Joshua Barney

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Deputy Public Information Officer

Josh primarily covers research and the School of Medicine. He previously worked at The Daily Progress newspaper in Charlottesville, Va., first as a reporter and then as an editor. He is a graduate of UVA.

Email | jdb9a@virginia.edu

Phone | 434.906.8864

Coverage Areas | Medical research, UVA School of Medicine

Posts by Joshua Barney

Aerial view of hospital and other UVA Health buildings.

March 29, 2022 Schools of Medicine, Nursing Earn Top Rankings From U.S. News

The School of Medicine was ranked No. 1 in Virginia for both medical research and primary care, while the School of Nursing was Virginia’s top-ranked nursing school.

Researchers Stephen Abbott, Daniel Stornetta and George Souza. They are wearing white coats in a lab.

March 28, 2022 UVA Discovers Body’s Natural Alarm to Battle Blood Loss

Fresh insights into how the body responds to blood loss could lead to a new treatment for traumatic injuries.

March 14, 2022 Weight Loss Won’t Help Pregnancy Chances, Study Finds

Women who are obese and struggling to become pregnant are often advised to lose weight, but a new study finds no fertility benefits from weight loss.

Profiles of the faces of people of different races and places of origins.

March 8, 2022 A New Tool to Make Genomic Research Reflect the World’s Diversity

Scientists have developed an inclusive new tool for genomic research that will boost efforts to develop more precise treatments for many diseases.

March 3, 2022 An Obesity Treatment for Women Only?

A new discovery has identified a potential way to battle the effects of obesity and type 2 diabetes in women.

Fried egg, bacon, greens and other keto foods on a plate.

March 2, 2022 Ketogenic Diet Shows Major Benefits for MS

Patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (MS) who adopted a high-fat, low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet saw significant improvements in their MS –…

March 1, 2022 Two UVA Discoveries Up for Year’s Biggest Biomedical Advance

It’s the fourth year in a row that a UVA Health discovery has been recognized as one of the year’s most significant. But we need your vote!

A man pulls a cigarette from a half-empty pack.

February 24, 2022 Surprise Discovery Suggests New Treatment for Small-Cell Lung Cancer

An unexpected discovery has allowed scientists to halt the development of small-cell lung cancer in lab mice, and the finding could lead to a new treatment for people.

February 23, 2022 UVA Reveals How Sleeping Immune Cells Wake to Fight Familiar Foes

With scientists counting on our immune systems’ “memory” to provide long-term protection against severe COVID-19, School of Medicine researchers and their collaborators have shed light on how one such type of “memory” cells mounts powerful defenses against subsequent infections.

David Schiff in the lobby of UVA's hospital.

January 26, 2022 New Brain Metastases Guidelines to Improve Care, Patient Survival

The new guidelines for treating cancers that have spread to the brain (brain metastases) were assembled by a blue-ribbon panel co-chaired by UVA Cancer Center's David Schiff, MD.