News and Announcements

Ifrah Zawar, MD, an assistant professor in the Department of Neurology, was awarded a prestigious five-year K23 grant from the National Institute of Aging to investigate the interplay between seizures and dementia.

Mark Quigg, MD, the TR Johns Professor of Neurology and director of the UVA’s Clinical Neurophysiology Labs, was awarded a National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) grant to lead the Clinical Trial Methodology Course (CTMC) at the University of Virginia.

Edward Perez-Reyes, PhD, a professor in the Department of Pharmacology, was awarded the first-ever NIH BRAIN initiative research grant awarded to the University of Virginia.

Mysterious net-like structures that surround select neurons in the brain may be the key for better understanding and treating neurological disorders, including Alzheimer's disease and epilepsy.