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Manning Institute of Biotechnology Hosts Inaugural UVA SPARK Tank

The inaugural SPARK Tank competition showcased promising research projects with the potential to improve patient care, including two teams led by leading neuroscience researchers John Lukens and Manoj Patel.

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Q&A: What is the memory erasing condition Katie Couric experienced?

UVA cerebrovascular neurologist Dr. Bradford Worrall explains transient global amnesia, including what researchers know – and still don’t know – about what causes the condition, why it differs from a stroke and why anyone with symptoms should seek emergency care.

Interest in Neuroscience Leads UVA Researcher to Alzheimer’s Insights That Could Improve Treatment

Ph.D. Student Kareem El-Ghazawi recently published evidence that pericytes — a type of brain cells that support capillaries — may play a larger role in Alzheimer’s disease than previously recognized.

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Q&A: Meet James Ross, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience

Dr. James Ross is an Assistant Professor of Neuroscience and a member of the UVA Comprehensive Cancer Center. He leads the Ross Lab for Brain Immunity, which studies brain tumors, tumor-associated macrophages, and neuroimmunology. In this Q&A, James Ross shares insights into his research, his path to science, and what drew him to UVA.

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Lunardi Lab Researchers Find Postoperative Delirium May Leave an Epigenetic ‘Memory’ in the Brain

Recent evidence suggests postoperative delirium may leave a molecular imprint on the aging brain, helping explain why the condition is associated with poorer long-term cognitive outcomes in older adults.

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UVA researchers find brain signal linked to communication challenges in autism

Jack Van Horn and Kevin Pelphrey, professors at the University of Virginia, combine data science and neuroscience to reveal brain activity patterns that were previously difficult to detect.

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Q&A: Why do young, healthy people have strokes?

UVA researchers led by Dr. Andrew Southerland have made a discovery that could help prevent stroke in younger people.

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Shooting for the stars: UVA lab’s new gene therapy may end pediatric seizures

Manoj Patel, Professor of Anesthesiology, and Caeley Reever, Neuroscience PhD candidate, are developing a gene therapy for a rare pediatric genetic epilepsy disorder, SCN8A developmental and epileptic encephalopathy

View Photos from the 2026 UVA Brain Symposium

The 2026 UVA Brain Symposium at the Contemplative Commons featured 23 speakers and more than 80 posters highlighting neuroscience research from across Grounds.

Getting to Know Xuemei Huang, MD, PhD

Xuemei Huang's research focuses on the causes and treatment of Parkinson’s disease and related neurodegenerative disorders.

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Meet Paul Perrin: Professor of Data Science and Psychology

Dr. Paul Perrin is a Professor of Data Science and Psychology at the University of Virginia. He is a faculty member in both the Data Science and Clinical Psychology Doctoral Programs. His primary professional goal is to use data science to bring evidence-based behavioral medicine and mental health services to individuals with disabilities and chronic health conditions, particularly in minority populations in the U.S. and in underserved global regions. In this Q&A, we speak with Dr. Perrin about his research at the intersection of data science, artificial intelligence, and clinical health psychology.

Discovery Shows How Cancer Takes Hold As Cells Divide

Noelle D. Dwyer of the department of Cell Biology, the UVA Brain Institute and UVA Comprehensive Cancer Center, and team have revealed how mistakes in the final step of cell division can have dire consequences for developing brain cells.

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UVA Study Reveals Early Nuclear Membrane Disruption Drives Alzheimer’s Disease Progression

Research from the lab of Lulu Jiang, MD, PhD, in the Department of Neuroscience and the Center for Brain Immunology and Glia at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, has identified a previously unrecognized early mechanism of neurodegeneration in Alzheimer’s disease (AD).

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UVA professor Ali Güler (pictured left) and members of his research team, whose Nature study shows that a new class of oral GLP‑1 weight‑loss drugs can act on brain circuits involved in reward and motivation, reshaping not just appetite but the desire for food. Photo credit: Evan Kutsko

UVA Study Reveals How New Weight-Loss Drugs Reshape the Brain

UVA professor Ali Güler and members of his research team, whose Nature study shows that a new class of oral GLP‑1 weight‑loss drugs can act on brain circuits involved in reward and motivation, reshaping not just appetite but the desire for food.