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The Making of Medicine

Author: Josh Barney (Page 36)

Kimberly Kelly sits at a lab bench.
Big Backing for a Promising Cancer Drug
10/3/2019

A promising cancer drug that's being developed based on a discovery by our Kimberly Kelly, PhD, is attracting major interest -- to the tune of $25 million.

David Kashatus stands in front of an erasable wall with writing and diagrams scribbled on it.
Pancreatic Cancer: Years of Work Pay Off
9/30/2019

When our David Kashatus, PhD, was first interviewing here in 2012, he laid out an ambitious research project that would help us better understand pancreatic cancer. Seven years later, he has completed that work and given us important new insights into how the aggressive cancer fuels its growth.

PhD students from Brazil stand in a hallway at the School of Medicine.
Young Scientists From Brazil
9/27/2019

Young scientists from Brazil have joined the School of Medicine this semester as part of a new exchange program. One tells us what it's like coming to America.

Participants sit in an auditorium while watching the second-annual iTHRIV Scholars Clinical Translational Research Symposium.
iTHRIVing
9/26/2019

The Integrated Translational Health Research Institute of Virginia (iTHRIV), which aims to improve the health of people across the state and beyond, this week spotlighted clinical research findings from the last year. The work was impressive.

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