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Scientists Reveal How Ketogenic Diet Protects Against Seizures When Drugs Fail

A team led by Jaideep Kapur, MBBS, PhD, Brain Institute Co-Director has revealed how the popular, low-carb ketogenic diet protects against epilepsy seizures and possibly other neurodegenerative diseases.
UVA Health News
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Photo Essay: From brain labs to Lego builds, UVA students navigate another J-term

In this Meghan Puglia's Research Methods in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience course, students gain a hands-on experience collecting and analyzing neuroscientific data and an understanding of how human neuroscience techniques may inform our understanding of the developing brain.
UVA Today
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2025 Travel Awards Announced

The UVA Brain Institute is proud to announce the 2025 Travel Awards, including the Neuroscience Graduate Student Travel Awards and the Postdoctoral Professional Development Award.
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Meghan Puglia, PhD, Delivers TEDxTalk on the Science of Raising Infants in the Age of AI

Meghan Puglia, PhD, an associate professor in the Department of Neurology, delivered a TEDxMidAtlantic talk exploring how early experiences shape brain development and what science reveals about raising children in an AI-driven world.
UVA Medicine in Motion

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Meet Tanya Evans: UVA Brain Institute Co-Director

Tanya Evans joins the Brain Institute as Co-Director, where she will lead initiatives to enhance collaboration and deepen engagement across UVA’s neuroscience community. Dr. Evans brings a deep commitment to fostering interdisciplinary partnerships and advancing team science approaches that accelerate discovery and translation.
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Meet Meghan Puglia: UVA Brain Institute Director of Community Engagement

The University of Virginia Brain Institute announces the appointment of Meghan Puglia as Director of Community Engagement.
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Why a mild brain injury can trigger Alzheimer’s

John Lukens, director of UVA’s Harrison Family Translational Research Center in Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases and his team discovered that even one mild traumatic brain injury can set off damaging changes, paving the way for the development of Alzheimer’s Disease.
UVA Today
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UVA, Military Researchers Seek Better Ways to Identify, Treat Blast-Related Brain Injuries

James Stone, MD, PhD, in UVA's department of Radiology & Medical Imaging, is helping lead studies to better identify and treat blast-related brain injuries in soldiers.
UVA Medicine in Motion
Elizabeth Harrison

Meet Elizabeth Harrison, Assistant Professor of Neurology

Elizabeth Harrison is an Assistant Professor of Neurology whose research bridges neuroscience and women’s health. Her work focuses on improving care for women with epilepsy by exploring how neurological and reproductive health intersect, particularly the impact of antiseizure medications on hormonal contraceptives and pregnancy risk.
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2025 Transformative Neuroscience Pilot Grant Awards

The Brain Institute is pleased to announce the 2025 Transformative Neuroscience Pilot Grant awardees.
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Why Alzheimer’s patients forget loved ones, and how UVA researchers are fighting back

New research led by Dr. Harald Sontheimer and graduate student Lata Chaunsali found that when protective structures around brain cells break down, people may lose the ability to recognize loved ones.
UVA Today
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Postpartum Psychosis: International Experts Seek to Save Lives of Mothers, Babies

An international panel of leading women’s mental health experts – including UVA Health’s Jennifer Payne, MD – is calling to reclassify postpartum psychosis as its own category of mental illness to improve the care new mothers receive.
UVA Medicine in Motion
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Q&A: What new drug is the FDA reviewing to treat Parkinson’s disease?

Richard Mailman, professor of pharmacology and neuroscience, spoke with UVA Today about a major new drug treatment for Parkinson’s Disease.
UVA Today
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Researchers Secure Major Grants to Study How Birth Shapes Mothers’ Health and Their Brains

Allison Perkeybile and Jessica Connelly, from the Department of Psychology, are leading groundbreaking studies that could transform our understanding of women’s brains across the pregnancy experience.
UVA A&S News