GLP-1 Drugs Fail to Provide Key Weight-Loss Benefit
7/22/2025
Popular GLP-1 drugs help many people drop tremendous amounts of weight, but the drugs fail to provide a key improvement in heart and lung function essential for long-term good health,…
Category: Featured
Research in Motion: Swapnil Sonkusare, PhD
7/22/2025
My team at UVA focuses on proteins called ion channels. And we study how these ion channels in the vascular wall work together to maintain vascular health —Swapnil Sonkusare, PhD,…
Category: Research
Scientists ID Rogue Antibodies in Patients After COVID
7/22/2025
Errant antibodies that regulate chemical reactions the way enzymes do could explain low blood pressure and other persistent symptoms that plague patients after COVID, new research from the University of…
Category: Research
Congratulations to the 2025 Wagner Fellows
7/22/2025
Thanks to the tremendous generosity of Robert R. Wagner, MD, and his wife Mary, the Wagner Fellowship fund was able to award fellowships to nine Biomedical Science Graduate (BIMS) students…
Category: Education
Welcome New School of Medicine Faculty Hired May Through July 2025
7/22/2025
The Office of Faculty Affairs and Faculty Development is pleased to continue its quarterly series to highlight new School of Medicine faculty hires. This fourth article includes new clinical and…
Category: Faculty
Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community Seeks Manuscript Submissions
7/22/2025
The Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community (JPIC) is seeking manuscripts for a special issue on Advocacy in Service-Learning Pedagogy. Submissions should present original research, quantitative, mixed-methods, or…
Category: Call for Nominations
Healthy Streets, Healthy People Fair: A Day of Unity and Hope
7/22/2025
This summer marked the largest turnout yet for Charlottesville’s annual Healthy Streets, Healthy People health fair—and it couldn’t have come at a more meaningful time. Against the backdrop of recent…
Category: Community
7/22/2025
Jay W. Fox, PhD, was interviewed by CBS Saturday Morning about his mentorship of a high school student developing a potential cure for skin cancer. Dr. Fox is director of…
Category: Media Highlights
