Jamieson Bourque, MD, Elected President of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology
1/12/2026
The American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) elected professor of medicine and radiology Jamieson M. Bourque, MD, MHS, as its 33rd president. In the UVA Departments of Medicine, Division of…
1/12/2026
Senior Associate Dean for Research Jeffrey R. Martens, PhD, has been named a 2025 Fellow of the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET). This prestigious recognition is bestowed…
1/12/2026
A scientific discovery aimed at stopping dangerous immune-system overreactions could soon offer hope to patients facing some of the most dangerous medical emergencies—sepsis, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), and other…
Research in Motion: Melanie Rutkowski, PhD
1/12/2026
My lab is interested in studying interactions between our immune system and the commensal microbiome, the millions of microorganisms that inhabit our body. — Melanie Rutkowski, PhD, Associate Professor of…
Steven Munger, PhD, Talks With USA Today About How Weight-Loss Drugs Can Affect Your Sense of Taste
1/7/2026
Steven D. Munger, PhD, professor and co-director of research in the Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, spoke with USA Today about how weight-loss (GLP-1) drugs can affect your sense…
Meghan Puglia, PhD, Delivers TEDxTalk on the Science of Raising Infants in the Age of AI
1/7/2026
Meghan Puglia, PhD, an associate professor in the Department of Neurology, delivered a TEDxMidAtlantic talk exploring how early experiences shape brain development and what science reveals about raising children in…
Japan TBS TV Features Sun, PhD, and His Lab in Media Segment on Long COVID Research and Funding
1/7/2026
Jie Sun, PhD, a Harrison Distinguished Teaching Professor of Medicine in the UVA Beirne B. Carter Center for Immunology Research and the Department of Medicine’s Division of Infectious Diseases and…
Research in Motion: Rahul Sharma, PhD
1/7/2026
We are studying a category of immune cells known as T regulatory cells, or Tregs. These cells maintain immune balance by controlling other immune cells. And quite recently, our work…
