New Tool Streamlines Genomic Research, Accelerating Biomedical Breakthroughs
4/3/2025
Nathan Sheffield, PhD A University of Virginia School of Medicine scientist and collaborators have developed a much-needed new tool to increase the efficiency of genomic research and accelerate the development…
Genome Science’s Associate Professor Chongzhi Zang, PhD, Highlighted in UVA’s Research in Motion
10/14/2024
"We develop new quantitative models and computational methods for analyzing high throughput data from emerging genomics technologies. A better understanding of the genetic and epigenetic code, or how the human…
9/26/2024
(From left) Mete Civelek, PhD, Suna Ӧnengüt-Gümüşcü, PhD, and Clint Miller, PhD Associate Professors Mete Civelek, PhD, Suna Ӧnengüt-Gümüşcü, PhD, and Clint Miller, PhD, from the Department of Genome Sciences,…
9/5/2024
(From left) Thomas P. Loughran Jr., MD, and Aakrosh Ratan, PhD Thomas P. Loughran Jr., MD, Director of the UVA Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Aakrosh Ratan, PhD, Associate Professor in…
8/15/2024
Yaohua Yang, PhD Yaohua Yang, PhD, an assistant professor in the Department of Genome Sciences, and his research team published a landmark article on tissue-specific DNA methylation and cancer risk…
Yogindra Raghav Invited to Speak at Gordon Research Seminar on Post-Transcriptional Gene Regulation
8/8/2024
Yogindra Raghav, a second-year PhD student in the Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics program in the Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program at UVA, was invited to present a research poster at the…
CPHG’s Clint Miller Awarded Four-Year 2.8M Grant from National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
7/12/2024
Clint L. Miller, PhD an Associate Professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences and member of the Center of Public Health Genomics was awarded a four-year $2.8 million grant…
CPHG’s Chongzhi Zang Named 2024 Pinn Scholar
7/11/2024
Chongzhi Zang, PhD, Associate Professor, Center for Public Health Genomics was named a 2024 Pinn Scholar. The Pinn Scholars program is named in honor of the extraordinary career of Dr.…
Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program Receives Approval for New PhD Program in Computational Biology
7/11/2024
In July of 2017, Nathan Sheffield, PhD (then Assistant Professor of Public Health Sciences and resident member of the Center for Public Health Genomics) and Janet Cross, PhD (then Assistant…
CPHG and School of Data Science Collaborate to Add Genomics Coursework to Master’s Program
7/3/2024
The School of Data Science will support three students per master's cohort as they complete coursework in genomics data science. The University of Virginia’s School of Data Science will soon…
