UVA researchers looking at driving safety for autistic teens
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UVA researchers hope to gain new insights into how well high-functioning autistic teenagers can cope with the unexpected hazards encountered behind the wheel
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Court on climate-research case: UVa. cannot be served with CID
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The Supreme Court of Virginia ruled on Friday that the University of Virginia and all other state agencies cannot be served with civil investigative demands which compel agencies to provide information for fraud investigations involving government funds. Although the court recognized Virginia’s Fraud Against Taxpayers Act contains “functional inconsistencies” on the issue, in its ruling,…
Federal law slashed needlestick injuries, new UVa. research shows
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A federal law enacted to protect healthcare workers from being stuck by needles dramatically reduced the number of such injuries, decreasing the possibility for exposure to bloodborne pathogens, research at the University of Virginia School of Medicine has found. The UVA researchers examined 10 years of injuries – more than 23,900 in total – from…
EMU alum’s research on land development wins award
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The use of antiquated means to value and develop land always puzzled Eastern Mennonite University alum Matt Gnagey ’05. Gnagey went to work to find answers, spending two years in research, culminating in a 2011 Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics Best Doctoral Research Manuscript award. The award is based on Gnagey’s work as a graduate…
Research discoveries lead to hope for better prevention, treatment for lung diseases
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An international group ofscientists, including University of Virginia researchers, have discovered 16 new sections of the genetic code that relate to lung health – opening up the possibility for better prevention and treatment for lung diseases. An international consortium of 175 scientists from 126 centers in Europe, the United States and Australia identified genetic variants associated…
$25M grant to help UVa. researchers study strokes
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Researchers at the University of Virginia Health System have received a $25 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to lead a 50+-center national clinical trial investigating a promising new treatment that could greatly benefit thousands of acute ischemic stroke patients every year. More than 750,000 people in the United States suffer from…
Augusta Health enters into research agreement with Duke
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The Augusta Health Cancer Center has entered into an agreement with Duke Medicine to become a research affiliate of the Duke Cancer Institute. Established in 1972 as one of the eight original comprehensive centers designated by the National Cancer Institute, today the Duke Cancer Institute is one of only 40 centers that holds that distinction….
VCU researchers’ study finds major U.S. newspapers are warming up to Wikipedia
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Major newspapers in the United States are referencing Wikipedia more often and framing the online encyclopedia more positively in stories, according to a study by a pair of faculty researchers in the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Mass Communications. In the study, published in the April issue of “Journalism Practice,” researchers analyzed the framing of…
Virginia Tech researchers to study how breast cancer treatments meet resistance in some patients
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The female hormone estrogen is considered to be a quasi-fuel for developing breast cancer. Now Virginia Tech College of Engineering researchers will use a $1.56 million grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Cancer Institute to inhibit estrogen and fight the disease that affects approximately 192,000 newly diagnosed American women, killing an estimated 40,000…
Local JMU student to continue research in Galapagos Islands
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Bridgewater native and James Madison University graduate student Julia Stutzman will be heading to the Galapagos Islands Feb. 7 to research the plant genus Cordia. Stutzman, who will receive her master’s degree in biology this spring, is trying to determine how many species of Cordia grow in the archipelago, located about 600 miles west of…
