MD, Awarded $4 Million NIH R01 Grant to Study IgE Sensitivity to Alpha-gal and Cardiovascular Disease

9/1/2022

Loren Erickson, PhD, an associate professor in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Cancer Biology and Coleen McNamara, MD, a professor in the Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, both also…

Mary Peace McRae, PharmD, PhD, Appointed as School of Medicine’s Next Assistant Dean for Research

9/1/2022

Mary Peace McRae, PharmD, PhD, has been selected as the School of Medicine’s new Assistant Dean of Research. In that role, she will direct the operations of the Office for…

Sean Moore, MD, and Jason Papin, PhD, Discover How Microbes in Our Guts Regulate the Body’s Biological Clock 

8/31/2022

Gut Check: How Tiny Organisms Could Improve Everything From Sleep to Chemotherapy A new discovery from the University of Virginia School of Medicine about how the microbes in our guts regulate…

Jennifer Sasson, MD, Receives National News Coverage for Clinical Trial Using Asthma and Eczema Treatment to Improve Survival of COVID-19

8/25/2022

Jennifer Sasson, MD's clinical trial indicating a treatment for asthma and eczema may improve survival rate for patients hospitalized with moderate to severe COVID-19 has received widespread national news coverage.…

iPRIME Seeks Grant Proposals for Research in Immunomedicine in Cardiovascular Diseases

8/25/2022

The Prominence-to-Preeminence (P2PE) STEM Targeted Initiative, Immunology, Imaging, and Informatics for Precision ImmunoMedicine (iPRIME) in Cardiovascular Diseases (CVD) announces a call for collaborative seed grant proposals to support innovative projects…