Discover Medicine Program Introduces Local High School Students to the Pulmonary System
12/18/2024
Discover Medicine is a monthly program that invites local high school students from underrepresented backgrounds to spend the day at UVA to get an introduction to the medical field. This…
Lulu Jiang, MD, PhD, Awarded $3.6 Million to Investigate RNA Modifications in Alzheimer’s Disease
12/18/2024
Lulu Jiang, MD, PhD, an assistant professor in the Department of Neuroscience at UVA School of Medicine, was awarded a $3.6 million R01 grant from the National Institute on Aging…
Research in Motion: Hao Jiang, PhD
12/18/2024
My laboratory studies how the expression of our genetic information is normally regulated and how cancer and certain developmental disorders are caused by disregulation of gene expression through novel mechanisms,…
Xuemei Huang, MD, PhD, Named to List of 100 People to Meet in 2025 by Virginia Business
12/10/2024
Xuemei Huang, MD, PhD, chair of the UVA Department of Neurology, has been named one of 100 People to Meet in 2025 by Virginia Business. Dr. Huang is an innovative…
Discovery About Epidermal Stem Cells Could Lead to Treatment for Balding
12/10/2024
Lu Q. Le, MD, PhD, the Kenneth E. Greer, MD, Professor and chair of the Department of Dermatology, and his lab published an exciting study titled “Transcription factor KROX20 marks…
Research in Motion: Kevin Janes, PhD
12/10/2024
My laboratory studies cancer and infectious disease from a complex systems perspective. We combine quantitative experiments in the laboratory with computer models that formalize how we think the disease works.…
12/3/2024
Andrew Parsons, MD, MPH, an associate professor of medicine and public health sciences at UVA, was featured in over 100 national outlets, including U.S. News & World Report, discussing if…
Clinical Trial Identifies Better Treatment for Brain Tumors
12/3/2024
Adding the chemotherapy pill temozolomide to radiation treatment significantly improves survival for adults with brain tumors known as grade 2 gliomas, a clinical trial led by a top UVA Health…
