Hui Li, PhD, Discovers Gene Responsible for Deadliest Brain Tumor Also Causes Childhood Cancer
8/3/2022
Hui Li, PhD, a Department of Pathology researcher, along with his team discovered that a gene responsible for the deadliest type of brain tumor is also found to be responsible…
Egelman Team Discovery Leads to Breakthrough in Materials Science
8/3/2022
Edward H. Egelman, PhD, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics and his team used DNA to overcome a nearly insurmountable obstacle to engineer materials that could revolutionize electronics. One possible outcome…
Julia Scialla, MD, Links Chronic Kidney Disease to Eating Fewer Fruits and Vegetables
8/3/2022
Julia J. Scialla, MD, a UVA School of Medicine Division of Nephrology kidney specialist and her research team found that adults with chronic kidney disease generally ate fewer fruits and…
UVA Medical Center Remains #2 Best Hospital
7/27/2022
Each year at this time, U.S. News & World Report (USNWR) releases its “Best Hospitals” guide, with national and regional rankings across hospitals, specialties and procedures and conditions. The 2022-2023…
Multidisciplinary Team Receives $5M from NIH to Study Chronic Pain
7/27/2022
A team of researchers, including Neurosurgery Professor Jeff Elias, MD, Neurology Professor Mark Quigg, MD, Anesthesiology's Patrick Finan, PhD, and Neurosurgery Assistant Professor Chang-Chia “Jeff” Liu, PhD, are pioneering a new…
Neonatology Research Team Receives NIH Funding for Sepsis Predictive Analytics
7/27/2022
Pediatrics Professor Karen Fairchild and Cardiology Professor Randall Moorman are co-PIs on a recently re-funded R01 collaboration with 3 other large academic NICUs to develop vital sign analytics as early…
Jie Sun, PhD, Studies Nasal Sprays to Thwart COVID Variants
7/27/2022
Current COVID-19 mRNA vaccinated people still experience breakthrough infections, and it is unclear why so many breakthrough infections occur. Infectious Diseases Professor Jie Sun and colleagues studied, for the first…
7/20/2022
Assistant Professor Meaghan Stumpf, MD, and her research team received national media coverage in connection with a study published in Diabetes Care which found that off-the-shelf blood sugar monitors prove…
