Jung-Bum Shin, PhD, Awarded $2.3 Million for Study of Auditory Hair Cell Repair
7/5/2023
Jung-Bum Shin, PhD, from the Department of Neuroscience, has been awarded a NIH R01 grant for over $2.3 million. The grant, titled "Mechanosensor Proteins in Hair Cell Repair," aims to…
Research in Motion: Roger Abounader, MD, PhD
7/5/2023
"I work on two types of brain cancers, which are the most common brain cancers in adults and children. I try to understand the basic mechanisms that lead to this…
6/28/2023
Allan Tsung, MD, the S. Hurt Watts Professor of Surgery and the chair of the Department of Surgery, was awarded a five-year, $2 million grant from NIH to study how…
Research in Motion: Antonio Abbate, MD, PhD
6/28/2023
The focus of my research is inflammation and interleukin-1, the fever molecule, and how it can make heart disease worse specifically in the heart attack. —Antonio Abbate, MD, PhD, Professor,…
Lukens Lab To Study Role of Immune Receptor in Alzheimer’s Disease
6/21/2023
John Lukens, PhD, an associate professor of neuroscience, received a multi-year funded award for his $2.7 million NIH grant application to study the role of an immune receptor in Alzheimer's…
Research in Motion: Jonathan Lindner, MD
6/21/2023
I'm a physician scientist in cardiology and serve as the vice chief for research in the cardiovascular division. I am a cardiovascular imager; my research lies in developing new ways…
Three Faculty Selected to National Academy of Distinguished Educators in Pediatrics
6/13/2023
Three faculty members in the Department of Pediatrics, Meg Keeley, MD, Michael Ryan, MD, and Linda Waggoner-Fountain, MD, have been selected for membership in the National Academy of Distinguished Educators…
Susan M. Pollart, MD, Awarded AAMC’s 2023 Carole J. Bland Phronesis Award
6/13/2023
Congratulations to Susan M. Pollart, MD, MS, FAAFP, Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs at UVA School of Medicine and Ruth E. Murdaugh Professor of Family Medicine, for receiving the…
