The phone in your pocket may be able to keep you healthier. UVA researchers are looking at smartphone applications for injury and disease alerts, using students as test subjects.
The FDA recently approved an artificial pancreas system based on UVA research and tested at UVA. Mike Anderson put it to the test in his daily life in Richmond – and in a 100-mile cycle ride across California’s Death Valley.
Lead author and postdoctoral researcher Emily Loeb found that pairs of young people in good relationships may see improved grades as they transition from middle to high school, a time when marks typically dip. The trend continued into adulthood, a result that surprised her.
A researcher is using chemistry to modify the immune system to fight disease.
Prior to the Affordable Care Act, the Diabetes Belt counties had higher uninsured rates than other areas, but that was erased by 2014 through Medicaid expansion.
The President and Provost’s Fund for Institutionally Related Research will support faculty research on topics that could improve quality of life and learning for the UVA community.
The inaugural Research Achievement Awards featured University leaders handing out 13 honors to UVA’s most outstanding researchers working on projects ranging “from education policy to precision medicine to police-community relations.”
In a changing world, an oceanographer is seeking understanding – and solutions.