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7/17/25 issue

Medical Scientist Training Program T32 Grant Marks More Than 50 Years of Funding

7/15/2025

The UVA Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) educates a highly selective group of students who graduate with both MD and PhD degrees. The program has secured a prestigious five-year T32…

Category: Featured

Medical Scientist Training Program

Research in Motion: Jennifer Charlton, MD

7/15/2025

My lab focuses on adverse maternal environments and how they can impact long-term kidney health, particularly for those that are born preterm or born early. —Jennifer Charlton, MD, Associate Professor,…

Category: Research

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Elias Spiliotis, PhD, Awarded $2.4 Million NIH Grant to Study Septin Proteins in Cells

7/15/2025

Elias Spiliotis, PhD, a professor in the Department of Cell Biology, has been awarded a $2.4 million grant from the NIH National Institute of General Medical Sciences for his research…

Category: Research

Elias Spiliotis, PhD

‘Mismatched’ Transplants Now Safe and Effective for Patients with Blood Cancer, Study Finds

7/15/2025

Advances in blood stem cell transplants now make it possible for people with blood cancers to get safe and effective “mismatched” transplants that will potentially cure their disease, new UVA…

Category: Research

Karen Ballen, MD

Daniel Sheeran, MD, Performs Virginia’s First Histotripsy and Percutaneous Hepatic Perfusion Procedures

7/15/2025

In June, Daniel Sheeran, MD, an associate professor of radiology and medical imaging in the Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, completed two milestone procedures within the state: Virginia’s inaugural…

Category: Clinical

Daniel Sheeran, MD

UVA Students, Residents, and Faculty Partner With Nepali Colleagues on EMS Training and Public Health

7/15/2025

Through an experience funded by the Center for Global Health Equity and facilitated by faculty in the Departments of Emergency Medicine and Public Health Sciences, a team of UVA medical…

Category: Community

Nepal trip

Jeff Wilson, MD, Featured in Newsweek Discussing Tick-Borne Disease Babesiosis

7/15/2025

Newsweek spotlighted Jeff Wilson, MD, PhD, an assistant professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy and Immunology, discussing tick-borne illness babesiosis. Babesiosis is a disease caused by a…

Category: Media Highlights

Jeffrey Wilson MD, PhD

Becca Krukowski, PhD, Spoke to Healthline About Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis Tool for Measuring Body Fat Percentage

7/15/2025

Becca Krukowski, PhD, a professor of public health sciences and a fellow at the Obesity Society, commented on Healthline about new research published in the Annals of Family Medicine. The…

Category: Media Highlights

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