Research Laboratories

Overview

Learn more about the different active laboratories within the University of Virginia Department of Surgery.

Tumor growth, metastasis, and novel therapies for pancreatic & colorectal cancer.

Cures for type 1 diabetes and interventions
to promote islet transplantation outcomes.

Improving outcomes for children with Hirschsprung disease and understanding how the enteric nervous system regulates intestinal function.

Peripheral arterial diseases (PADs) and epigenetic mechanisms to counter aberrant cell behaviors in pathological processes.

Vascular biology and developing novel therapies for patients with vascular disease.

Lung ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) pathogenesis
after transplantation.

Interdisciplinary molecular biology, oncology, cardiac physiology, bioinformatics, and translational medicine.

Melanoma immunology and cancer vaccine development.

Innate immunity, injury-induced inflammation, and the development of both primary and metastatic cancers.

Melanoma within the complex context of lifestyle
factors, such as obesity and exercise.

Therapeutic hypothermia, vagus nerve activation,
and splenic involvement in MI and sepsis.