1/30/2026
Veronica Coyle was awarded the NIH F31 Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award from the National Insitute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke which begins on February 1, 2026. Veronica…
12/12/2025
Ani Manichaikul, PhD Large-scale genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of lung function and COPD have identified more than 1,000 independent genetic association signals, but the metabolic implications of the GWAS signals…
Cause of Obesity-Related High Blood Pressure Found Inside Blood Vessels
12/12/2025
Swapnil Sonkusare, PhD University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have discovered an unknown way obesity causes high blood pressure – and it comes from within the blood vessels themselves.…
Research in Motion: Gordon Laurie, PhD
12/8/2025
There are no effective treatments for many chronic diseases. One approach is an unbiased screen. We did this to address the most common eye disease and discovered a new protein…
Research in Motion: Ilya Levental, PhD and Kandace Levental, PhD
11/7/2025
We’re focused on the immune system and understanding how the membranes in immune cells survey our bodies to regulate pathogens and cancers. — Ilya Levental, PhD, Professor, Department of Molecular…
11/7/2025
Michael Brown, PhD (left) and former PhD student Jack Cronk Michael Brown, PhD, a professor of medicine, nephrology, and of microbiology, immunology and cancer biology and resident member of the…
10/27/2025
Martyna Glowczyk-Gluc was awarded an Emerging Scientist Grant from Kids Beating Cancer, Inc. that began on July 1, 2025. Martyna is a doctoral candidate in Experimental Pathology in the lab…
10/20/2025
Alyssa Luz-Ricca was awarded NIH F31 Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders that begins on December 1, 2025. Alyssa…
9/22/2025
BIMS Dean and BIMS, SRIP and MSTP staff volunteered at Camp Holiday Trails through @unitedwaycville’s 2025 #UWGCDayofCARING! We joined 2,000+ other volunteers in the Greater Charlottesville region who gave back…
Sonkusare Lab Discovers and Targets a Novel Mechanism Driving High Blood Pressure in Obesity
9/12/2025
Swapnil Sonkusare, PhD Obesity affects about 4 in 10 American adults and 1 in 5 children. Beyond excess weight, it triggers internal changes that can lead to serious health…