3 CPHG Faculty Members join the MilliPub Club
9/21/2018
CPHG congratulates Wei-Min Chen, Nathan Sheffield, and Chongzhi Zang on their induction into the MilliPub Club, which honors School of Medicine faculty researchers who have reached a unique milestone: having a…
Civelek wins teaching fellowship to examine ethical issues in BME data science course
7/6/2018
Dr. Mete Civelek was selected by The Institute for Practical Ethics and Public Life (IPE) to receive a 2018 Donchian Teaching Fellowship. The fellowships enable UVA faculty to develop or enhance…
Mychaleckyj Lab publishes research paper funded by Gates Foundation
3/15/2018
The Mychaleckyj Lab has published the first genome-wide association study on breast milk fatty acid composition funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The paper is entitled: "Multiplex genomewide…
Chongzhi Zang receives NIH Career Development Award
8/25/2017
Dr. Chongzhi Zang was recently awarded a K22 Transition Career Development grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health (NIH). The goal of his proposed project, titled…
7/28/2017
Olivia Sabik, a Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics graduate student working in the Farber Lab, has been named a 2017 Wagner Fellow. The Robert R. Wagner Fellowship was established by Bob and…
7/7/2017
Wei-Min Chen has been promoted to Associate Professor of Public Health Sciences, without term, effective July 1, 2017. Dr. Chen's research focuses on the design and statistical analysis of human gene mapping data.…
Sale group publishes paper in Stroke
6/23/2017
Dr. Michèle Sale and her collaborators recently published a paper in the June 2017 issue of Stroke. The researchers' aim was to investigate the potential role of circulating von Willebrand factor (vWF)…
Graduate Student Olivia Sabik awarded travel grant
6/9/2017
Olivia Sabik of the Farber Lab received a travel grant to attend the European Calcified Tissue Society PhD training course. She will spend a week in Paris learning about bone…
Congratulations to Joe Mychaleckyj and Ani Manichaikul!
4/7/2017
Two resident faculty of the Center were recently awarded research grants. Joe Mychaleckyj was awarded (with Palak Shah) a joint UVA-Inova seed grant entitled “Genomic loci linked to biomarkers of…
Civelek Lab research featured in local news reports
3/6/2017
An international genetics study by Dr. Mete Civelek and his collaborators was featured in UVA Today's March 3rd edition. The study focuses on the connection between genes in our fat…
