More UVA graduates than ever received degrees over the weekend, and they’re not alone. New research from UVA’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service shows that advanced degrees in the U.S. – and jobs requiring them – are on the rise.
The researchers urged other HIV/AIDS clinics to increase their mental health supports on site, especially in the face of opioid and substance-abuse crises.
The report finds that after infancy, adolescence is the most active period in neuro development. “It’s a dramatic period of brain development,” said Richard Bonnie, the director of the UVA’s Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy and chairman of the report committee.
Pain medication addiction is a major problem in the United States. UVA’s Ken Hsu is seeking ways to treat pain and control inflammation without dangerous side effects.
The three students will have an opportunity to pursue their research on neurons in the brain, improving processes in the energy and chemical industries and organometallic complexes and materials, thanks to the Goldwater Foundation.
New UVA research provides intriguing leads for scientists in their battle against the disease.
“It’s wonderful that we have finally found direct evidence for the basic effect predicted by Einstein and others over a century ago,” UVA astronomy professor Craig Sarazin said.
Hamilton Lombard, a demographer at UVA’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service, talks about his calculations of how the Civil War affected demographics in Virginia counties.