Immune System Discovery Reveals Potential Solution to Alzheimer’s
6/3/2025
A new way of thinking about Alzheimer’s disease has yielded a discovery that could be the key to stopping the cognitive decline seen in Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases. University…
Category: Research
Research in Motion: Larry Borish, MD
6/3/2025
I study the interaction of the common cold virus with asthma. Something like 80% of all hospital admissions from asthma exacerbations are caused by the common cold virus. And we're…
Category: Research
Important Changes to NIH Public Access Policy Effective July 1, 2025
6/3/2025
Researchers take note: It is important to understand and comply with the new NIH Public Access Policy, effective July 1, 2025. Failure to comply could have serious implications, including delays…
Category: Research
Pediatric Research Symposium Showcases Innovative Research That Saves Children’s Lives
6/3/2025
On Thursday May 29, 2025, the Child Health Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, hosted its 37th Annual Research Symposium. The renowned event began with an invigorating keynote lecture by Sergio…
Category: Research
6/3/2025
In a groundbreaking study published in Nature Communications, researchers from the University of Virginia School of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have discovered a previously unknown cellular…
Category: Research
UVA Health Launching Comprehensive, National Program for Connective Tissue Disorders
6/3/2025
UVA Health is opening a national program specializing in comprehensive care for Ehlers-Danlos syndromes and other hypermobility disorders, a difficult-to-diagnose collection of connective tissue disorders that cause pain and medical…
Category: Clinical
6/3/2025
Christopher M. Kramer, MD, recently assumed the role of president of the American College of Cardiology (ACC), an almost 60,000-member global cardiovascular organization working to transform cardiovascular care and improve…
Category: Honors & Awards
Faculty Needed to Provide Shadowing Opportunities for Pre-Med Students
6/3/2025
The Summer Medical Leadership Program (SMLP) welcomed the 2025 cohort on June 2 and is seeking faculty to provide clinical shadowing opportunities for the scholars. SMLP is a medical enrichment…
Category: Community
C-Ville Weekly’s Cover Story Highlights UVA Research That Saves Lives
6/3/2025
C-Ville Weekly’s cover story on May 28, 2025, highlights the University of Virginia Medical Center as one of Newsweek’s top 50 hospitals in the country (and No. 1 in the…
Category: Media Highlights
6/3/2025
Thomas Platts-Mills, MD, emeritus professor of medicine in the Department of Medicine's Asthma, Allergy and Immunology Division, talked with The Scientist about his discovery of alpha-gal syndrome, which causes a…
Category: Research
6/3/2025
Richard Price, PhD, co-director of UVA Health’s Focused Ultrasound Cancer Immunotherapy Center and professor of biomedical engineering, was featured across Virginia and on national TV discussing how focused ultrasound can…
Category: Media Highlights
