UVA Brain Institute:
A Multi-Disciplinary Approach

The UVA Brain Institute connects talented faculty and students across the University to develop better methods for understanding the brain; to seek new ways to prevent, treat, and cure brain diseases and injury; and to equip the next generation of neuroscientists and clinicians. Learn more.

Spotlight: Autism

Dr. Kevin Pelphrey is pioneering imaging and genomics techniques that are making it easier for doctors to diagnose autism, and that have implications for how we study other neurological disorders, such as Alzheimer’s and epilepsy. Learn More

Life-Changing Discoveries

The latest breakthroughs in treating diseases like Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, ALS, and epilepsy live at the University of Virginia. Your support helps make our most promising ideas come to life, moving discoveries in our labs to the patient's bedside. Learn more.

Care Tailored to our Patients' Needs

Providing the right care, at the right time, at the right place is the goal of UVA Health. We are pioneering new models of care for patients suffering from complex neurological conditions. Learn More.

A 21st Century Neuroscience Education

UVA is one of the few academic institutions that trains young doctors in emerging fields of science like neuroimmunonolgy. Learn how you can help foster the next generation of neuroscientists and clinicians. Learn more.

 

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Stories of Care & Discovery

They'll Have to Rewrite the Textbooks

They'll Have to Rewrite the Textbooks

Overturning decades of textbook teaching, researchers at the School of Medicine have determined that the brain is directly connected to the immune system by vessels previously thought not to exist.

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They'll Have to Rewrite the Textbooks
Brain Discovery Could Have Important Implications for Neurodegenerative Diseases

Brain Discovery Could Have Important Implications for Neurodegenerative Diseases

An unexpected form of cellular cleanup in developing brains could play a role in conditions such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases and autism.

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Brain Discovery Could Have Important Implications for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Researcher Uses Computer Models to Get Inside Heads of TBI Victims

Researcher Uses Computer Models to Get Inside Heads of TBI Victims

You can’t just whack people on the heads to see what happens, so Matthew Panzer and his team are developing computer models to understand how the brain deforms under impact, working with the military, the NFL, auto manufacturers and more.

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Researcher Uses Computer Models to Get Inside Heads of TBI Victims
Faculty Spotlight: George Bloom Seeks to Untangle Alzheimer’s Riddle

Faculty Spotlight: George Bloom Seeks to Untangle Alzheimer’s Riddle

The neurobiologist says the key to beating Alzheimer’s might be preventing it before symptoms start.

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Faculty Spotlight: George Bloom Seeks to Untangle Alzheimer’s Riddle
Major Epilepsy Study Offers Much-Needed Answers on 3 Lifesaving Seizure Drugs

Major Epilepsy Study Offers Much-Needed Answers on 3 Lifesaving Seizure Drugs

The results definitively showed that three commonly used drugs were about equally effective at stopping potentially deadly seizures when the default choice proved unable to do so.

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Major Epilepsy Study Offers Much-Needed Answers on 3 Lifesaving Seizure Drugs