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    Komen Supports UVA Engineering Researchers Targeting ‘Triple Negative' Breast Cancer

    Catalina Alvarez Yela, who was awarded a $100,000 research grant by Komen, and faculty mentor Kevin Janes are among those at UVA leading the fight against breast cancer.

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    Community Servers: Largest Computing Society Says 2 UVA Profs Among 7 Best

    The Association for Computing Machinery, or ACM, recognized computer scientists Aidong Zhang and Jack Davidson for above-and-beyond service to the organization and their field. 

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    Hoos Standing Out: These 2024 Ph.D. Graduates Made Their Marks in Research and Beyond

    Five exemplary graduating Ph.D. students were honored for their professional accomplishments and contributions to the UVA and scientific communities in their fields.

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  • Improving Lives: Toddlers With Type 1 Diabetes Can Now Benefit From UVA Invention

    A life-changing technology is now available to toddlers. Systems engineering faculty member Marc Breton co-invented the artificial pancreas system that manages insulin levels in diabetic patients.

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  • Mete Civelek Receives Established Investigator Award from the American Heart Association

    Mete Civelek uses big data analytics to understand the molecular pathways of disease and develops personalized medicine approaches to cardiovascular and metabolic disorders.


     

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  • UVA Bioengineer Finds in Cellular Glue New Answers About Heart Attacks, Strokes

    Researchers have found answers about cardiovascular diseases in the cellular “glue” our bodies make to protect us from heart attacks and stroke.

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  • She Aided the Team Taking the Bite Out of Tick-Borne Lyme Disease

    Imagine a “Band-Aid” that wards off Lyme disease. With the big idea, chemical engineering grad student Tori Vigil led a team of cadets to win an international genetic engineering competition.

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    • How Artificial Intelligence May Benefit Heart Patients

    With machine learning and human learning, scientists uncover the biological cause and effect of fibroblast behaviors after heart attack and advanced the development of new treatments.

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  • Blood Cancer Discovery Identifies High-Risk Patients, Could Improve Outcomes

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    • UVA Identifies Trigger for World’s Most Common Liver Disease

    University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have discovered a key trigger for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, a condition causing fat to build up in the liver for no clear reason.

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  • Kelsey Kubelick Joins the Department of Biomedical Engineering at UVA

    Kubelick develops imaging tools to track the movement and efficacy of T cells deployed in cancer therapies, aiming ultimately to enhance the cells’ defensive abilities.

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  • Leading Tissue Regeneration Expert to Chair UVA’s Department of Biomedical Engineering

    Her research focuses on tiny blood vessels that are one-tenth the diameter of a human hair, needed to regenerate tissues damaged by injury or disease. 

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