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Meet Dr. Aiying Zhang, New Faculty Member in the School of Data Science

Dr. Aiying Zhang joined the UVA School of Data Science in 2023. Previously, she worked as a Postdoctoral Research Scientist at Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Institute.
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Can Ultrasound Waves Help People Quit Cocaine?

UVA Health researchers received an NIH grant to test low-intensity focused ultrasound on brain cells to reduce the desire for cocaine.
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Pitch & Catch Funding Awarded at the Virginia Alzheimer’s Disease Center Meeting

The Brain Institute awarded the four top-ranked PIs awards of $15,000 to support their proposed projects over the next year.
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Meet Dr. Lulu Jiang, New Faculty Member in the Department of Neuroscience

Dr. Jiang recently joined UVA from the Boston University. She graciously shared with us about her background as well as her research and interests.
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New Seizure Discoveries Advance Efforts To Develop Treatments

UVA Health researchers found that immune cells called microglia help control seizures and aid recovery.
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Multiple Sclerosis Discovery Could End Disease’s Chronic Inflammation

The UVA finding suggests new treatment approaches for MS and other autoimmune diseases.
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CNN Puts Focus on UVA’s ‘Scalpel Free’ Focused Ultrasound Treatment

Dr. Sanjay Gupta’s half-hour documentary from UVA Health was broadcast to hundreds of millions around the globe on CNN International.
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UVA Solves Mysteries About Leading Biomarker for Alzheimer’s

The new discovery advances the battle against the disease, which strikes 1 in 9 people over age 65.
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Mother’s Antidepressant Use, Plus Infection, Linked to Neurodevelopmental Disorders

The findings might help to explain the rise in autism prevalence over the last 20 years, researchers said.
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$12 Million Grant To Help UVA Researchers Better Diagnose Autism

UVA researchers are studying why some people with autism are diagnosed later in life, and are developing a tool to identify autism earlier.
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