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Genome Science’s Associate Professor Chongzhi Zang, PhD, Highlighted in UVA’s Research in Motion

10/14/2024

"We develop new quantitative models and computational methods for analyzing high throughput data from emerging genomics technologies. A better understanding of the genetic and epigenetic code, or how the human…

Genome Sciences Faculty Awarded $2.9 Million to Identify Molecular Drivers of Atherosclerosis in Diabetes

9/26/2024

(From left) Mete Civelek, PhD, Suna Ӧnengüt-Gümüşcü, PhD, and Clint Miller, PhD Associate Professors Mete Civelek, PhD, Suna Ӧnengüt-Gümüşcü, PhD, and Clint Miller, PhD, from the Department of Genome Sciences,…

Thomas Loughran, MD, and Aakrosh Ratan, PhD, Awarded $3.4 Million to Study Genomic Architecture of Large Granular Lymphocytic Leukemia

9/5/2024

(From left) Thomas P. Loughran Jr., MD, and Aakrosh Ratan, PhD Thomas P. Loughran Jr., MD, Director of the UVA Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Aakrosh Ratan, PhD, Associate Professor in…

Yaohua Yang, PhD, and Collaborators Publish Article on DNA Methylation and Cancer Risk in Nature Communications

8/15/2024

Yaohua Yang, PhD Yaohua Yang, PhD, an assistant professor in the Department of Genome Sciences, and his research team published a landmark article on tissue-specific DNA methylation and cancer risk…

Yogindra Raghav Invited to Speak at Gordon Research Seminar on Post-Transcriptional Gene Regulation

8/8/2024

Yogindra Raghav, a second-year PhD student in the Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics program in the Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program at UVA, was invited to present a research poster at the…

CPHG’s Clint Miller Awarded Four-Year 2.8M Grant from National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

7/12/2024

Clint L. Miller, PhD an Associate Professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences and member of the Center of Public Health Genomics was awarded a four-year $2.8 million grant…

CPHG’s Chongzhi Zang Named 2024 Pinn Scholar

7/11/2024

Chongzhi Zang, PhD, Associate Professor, Center for Public Health Genomics was named a 2024 Pinn Scholar. The Pinn Scholars program is named in honor of the extraordinary career of Dr.…

Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program Receives Approval for New PhD Program in Computational Biology

7/11/2024

In July of 2017, Nathan Sheffield, PhD (then Assistant Professor of Public Health Sciences and resident member of the Center for Public Health Genomics) and Janet Cross, PhD (then Assistant…

CPHG and School of Data Science Collaborate to Add Genomics Coursework to Master’s Program

7/3/2024

The School of Data Science will support three students per master's cohort as they complete coursework in genomics data science. The University of Virginia’s School of Data Science will soon…

UVA Researchers Lead $3.2 Million Study to Identify Unique and Shared Determinants of Stroke and Stroke Recurrence Risk

5/30/2024

(From left) Bradford Worrall, MD, Keith Keene, PhD Bradford Worrall, MD, a Harrison Distinguished Teaching Professor of Neurology and Public Health Sciences and vice-chair for Clinical Research of Neurology, and…