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The Puzzle-Solvers: Introducing the Team Behind UVA's COVID Tracker
Glenn Wasson received his Ph.D. in computer science from UVA Engineering. Now, as administrator of analytics and performance management at UVA Health, he leads the team that created the University’s COVID tracker. From late August to early November, the site received nearly 600,000 hits.
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UVA IDs Genes That Influence Our Risk for Deadly Coronary Artery Disease
In addition to identifying gene variants that influence risk for coronary artery disease, researchers in Mete Civelek's group have found that one gene in particular appears to have a protective effect.
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iTHRIV Grant to Help Improve Pediatric Heart Transplant Outcomes
Engineering Systems and Environment associate professor Michael Porter and UVA Children’s Hospital pediatric cardiologist Michael McCulloch will analyze data on donor characteristics to increase the odds of successful transplants.
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2020 Year in Review
Celebrating the Contributions of UVA Engineers to Making the World a Better Place
UVA Engineering students, faculty and staff demonstrated their commitment to creating and disseminating knowledge, educating engineering leaders and helping the community.
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Virtual Agents of Change: How Computers are Mapping COVID-19’s Future
Computer science professors Madhav Marathe and Christopher L. Barrett, also UVA Biocomplexity Institute leaders, talk about 21st century approaches to disease forecasting and how agent-based modeling informed COVID-19 mitigations in Virginia.
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Google.org Selects the UVA Biocomplexity Institute to Support through Social Good Covid-19 Fund
Computer Science professors Madhav Marathe and Anil Vullikanti, researchers at the University of Virginia’s Biocomplexity Institute, were selected to receive funding as part of the company’s efforts to support projects using innovative Al and data analytics to help understand COVID-19 and address...
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Q&A: A Pandemic Modeler Looks Back and Forward
Madhav Marathe, a professor of computer science and biocomplexity, and a division director at the Biocomplexity Institute, provides perspective on COVID-19.
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Muscle by Muscle, This UVA Startup Company is Revolutionizing Sports Medicine and Beyond
Within five years, the team hopes that Springbok’s precision muscle analysis will be widely used in pro and college sports, and also in many areas of medicine.
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Alumni Co-Founders of Agrospheres Named to Forbes Under 30 List
Pourtaheri and Shakeel started their biotech company, AgroSpheres, as undergraduates at UVA’s School of Engineering and Applied Science, when they set out to create bio-based solutions for crop control that could replace harmful pesticides.
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STAT Honors ‘Wunderkind’ for Pioneering Work on Focused Ultrasound, Cancer
Health news site STAT has honored Natasha Sheybani, PhD, as one of the next generation of scientific superstars for her work in focused ultrasound, cancer immunology and nuclear medicine.