Ani Manichaikul is a 2022 Pinn Scholar!
3/31/2022
CPHG congratulates Dr. Ani Manichaikul who has been named to the 2022 class of UVA Pinn Scholars! The Pinn Scholars Award is named in honor of the extraordinary career of…
Civelek Lab’s Zhiwen Xu Selected as 2022 Barry Goldwater Scholar
3/30/2022
Congratulations to Zhiwen Xu in Mete Civelek’s Lab. Zhiwen was selected as a 2022 Barry Goldwater Scholar. The scholarship program, which honors Senator Barry Goldwater, was designed to foster and…
CPHG’s Stephen Rich and Aakrosh Ratan Help Develop New Tool Called “Giraffe”
3/9/2022
Scientists, including two University of Virginia researchers, have developed a powerful, inclusive new tool for genomic research that boosts efforts to develop more precise treatments for many diseases by leveraging…
Mete Civelek and Qianyi Yang Lead Lab in New Discovery on How Women’s Bodies Store Fat
3/4/2022
School of Medicine researchers at the University of Virginia have identified a potential way to battle the health effects of obesity and Type 2 diabetes in women after discovering an…
Chongzhi Zang and Lab Members Publish Findings in Nature Immunology
2/24/2022
With scientists counting on our immune systems’ “memory” to provide long-term protection against severe COVID-19, University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers and their collaborators have shed light on how…
CPHG’s Clint Miller, PhD Wins Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
2/7/2022
Join us in congratulating Dr. Clint Miller in receiving the Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching from UVA's School of Medicine. The University of Virginia School of Medicine Awards for…
11/11/2021
Arby Abood, a Ph.D. Candidate in Charles Farber's Lab at CPHG helped organize and host an Arabic session of the Genetics Society of America's Multilingual Seminar Series. The "series offers…
8/26/2021
Hispanic people with a high percentage of American Indigenous ancestry are at increased risk of a nutritional deficiency that could affect their heart health and contribute to harmful inflammation, new…
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…
