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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
10/12/2022
Nathan Sheffield, PhD, an associate professor in the Departments of Public Health Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, and Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, and in the School of Data Science, was recently awarded…