Congratulations are in order for Richard Price, PhD, a professor of biomedical engineering, radiology and radiation oncology. He was selected as the inaugural recipient of the Focused Ultrasound Foundation's inaugural $75,000 Andrew J. Lockhart Memorial Prize. Lockhart died in 2016 from an aggressive form of cancer that affects the liver…
Our J. Julius Zhu, PhD, has found a way to predict the severity of genetic disease just by measuring mind-bogglingly small interactions between molecules. He and his team of international collaborators have developed a technique that lets them measure the effect gene mutations have on the molecules that cells use…
We dedicated one of our research buildings in honor of Vivian Pinn, MD, last week, and it was a lovely event. Dr. Pinn was on hand, surrounded by friends, colleagues and former students, and she was almost moved to tears more than once during the course of the day. It…
Here's a quick link you might find interesting. My colleague Amy Marshall has done a post on the latest advances in spine surgery research over at the UVA Health System blog, Healthy Balance. She talked with our Frank Shen, MD, and he has some good news for patients.
When we treat patients who suffer cardiac arrest -- that is, their hearts have stopped -- we often give them what is called "targeted temperature management." Basically, we run a tube into their bodies that acts much like the cooling coil of an air conditioner. It brings their temperature down…
Antibiotics are one of the most important items in the doctor's medical bag. They're vital for beating back potentially deadly infections. But they can also make you susceptible to disease, new research from our Bill Petri suggests. Petri and colleagues, including Koji Watanabe, found that antibiotic use interfered with an…
