Discovery May Help Patients Beat Deadly Pneumonia

4/4/2017

By Josh Barney Researchers have found that a hormone responsible for controlling iron metabolism helps fight off a severe form of bacterial pneumonia, and that discovery may offer a simple…

Call for Abstracts for 2017 Research & Scholars Day

1/30/2017

Abstracts are due by Wednesday, March 15, 2017 Submit abstracts and register here. Further info: Tony Brinkman, DOM Education The Department of Medicine's annual Carey-Marshall-Thorner Research & Scholars Day will be held on…

Surprising Findings on Deadly Diarrhea Suggest Ways to Save Children’s Lives

10/10/2016

UVA Health News Release, 9/27/16 - Josh Barney New research offers unprecedented insights into the causes of childhood diarrhea, the second-leading cause of death of children worldwide, and suggests that…

Mark Your Calendars: DOM’s Research & Scholars Day, Wed. May 11th

5/6/2016

Please plan to attend the Department of Medicine's annual Carey-Marshall-Thorner Research & Scholars Day on Wednesday, May 11, 2016. It starts at noon with a Grand Rounds presentation by Dr. Dean Kedes…

Michael Brown & Team Find Link Between Immune Cells, Weight Control, Disease Resistance

2/10/2016

A research team led by UVA Nephrology's Michael Brown, PhD, has shown how our DNA determines our ability to fight off viruses, revealing that many genes work together to control immune…

Pediatric Nephrology Fellow Erika Rhone Receives ASPN Award

2/3/2016

Congratulation to Erika Rhone, MD, Pediatric Nephrology Fellow and postdoctoral fellow on the UVA Nephrology T32 Training Grant, who was awarded a 2016 Trainee Research Award in Basic Science from the…

Petri Lab’s Discovery Offers New Way to Boost Nutrition of Infants in Low-Income Countries

1/17/2016

UVA Today news story by Josh Barney December 15, 2015  If every nutritional measure known to be helpful were applied to every child in the world, global malnutrition would be…