Evan Scott, PhD, Earns $2.5 Million to Research Nanotherapeutic Strategies to Treat Chagas Disease
10/14/2025
University of Virginia School of Medicine biomedical engineering professor Evan Scott, PhD, has been awarded a $2.5 million NIH grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to develop…
Research in Motion: Benjamin Purow, MD
10/14/2025
In my research time, we look at a range of approaches in the laboratory to better treat glioblastoma and other brain cancers. In particular, I'm excited about better using existing…
Three School of Medicine Researchers Receive Prestigious National Institutes of Health ‘K’ Awards
10/14/2025
The School of Medicine is pleased to congratulate School of Medicine researchers Jinyi Tang, PhD, Helen Wang, PhD, and Matthew Devall, PhD, for earning National Institutes of Health (NIH)-K awards.…
10/7/2025
JoAnn Pinkerton, MD, a professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, was featured in more than 100 outlets nationally – including U.S. News & World Report – discussing a…
Cardiac Surgeon Adanna Akujuo, MD, Leads Surgical Mission Trip to Nigeria
10/7/2025
This summer, a team of UVA Health clinicians participated in the institution’s first surgical mission trip to Nigeria, partnering with the VOOM Foundation to deliver life-saving cardiovascular care to medically…
SASCO Symposium Showcases Cancer Research Targeting Sub-Cellular Systems
10/7/2025
UVA’s Center for Systems Analysis of Stress-adapted Cancer Organelles (SASCO) hosted this summer its second annual symposium, showcasing the latest cancer systems biology research focused on sub-cellular components and their…
UVA Researchers Earn $2.6 Million to Develop Low-Field MRI Lung Imaging
10/7/2025
Researchers at the University of Virginia’s Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging are the recent recipients of a four-year NIH grant totaling approximately $2.6 million, which will support the development…
10/7/2025
One of the most common hospital-acquired infections in the U.S. is C. difficile infection (CDI), caused by a highly contagious bacterium that leads to diarrhea and colitis. It is estimated…
