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MIC Researchers Identify Unknown Factor in HIV Transmission

1/24/2024

Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology researchers have found long-sought answers to questions about HIV transmission, and those findings could lead to new ways to prevent the disease’s spread.…

Amy Bouton, PhD, Receives 2023 Research Achievement Award

1/4/2024

Amy Bouton, PhD, Professor of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology, was honored with the Research Mentor Award, for her dedicated and extraordinary efforts to help other faculty succeed in their…

Research in Motion: Sarah Ewald, PhD

1/4/2024

Sarah Ewald's research is feathered in "Research in Motion".  Please click the link below. Sarah Ewald, PhD (youtube.com)

Inside Cancer Careers Podcast Features Amy Bouton, PhD

11/16/2023

Amy Bouton, PhD, Professor of Microbiology, Immunology and Cancer Biology and Ex Officio Past President of the Cancer Biology Training Consortium (CABTRAC), appeared on a recent episode of the NCI’s…

Dan Gioeli and Cancer Center Team Seek to Harness Wearable Devices to Tailor Medical Treatments

11/2/2023

In a new scientific paper, Dan Gioeli, PhD and Philip I. Chow and collaborators, argue there is “strong but unrealized potential to harness people’s mobile sensing data to improve our…

Research in Motion: Kristin Anderson, PhD

10/19/2023

My research is focused on modifying immune cells, specifically T cells, to recognize and kill cancer more effectively. Solid tumors like ovarian and pancreatic cancer present additional obstacles, so my…

MIC’s Garcia-Blanco member of AAAS!

10/6/2023

MIC’s Mariano A. Garcia-Blanco, MD, PhD, has been inducted in September 2023 into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS), one of the country’s oldest and most prestigious honorary…

Dave Kashatus, PhD, is leading the second Spark Innovation Competition and Serves as Next Culture Leads for UVA Health’s Culture Journey Initiative

9/7/2023

  Dave Kashatus, PhD, is leading the second Spark Innovation Competition, which is focused on improving the research environment. The Spark Innovation Competition seeks to empower individuals and teams to make…

Harish Narasimhan Awarded F31 Research Grant

9/7/2023

Harish Narasimhan, MHS, a microbiology PhD candidate in the Jie Sun Lab, was awarded a $121,136 F31 grant to study age-associated features responsible for the development and maintenance of chronic pulmonary…

Dana May, a PhD candidate in the Sarah Ewald Lab wins award

9/7/2023

Dana May was awarded a $141,141 R35 diversity supplement grant to further her studies of cachexia, or the inflammatory loss of lean body mass, which is a leading predictor of…