Understanding the origins of medication-resistant hypertension is the focus of a new research by Ariel Polizio, PhD, a scientist in the lab of Ken Walsh, PhD, professor of research in internal medicine and resident faculty in the UVA Robert M. … Read More
Two postdoctoral research fellows, Kelsey Watts, PhD, and Alexander Clark, PhD, in the Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME), were awarded 2025 American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellowships. The prestigious one- to two-year fellowships help pave the way to research independence for … Read More
Congratulations to Zuzanna Juskiewicz, Wyatt Schug, and Skylar Loeb from Isakson lab, Victoria Milosek from Owens lab, and Linyao (Elina) Zhou from Sun lab on their Fellowship Awards!! The UVA Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics (MPBP) is proud … Read More
New book gets beyond the bare bones and fleshes out how dinosaurs’ bodies may have functioned. When we think about the science of dinosaurs, it’s often about their looks. Did they have feathers? How did their bones fit together? What … Read More
Two alumni from the UVA School of Education and Human Development’s kinesiology programs, Colby Mangum and Austin Hogwood, were recently selected for the prestigious National Institutes of Health Loan Repayment Program. “This is a competitive program that awards productive scientists … Read More
Backed by a new four-year $3.1 million National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute grant, School of Medicine researchers Antonio Abbate, MD, PhD, Jeff Saucerman, PhD, and Stefano Toldo, PhD, have initiated a new study to examine cell-specific low-density lipoprotein receptor … Read More
New research from UVA Health scientists seeking to identify drugs to regenerate tissue after a heart attack is highlighting the promise of their approach. The team, led by Jeff Saucerman, PhD, previously developed a method to identify drugs that might … Read More
New School of Medicine research led by Lian-Wang Guo, PhD, a professor of surgery; Craig Kent, MD, chief executive officer of UVA Health, executive vice president for health affairs, and professor of surgery; and Coleen McNamara, MD, a professor of … Read More
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 precipitate hypertension. For this reason, pathways in the RAAS can … Read More
Mete Civelek, PhD, an associate professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and a resident faculty of the Center for Public Health Genomics, received the Established Investigator Award from the American Heart Association. The five-year grant supports established investigators who … Read More
