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UVA-Born Technology Goes From Lab Bench to Bedside With Global Impact

10/21/2025

HemoSonics’ Quantra Hemostasis System Makes Trauma and Surgical Treatments Safer, Leads to Better Outcomes It’s easy to understand Shayn Peirce-Cottler’s sense of pride at the success of HemoSonics, a company transforming…

John McNeil, MD, Awarded a New Grant From The Jefferson Trust to Study Microplastics in Human Heart Valves

10/21/2025

The Jefferson Trust awarded John McNeil, MD, an associate professor in the Department of Anesthesiology, a grant for $81,532 to study whether microplastics and forever chemicals are accumulating in human…

Research in Motion: Lian-Wang Guo, PhD

10/21/2025

When an artery is clogged, doctors can insert a balloon catheter to re-open it or use open graft to bypass a clogged artery to resume blood flow. But the problem…

Missing Molecule May Explain Down Syndrome

10/21/2025

Faulty brain circuits seen in Down syndrome may be caused by the lack of a particular molecule essential for the development and function of the nervous system, new research suggests.…

Richard Price, PhD, Talks With BBC News About Using Focused Ultrasound as a Potential Cancer Treatment

10/14/2025

Richard Price, PhD, co-director of UVA Health’s Focused Ultrasound Cancer Immunotherapy Center and professor of biomedical engineering, spoke with the BBC about using focused ultrasound to potentially treat cancer. Ultrasound…

Call for Nominations: John F. Anderson Symposia

10/14/2025

The Office of Research seeks nominations for research topics for the Anderson Symposia and suggestions for external experts who offer unique insights and perspectives. These half-day events provide invaluable opportunities…

Department of Biomedical Engineering Launches 2030 Sustainability Plan

10/14/2025

The Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) at the University of Virginia (UVA) kicked off the fall semester with a big milestone: the launch of UVA’s first-ever academic department-level sustainability plan.…

UVA Sweeps the American Society of Echocardiography Research Investigator Awards

10/14/2025

Two members of UVA's Robert M. Berne Cardiovascular Research Center (CVRC), Matteo Morello, MD, and Bethany Gholson, won the 2025 Research investigator Awards at this year’s American Society of Echocardiography…