Thomas Platts-Mills, MD, featured in The Daily Mail
5/18/2022
The Daily Mail – one of the world’s most-read publications – highlighted the work of Dr. Platts-Mills and his discovery of a meat allergy caused by a tick bite in…
5/18/2022
Aamir Javaid, a fourth year medical student, created the first coronary artery calcium (CAC) age-sex-race percentile calculator (www.cac-tools.com) for US young adults aged 30-45. This multi-site collaboration with Johns Hopkins…
Jeff Saucerman, PhD, and Other BME Researchers Transform Beating Heart Stem Cells into Brain Cells
5/18/2022
The scientists published their article in the journal Nature. Read the UVAToday story here.
Senior Author Jennifer Payne, MD, Studied COVID’s Effect on Postpartum Depression
5/18/2022
Dr. Payne and her co-authors published an article in the Journal of Psychiatric Research titled "Rates of self-reported postpartum depressive symptoms in the United States before and after the start…
iTHRIV Announces 2022-2024 Scholars Cohort
5/11/2022
The integrated Translational Research Institute of Virginia, or iTHRIV, has announced its sixth class of iTHRIV Scholars. The eight selected researchers from the University of Virginia, Virginia Tech, and Carilion…
Research Fellow Ethan Assefa Conducted Health Equity Analysis
5/11/2022
“It’s not something I thought I would be doing at this point” proclaims a smiling Ethan Assefa when asked about his upcoming poster presentation at the 2022 Association of Clinical…
5/11/2022
In a study published by the American Heart Association's Circulation Research, Dr. Wolf collaborated with 7 other UVA researchers to identify a potential way to improve heart function after heart attacks…
ID Fellow Jackie Hodges, MD, MPH, Designed and Tested a Mobile Health Platform
5/11/2022
Second-year Infectious Diseases Clinical Fellow Jackie Hodges, MD, MPH, was the first author on a study published by BMJ Open. She and her co-authors developed and tested a mobile health-based…
