3/7/2024
Mete Civelek, PhD University of Virginia School of Medicine scientists have found important answers about strokes, heart attacks and cardiovascular diseases by probing the biological glue our bodies create to protect us from…
CPHG Researchers Obtain New Insights Into Coronary Artery Disease
2/29/2024
Clint L. Miller, PhD, (left) and Chani J. Hodonsky, PhD University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have obtained important new insights into the development of coronary artery disease –…
CPHG’s Mete Civelek Studies How Our Genetic Makeup Influences the Risk of Having a Heart Attack
2/29/2024
Research in Motion: Mete Civelek, PhD "I’m a cardiovascular researcher, and my lab aims to understand how our genetic makeup increases our risk of having a heart attack. We do…
2/22/2024
Suna Onengut-Gumuscu, PhD Suna Onengut-Gumuscu, PhD, an associate professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences and resident faculty of the Center for Public Health Genomics, was awarded a $4.4…
Xiaowei Hu Awarded TOPMed Fellowship for 2024
2/13/2024
Xiaowei Hu, PhD, a Research Scientist in Ani Manichaikul's lab at the Center for Public Health Genomics, was awarded a TOPMed Fellowship for 2024. Dr Hu's project is entitled, “Pathway-enriched…
CPHG’s Clint Miller Receives Junior Faculty Award
1/18/2024
CPHG Associate Professor Clint Miller was awarded the 2023 Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research Junior Faculty Award by the School of Medicine's Dean Melina R. Kibbe, MD in a…
12/12/2023
Clint L. Miller, PhD University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have created an “atlas of atherosclerosis” that reveals, at the level of individual cells, critical processes responsible for forming…
Zhaoxia Ma Wins Best Speaker Award at the Commonwealth of Virginia Cancer Research Conference
12/6/2023
Zhaoxia Ma, a PhD candidate in Chongzhi Zang's lab (BIMS program) won a Best Speaker Award at the Commonwealth of Virginia Cancer Research Conference (CVCRC) held at the University of…
Ani Manichaikul & UVA Researchers’ Omega-3 Findings Move Us Closer to ‘Precision Nutrition’
10/10/2023
Omega-3 and Omega-6 fatty acids are found in foods such as nuts and avocados. New UVA research sheds light on how African-American and Hispanic American people's genes influence their bodies'…
10/4/2023
A UVA researcher and a team of international collaborators identified nearly a dozen genes that may contribute to life-threatening coronary artery disease. Existing medications and diet supplements could soon be…
