Scott Heysell, MD, Awarded $3.7 Million to Improve Treatment of Tuberculosis
1/4/2024
Scott Heysell, MD, MPH, the Thomas H. Hunter Associate Professor of International Medicine and director of University of Virginia’s Center for Global Health Equity, was awarded a five-year R01 grant…
Research in Motion: Sarah Ewald, PhD
1/4/2024
My lab is interested in developing new technologies that allow us to study the immune response in a tissue at a biopsy scale. We can add molecular handles to proteins…
Eight Master of Public Health Program Students Graduate in Fall 2023
12/12/2023
The Master of Public Health Program was excited to host the Public Health Sciences Fall Semester Poster Day last week. Eight Graduating MPH Students presented their work and recommendations to…
12/12/2023
Karen Hirschi, PhD, Alumni Professor of Cell Biology, Director of the Developmental Genomics Center, Associate Director of the UVA MSTP, and member of the Robert M. Berne Cardiovascular Research Center,…
Research in Motion: Bon Q. Trinh, PhD
12/12/2023
My group employs experimental and computational approaches to understand how biomolecules regulate gene expression at the chromatin level during normal blood cell development and cancer. — Bon Q. Trinh, PhD,…
Catherine Varney, DO, Designated a Fellow of the Obesity Medicine Association
12/6/2023
The Obesity Medicine Association recently designated Dr. Catherine (Cate) Varney, DO, FAAFP, FOMA, as a Fellow of the organization. Becoming a Fellow of the Obesity Medicine Association (OMA) is one…
Leading Private Funder of Glioblastoma Research Invests in Three Cancer Center Scientists
12/6/2023
Each year, top-tier scientists worldwide apply to the Ben and Catherine Ivy Foundation for grants to support their pursuit of treatments for glioblastoma multiforme (GBM)—the most common and deadliest adult…
12/6/2023
Protein homeostasis in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is important for human health and disease. For the past decade, the Qi laboratory at Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics has…
