John Bushweller, PhD, and Dan Gioeli, PhD, Awarded $3.3 Million to Develop a Novel Drug Targeting ERG for Prostate Cancer Treatment

7/9/2024

John Bushweller, PhD, a professor in the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics and the Department of Chemistry, and Dan Gioeli, PhD, a professor in the Department of Microbiology,…

Research in Motion: Chris Moskaluk, MD, PhD

7/9/2024

We use primary human cancer specimens that's allowed us to identify a potential new therapeutic and to develop a couple of new diagnostic biomarkers. — Chris Moskaluk, MD, PhD, Professor…

Alan Matsumoto, MD, Receives VIVA Foundation’s ATLAS Award for Impact in Interventional Radiology

6/25/2024

Alan H. Matsumoto, MD, the Theodore E. Keats Endowed Professor in the Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging, is the recipient of the VIVA Foundation’s 2024 ATLAS Award. The ATLAS…

Lukens Lab to Study Role of Emerging Genetic Risk Factor in Alzheimer’s Disease

6/25/2024

John Lukens, PhD, an associate professor of neuroscience and inaugural director of the Harrison Family Translational Research Center in Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases to be located in UVA's Paul and…

Research in Motion: Paola Gehrig, MD

6/25/2024

My primary research interest has been endometrial cancer, and throughout my career I've been very interested in clinical trials, be they surgical trials or novel therapeutics. Unlike many other malignancies,…

William Petri, MD, PhD, $2.4 Million Grant Renewal Marks 25 Years of Research Funding to Combat Diarrhea in Bangladesh

6/25/2024

William A. Petri MD, PhD, the Wade Hampton Frost Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, has been awarded a five-year, $2.4 million renewal of…

UVA Researchers Discover Novel ‘Silent’ Rhinovirus Infection, Inflammation Has Major Impact on Cough and Wheeze in Children

6/18/2024

School of Medicine researchers have discovered a novel clinical syndrome in children with recurrent wheeze — an asymptomatic or “silent” rhinovirus (RV) infection in the lungs accompanied by inflammation. The…

Brant Isakson, PhD, Awarded $2.6 Million to Study the Role of Renin in Hypertension

6/18/2024

Hypertension is the most common pathological indicator for cardiovascular diseases. The key biological system that regulates blood pressure is the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS); its dysregulation at almost any level can…