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…
Nathan Sheffield, PhD Awarded $1.5M NIH Grant to Improve Methods for Analyzing Genome Locations
10/11/2022
Nathan Sheffield, PhD, an associate professor in the Departments of Public Health Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, and Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, and in the School of Data Science, was recently awarded…
Wendy Lynch, PhD Receives $2.5M NIH Grant to Study Substance Use Disorder and Its Impact on Women
10/11/2022
Wendy Lynch, PhD, an associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, was awarded a $2.5 million R01 grant from the NIH to study substance use disorder (SUD)…
Swapnil Sonkusare, PhD and Colleagues Discover the Key Driver of High Blood Pressure
10/11/2022
University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have identified a key contributor to high blood pressure that could lead to new treatments for a condition that affects almost half of…
iTHRIV Scholar Career Development Program Accepting Applications for the 2023 Scholars Cohort
10/3/2022
The iTHRIV Scholar Career Development Program aims to train the next generation of translational researchers in principles of data science and the conduct of rigorous and reproducible science, while also…
10/1/2022
UVA School of Medicine faculty Robert C. Klesges, PhD and G. Wayne Talcott, PhD, both professors in the Department of Public Health Sciences, and their colleague from University of Memphis,…
10/1/2022
Jianjie Ma, PhD, the William H. Muller Endowed Professor of Surgery, in the School of Medicine’s Department of Surgery, was recently awarded two R01 grants from NIH providing $3.1 million…
