CPHG Leads Largest-Ever Type 1 Diabetes Genetic Study Which Identifies Potential Treatment Targets
7/22/2021
Scientists have completed the largest and most diverse genetic study of Type 1 diabetes ever undertaken, identifying new drug targets to treat a condition that affects 1.3 million American adults.…
CPHG’s Zang Lab Develops New Tools to Battle Cancer, Advance Genomics Research
5/26/2021
Scientists at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have developed important new resources that will aid the battle against cancer and advance cutting-edge genomics research. UVA’s Chongzhi Zang and…
CPHG Affiliate Faculty Member, Eric Turkheimer, Elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
4/23/2021
The dean of the University of Virginia’s College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences and an acclaimed UVA psychology professor have been elected to the prestigious American Academy of…
CPHG Team Performs Vital Research in Groundbreaking TOPMed Human Genome Project
4/2/2021
Scientists Scour Genes of More Than 53,000 People to Better Battle Dangerous Diseases DNA processing in a genomics research lab. (Photo courtesy National Cancer Institute) April 01, 2021 A new…
Former CPHG Faculty Member Aaron Quinlan Chats with the American Journal of Human Genetics
4/1/2021
Inside AJHG: A Chat with Aaron Quinlan Each month, the editors of The American Journal of Human Genetics interview an author of a recently published paper. This month, we check in with…
3/12/2021
The automated liquid-handling robot is large enough to claim a 12-foot-by-4-foot expanse of lab table space in its unexpected home in UVA Health’s West Complex. Last summer, University of Virginia…
Peter Kasson, PhD, Affiliate CPHG Faculty Member, Named Pinn Scholar
3/2/2021
Peter Kasson, PhD, Associate Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics and Affiliate CPHG Faculty Member, has been named a Pinn Scholar at UVA School of Medicine. Pinn Scholars are mid-career…
Research by CPHG’s Casey Lab Reveals Racial Disparity in Colorectal Cancer
1/25/2021
The colons of African Americans and people of European descent age differently, new research reveals, helping explain racial disparities in colorectal cancer – the cancer that killed beloved “Black Panther”…
UVA IDs Genes that Influence Our Risk for Deadly Coronary Artery Disease
12/9/2020
Researchers at the University of Virginia have shed light on how our genes affect our risk for coronary artery disease, the most common form of heart disease. In addition to…
3 Civelek Lab Members Create The Genomics Society of UVA
11/24/2020
Exciting news from Civelek Lab! Rita Anane-Wae, Dillon Lue, and Zhiwen Xu put their efforts together and created The Genomics Society of UVA, hoping to promote undergraduate research. The primary…
