
Unlocking Secrets of the Heart: Simple Scan Could Identify Patients at Risk
UVA Health researchers, led by Dr. Frederick H. Epstein, have developed a groundbreaking MRI technique to assess the composition of fat surrounding the heart, known as epicardial adipose tissue. This noninvasive approach could help identify patients at risk for heart … Read More

Myles Kim, PhD (UVA) & Katrin Nitz, PhD (Mayo) have been awarded a mini-grant of $50,000 for their work in developing a tissue/disease-specific training model in atherosclerotic plaques.
Myles M. Kim, PhD The LeDucq CHECKPOINT ATHERO aims to characterize the cell type specific immune checkpoint (IC) expression profiles during atherogenesis. Transcriptomics of atherosclerotic plaques helps detail mechanistic IC signaling pathways. Recently, single-cell RNA-sequencing (scRNA-seq) has become an integral … Read More

Jeffrey Wilson MD, PhD Assistant Professor, Division of Allergy Department of Medicine and his collaborator, Corinne Keet MD, PhD from UNC have been awarded a $4.1M NIH grant to study common food allergens and their potential association with cardiovascular disease.
Food allergies that result in noticeable symptoms, such as hives, swelling or anaphylaxis, are relatively uncommon. However, nearly 1 in 5 adults are ‘silently’ producing IgE antibodies to food allergens without showing any overt symptoms. Recent work by Wilson and … Read More

Emily Dennis and Maria Muroch of the McNamara and Bekiranov labs published their work, Loss of TET2 increases B-1 cell number and IgM production while limiting CDR3 diversity
Graduate students Emily Dennis and Maria Muroch of the McNamara and Bekiranov labs, respectively, published their work “Loss of TET2 increases B-1 cell number and IgM production while limiting CDR3 diversity” in the Journal Frontiers of Immunology, along with several … Read More

Carter Center Researchers Awarded “Shark Tank” Prize at the School of Medicine Annual Retreat
Team Erickson, composed of Loren Erickson, PhD, Coleen McNamara, MD (Carter Center Director, iPRIME Domain Director), and Justin Taylor, PhD tied for first place at the inaugural “Shark Tank” Competition at School of Medicine Retreat. The competing teams submitted proposals … Read More

Jeff Wilson Featured in Article, Allergic Responses to Common Foods Increase Risk of Heart Disease, Death
New research suggests sensitivity to common food allergens such as dairy and peanuts could be an important and previously unappreciated cause of heart disease, and the increased risk for cardiovascular death even includes people without obvious food allergies. UVA Health … Read More