What's new in SOM Research (past 12 months)
SOM-specific events, policy changes, etc.
NIH news
SOM faculty awards
School of Medicine seminars
SOM-specific news
- OCTOBER 2009: The SOM makes public the external financial interests of its faculty. The school believes that appropriate academic-industry collaborations only strengthen its research, education, and health care missions, and joins a small number of medical institutions that have published such data. More...
- FEBRUARY 2009: SOM conducts a successful Faculty Research Retreat. Please refer to the retreat web page for a description of the structure of the retreat and the final program. The next retreat will be held in 2011 or 2012.
NIH news
- AUGUST 2009: NIH clarifies its public access policy on publications associated with NIH-funded research. The notice states that a NIH Manuscript Submission Reference Number may only be used in proposals and reports for three months after publication. After that, a PubMed Central ID must be used for all referenced publications. See also our More...
- MARCH 2009: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (federal stimulus package) passed. Please refer to information on our home page and the following sites for additional information on funding opportunities anticipated under this program:
- JANUARY 2009: NIH advice for "new" investigators. NIH reminds investigators who received their terminal degree or completed their residency within 10 years and who have not previously received a substantial NIH research grant may be able for special consideration as new investigators for an R01 application. Additional information is given at the NIH site on new and early stage investigators.
- NOVEMBER 2008: New NIH policy on resubmission (amended) applications. Effective January 25, 2009, new applications (i.e., never submitted) and competing renewal applications will be allowed only one amendment to the original application. Failure to receive funding after the original and the single amendment will require that the applicant substantially re-design the project before re-submission. Proposals that were submitted prior to 1/25/09 (original or first amendment) will be allowed up to two amendments. Click here for the NIH announcement.
SOM faculty awards
- NOVEMBER 2009. The Ranbaxy Research Prize was conferred on Dr. Anindya Dutta (Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics). This prize recognizes excellence in medical and pharmaceutical sciences by Indian scientists in India and abroad. Dr. Dutta has an outstanding reserach record in the area of DNA replication and genomic instability in cancer cells.
- OCTOBER 2009. Dr. J. Thomas Parsons (Microbiology) was awarded the University's highest honor, the Thomas Jefferson award, in recognition of his contributions to our understanding of how intracellular signals drive cells toward malignant behaviors. More...
- JUNE 2009. Drs. Richard L. Guerrant (Medicine/Infectious Diseases and International Health; director, Center for Global Health), J. Thomas Parsons (chair, Department of Microbiology) and Michael J. Weber (director, UVA Cancer Center) have been chosen to receive 2008-09 Distinguished Scientist Awards from the University of Virginia, which recognizes extensive and influential contributions to their fields. More...
- MAY 2009. Bankole Johnson, chair of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, has received the 2009 Solomon Carter Fuller Award of the American Psychiatric Association, in recognition of his cutting-edge work in the field of psychiatry and substance abuse. Johnson pioneered the theory that certain medications could treat addiction, which has transformed the way many scientists consider how the brain's mechanisms are involved with addiction. More...
- APRIL 2009. Dr. Jack M. Gwaltney Jr. has received the Alvan R. Feinstein Memorial Award by the American American College of Physicians. Dr. Gwaltney was Head of the Division of Epidemiology and Virology and is Professor Emeritus at the School of Medicine. This award recognizes his achievements in research on the epidemiology and transmission of cold viruses.
- DECEMBER 2008. The American Physiological Society has announced that Brian R. Duling, Robert M. Berne Professor of Cardiovascular Research, Departments of Molecular Physiology & Biological Physics and Biomedical Engineering, has been selected as the sixth recipient of the Bodil M. Schmidt-Nielsen Distinguished Mentor and Scientist Award. The Committee was extremely impressed with both his mentoring excellence and his outstanding contributions to physiological research. More...
- DECEMBER 2008. Dr. Richard L. Guerrant, Director of the Center for Global Health and an international infectious disease expert at the University of Virginia Health System, has been awarded the highest honor from the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. More...
- DECEMBER 2008. Three SOM faculty members have been been named fellows by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The faculty members are Dr. Shu Man Fu, professor of medicine; Dr. Gabor Szabo, professor of molecular physiology and biological physics; and Dr. Judith M. White, professor of cell biology. More...
