Harrison Distinguished Teaching Professor of Medicine Jie Sun, PhD, in the UVA Beirne B. Carter Center for Immunology Research and the Department of Medicine’s Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, has secured two new five-year NIH R01 awards totaling … Read More
On Friday, June 6, and Saturday, June 7, 349 immunologists from 19 institutions met at UVA’s Newcomb Hall for the 2025 Southeastern Immunology Symposium. Across 26 talks and 172 posters, participants shared cutting-edge research on the role of the immune … Read More
Resident Member Melanie Rutkowski, PhD, has received an Exceptional Project research grant from the Breast Cancer Alliance. The award, issued to researchers “pursuing innovative, high-impact research in breast cancer,” will fund Rutkowski’s project “Defining How the Gut Microbiome Promotes Lung-associated … Read More
Kelsey Voss, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pharmacology, was recently voted to join the CIC membership. Voss, who came to UVA from a postdoctoral position at Vanderbilt, is an expert in the immune system’s interactions with physiological iron. All cells need … Read More
The Recognition Award for Scientific Accomplishments recognizes outstanding scientific research contributions in basic or clinical arenas to enhance the understanding, prevention and treatment of respiratory disease, critical illness, or sleep disorders and recognizes exemplary professionalism, collegiality and citizenship through mentorship … Read More
Researchers from the Carter Immunology Center had a great turnout at the 2025 AAI annual meeting. This year’s AAI Meeting took place in Honolulu, Hawaii. ~26 CIC researchers enjoyed the opportunity to engage with the larger immunology community; to both … Read More
Rossymar “Ross” Rivera Colón, a PhD student mentored by Kristin Anderson, PhD, won the third place and audience choice prizes at this year’s UVA Grad Thesis Slam. The event, put on by the university’s PhD+ program, challenges graduate students to … Read More
Daniel Zegarra-Ruiz, PhD, Assistant Professor of Microbiology, Immunology, & Cancer Biology and Resident Member of the Carter Immunology Center, received a $600,000 Empowering Lupus Research Program grant award from the Lupus Research Alliance. Autoimmune diseases like lupus affect over 200 … Read More
See link for full details: https://www.immunology.virginia.edu/event/the-annual-meeting-of-the-aai-located-in-honolulu-hawaii/ 2025 AAI Meeting Website: https://immunology2025.aai.org/ Look for these CIC members at the 2025 AAI meeting presenting their research.
Two undergraduate students mentored by Daniel Zegarra-Ruiz, PhD, Iana Niknezhad and Aditi Shanbhag, received funding for summer research this week. Zegarra-Ruiz is an Assistant Professor of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology and Resident Member of the CIC. His team studies … Read More
