National Postdoc Appreciation Week Programming
Looking ahead to National Postdoc Appreciation Week, we encourage our postdocs to check out the University’s programming, described below.
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Five SRIP Fellows Join the CVRC for Summer Research
As part of this year’s Summer Research internship Program (SRIP), five undergraduate students have joined CVRC labs to build research skills and gain lab experience. Participants live at UVA for ten weeks, are partnered with a student mentor, and complete … Read More
Ariel Polizio, PhD, Named NIH Butler-Williams Scholar
Ariel Polizio, PhD, was chosen as one of a select group of participants in this year’s Butler-Williams Scholars Program. The program, run by the National Institutes of Health National Institute on Aging (NIH-NIA), is a four-day intensive designed to help … Read More
Center Researchers Share Career Insights With Local High Schoolers
CVTG appointee Hogan McKee, MBChB, recently presented to the Monticello High School Science National Honor Society, along with Antonio Abbate, MD, PhD. The Science National Honor Society hosts symposia given by outside speakers to expose high school students to career … Read More
CVRC Director Gary Owens, PhD, Presents 2026 Berne Lecture
CVRC Director Gary Owens, PhD, presented this year’s Robert M. Berne Lecture on May 21. The lecture, in memory of the CVRC’s founder, Robert M. Berne, MD, is a prestigious lecture. Since the first presentation in 1990, the presentation has … Read More
Dr. Fenix Araujo from Sonkusare Lab Earns First-place Award at American Physiological Society Postdoctoral Trainee Competition
Congratulations to Dr. Fenix Araujo, postdoctoral fellow in the Sonkusare lab, on her first-place award at the American Physiological Society Cardiovascular Section Outstanding Postdoctoral Trainee Competition. Fenix presented her work on the non-genomic effects of mineralocorticoid receptors.
Jeff Sturek, MD, PhD Featured in SOM Medicine in Motion Newsletter
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Walsh and Collaborators Receive $3.3 Million to Study Sex-Specific Mechanisms of Heart Failure
CVRC resident member Ken Walsh, PhD, received an NIH R01 award exceeding $3.3 million to study the effects of the loss of Y chromosomes (LOY) in men on heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). While other modes of heart … Read More
Partnership in Discovery: CVRC and CIC Host AstraZeneca for Two Day Event
A vibrant exchange of scientific discovery and potential strategic collaboration took place February 23–24, 2026 at the University of Virginia, as researchers from AstraZeneca met with faculty from across the School of Medicine. The Robert M. Berne Cardiovascular Research Center … Read More
Antonio Abbate, MD, PhD, Elected to American Society for Clinical Investigation
Antonio Abbate, MD, PhD, a professor of medicine in the UVA Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, has been elected to the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI), one of the nation’s most prestigious medical honor societies for physician-scientists. Founded in 1908, … Read More