Keith Keene Leads New Center for Health Equity and Precision Public Health (CHEPPH)
6/14/2023
The new CHEPPH is led by Keith Keene, PhD, a geneticist and former postdoc at UVA’s Center for Public Health Genomics who has returned to UVA from East Carolina University.…
CPHG Platig Lab’s Yogi Raghav Selected as Microsoft GitHub’s Global Campus Expert
6/1/2023
PhD Student Yogindra Raghav Appointed to Microsoft GitHub’s Global Campus Experts Program Yogindra Raghav Congratulations to Yogindra Raghav, a first-year PhD student in the Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics (BMG) program within…
Mete Civelek Recognized As Shannon Center Mid-Career Fellow
5/26/2023
A new University of Virginia program announced this week has awarded 15 faculty members with fellowships to honor what Executive Vice President and Provost Ian Baucom called their “groundbreaking research”…
4/12/2023
Clint L. Miller, PhD University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have identified a gene that plays a crucial role in determining our risk for heart attacks, deadly aneurysms, coronary…
Speaker Applications Are Open for The 4th Annual Emerging Scholars in Genome Sciences Symposium
4/1/2023
The 4th Annual Emerging Scholars in Genome Sciences Symposium University of Virginia September 21-22, 2023 Soliciting Applications The Center for Public Health Genomics (CPHG) in the University of Virginia (UVA)…
CPHG’s Own Stephen S Rich, Director Emeritus, Receives the 2022 UVA Distinguished Researcher Award
2/1/2023
The University of Virginia honored faculty members across Grounds for their outstanding research and scholarship on Tuesday at the fourth annual Research Achievement Awards, held at The Pavilion at the Boar’s Head…
Mete Civelek, PhD and Collaborators Identify Genes That Play Key Roles in Coronary Artery Disease
2/1/2023
University of Virginia researchers and their collaborators have identified genes that play key roles in the development of coronary artery disease, the No. 1 cause of death worldwide. UVA’s findings essentially…
12/21/2022
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a leading cause of mortality worldwide. Graham Casey of the Center for Public Health Genomics and collaborators conducted a genome-wide association study meta-analysis of 100,204 CRC…
11/29/2022
UVA Health School of Medicine researchers have developed an important new tool to help scientists sort signal from noise as they probe the genetic causes of cancer and other diseases.…
CPHG’s Kristen Naegle, PhD and Colleagues Develop Shining ‘KSTAR’ to Guide Cancer Treatments
10/26/2022
Kristen Naegle, PhD UVA Cancer Center researchers have developed an algorithm that will improve cancer care by quickly and easily identifying patients who will benefit from powerful cancer drugs called kinase inhibitors.…
