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…
2/28/2017
Unique "Vests" Offer New Promise for Treating A-Fib The routine beat of the human heart is easy to take for granted—unless you are one of the seven million patients in…
Celebrating Life: Grateful Patient Leaves a Legacy for Cancer and Cardiovascular Research
12/28/2016
Bob Tanner kept a handwritten note in his wallet that read, “I would like my legacy to be a celebration of life by helping to alleviate the pain and suffering…
‘Bad Guy’ Cells Prove Vital for Stopping Deadly Bug
11/17/2016
By Josh Barney* // Researchers in ID chief Bill Petri's lab have identified immune cells vital for protecting us from potentially fatal C. difficile bacterial infections. Surprisingly, those cells are…
Pneumonia Discovery May Offer Way to Boost Body’s Defenses
11/2/2016
By Josh Barney // A molecule being targeted in cancer is also critical for the immune system’s ability to battle pneumonia, researchers in the at the University of Virginia School of…
Endocrinology’s Shetal Padia Awarded NIH R01 Grant to Study Hunger Hormone
10/15/2016
Shetal Padia, MD, an assistant professor of medicine in the UVA Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism, was awarded a five-year NIH R01 grant for her research on "Intrarenal Mechanisms of…
On the Frontiers of Kidney Disease Research
3/21/2016
A "silent killer": that's what kidney disease is called. It strikes one in ten people in the U.S., but often with few symptoms until later stages in the disease --…
DOM at Medical Education Week Poster Session
3/8/2016
The Department of Medicine was well-represented at the poster session on Thursday, March 3rd, that culminated the School of Medicine's celebration of Medical Education Week. The posters were displayed in the…
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…
ID’s Mami Taniuchi Leads Field Research in Bangladesh on Polio Vaccine
1/19/2016
Mami Taniuchi, PhD, assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, has done groundbreaking work with ID's Eric Houpt, Bill Petri and others on a…
