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Unlocking the mysteries of the brain is beyond any one person. It requires building a network that is as nimble and creative as the brain itself.

That network lives here. Our faculty collaborate across UVA Health and the University to solve some of the most complex problems that impact the human brain. 

By asking—and answering—bold questions like these, UVA’s neuroscience programs transform patients’ lives. At UVA, it’s not a question of if, but when.

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Your gift to UVA neurological programs fosters outstanding care for patients with Alzheimer’s disease, autism, and other neurological disorders, while helping to advance innovative new treatments and therapies through leading research.
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Common Threads in Neuroscience

The Brain Institute serves as the hub of UVA’s interdisciplinary network, fostering connections across Grounds and uniting the neuroscience-related work of faculty members, students, and staff in various schools, including medicine, engineering, arts & sciences, nursing, data science, leadership and public policy, and education.
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Where Data Meets Hope

A recent gift from the Harrison Family Foundation supports the collection of behavior, neuroimaging, and basic science data across platforms.
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Daria Skwarzynska

The Heart of Research

Daria Skwarzynska, neuroscience PhD candidate, describes her journey to study epilepsy drug treatments at UVA.
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Brain Science Beyond Boundaries

Gifts to create endowed professorships help retain distinguished faculty who are making a meaningful impact in their areas of expertise.
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Stilling Parkinson's Tremors

Private support from benefactors has helped speed clinical trials, including Jeffrey Elias’s focused ultrasound trials for essential tremors.
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New Hope for Patients with Parkinson’s Disease

John Mitchell’s clinical research endowment in his wife’s name supported Jeffrey Elias and Binit Shah’s highly selective drug therapies for Parkinson’s disease research.
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