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…
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…
Research in Motion: Swapnil Sonkusare, PhD
8/1/2025
"My team at UVA focuses on proteins called ion channels, and we study how these ion channels in the vascular wall work together to maintain vascular health." - Swapnil Sonkusare,…
Scientists ID Rogue Antibodies in Patients After COVID
8/1/2025
Steven L. Zeichner, MD, PhD Errant antibodies that regulate chemical reactions the way enzymes do could explain low blood pressure and other persistent symptoms that plague patients after COVID, new…
Medical Scientist Training Program T32 Grant Marks More Than 50 Years of Funding
7/17/2025
The UVA Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) educates a highly selective group of students who graduate with both MD and PhD degrees. The program has secured a prestigious five-year T32…
Elias Spiliotis, PhD, Awarded $2.4 Million NIH Grant to Study Septin Proteins in Cells
7/17/2025
Elias Spiliotis, PhD Elias Spiliotis, PhD, a professor in the Department of Cell Biology, has been awarded a $2.4 million grant from the NIH National Institute of General Medical…
