Nassima Ait-Daoud Tiouririne, MD, Leads Pioneering Research to Combat Cocaine Addiction
8/23/2023
Pioneering researchers at UVA Health are testing whether focused sound waves can help people overcome cocaine addiction, a growing problem in Virginia and elsewhere. The scientists have launched a clinical…
Category: Research
Research In Motion: Mary Peace McRae, PhD
8/23/2023
"My research studies how opioids negatively impact memory and learning in people living with HIV. Having a better understanding of these cellular and molecular processes, including how opioids decrease the…
Category: Research
8/23/2023
Daniel J. Cox, PhD, a professor of psychiatric and internal medicine in the Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, was awarded a $3.5 million R01 grant from the NIH for…
Category: Research
8/23/2023
Norbert Leitinger, PhD, a professor of pharmacology and associate director of UVA's Robert M. Berne Cardiovascular Research Center, was awarded a $2.5 million grant, for a project to study Acetyl…
Category: Research
David Schiff, MD, Highlights Promising New Drug for Brain Tumor
8/23/2023
A top UVA Health cancer expert is highlighting how a new drug could transform how doctors treat a brain tumor that typically strikes younger people. David Schiff, MD, the Harrison…
Category: Clinical
Mark Roeser, MD, and Hannah Mannem, MD, Performed COVID-Induced, Double Lung Transplant
8/23/2023
R. J. Redstrom is a triathlete who received a double-lung transplant after COVID complications irrevocably damaged his lungs. He says it was a series of "miracles" that led him to…
Category: Clinical
Master of Public Health Program Welcomes 51 New Students in 2023
8/23/2023
The Master of Public Health Program welcomed 51 new students to the UVA School of Medicine in an orientation program on Monday. Meg Keeley, MD, Senior Associate Dean for Education,…
Category: Education
Local High Schoolers Explore ‘STEM’ Through SOAR Program
8/23/2023
The School of Medicine’s Summer Opportunities in Academic Research (SOAR), co-founded and co-directed by Assistant Professor Brynne Sullivan, MD, and Associate Professor Sana Syed, MD, in the Department of Pediatrics,…
Category: Education
Anne Kenworthy, PhD, Elected to Council of the Biophysical Society
8/23/2023
Anne Kenworthy, PhD, was elected to the Council of the Biophysical Society. Consisting of 7,500 members, the Biophysical Society is a professional, scientific society established to lead an innovative global…
Category: Faculty
Shawn Pelletier, MD, Appointed Division Chief of Transplant Surgery in the Department of Surgery
8/23/2023
Shawn Pelletier, MD, has been selected as the next chief of the Division of Transplant Surgery in the Department of Surgery and as director of the Transplant Service Line at…
Category: Faculty
Get to Know Jeffrey Martens, PhD — Senior Associate Dean for Research
8/23/2023
Jeffrey R. Martens, PhD, joined the School of Medicine as the new Senior Associate Dean for Research on May 15, 2023. Professor Martens is a nationally and internationally lauded leader,…
Category: Faculty
