Location: Pinn Hall, Room 1005
Date: November 6, 2025 - November 6, 2025
Start Time: 4:00 pm
End Time: 5:00 pm
Event LinkFirst Thursday of every month from 4 to 5 PM in Pinn Hall 1005.
Each month, the School of Medicine will host a seminar highlighting two recently hired assistant professors to present a 30-minute introduction to their research program. The goal is to introduce our talented new faculty to the broader research community within the UVA School of Medicine and to potentially seed new cross-school collaborations.
Thursday, November 6, 2025
Tianpeng Zhang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Radiation Oncology
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics
Title: Genome Integrity Maintenance within Repetitive Sequences
Heather N. Platter, PhD, MS
Assistant Professor
Department of Public Health Sciences
Title: The Role of Effective Communication in Promoting Informed Health Decisions