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

September 28, 2020 UVA Testing Sound Waves to Address Erectile Dysfunction

UVA is exploring the potential of “low-intensity shockwave therapy” to address erectile dysfunction by promoting blood vessel growth and tissue repair.

September 25, 2020 Genetic Differences in Fat Shape Men and Women’s Health Risks

New findings about fat help explain the differing health risks men and women face – and set the stage for better, more targeted treatments.

Steven Zeichner looks purposeful in his lab.

September 24, 2020 COVID-19 Discovery in Children May Inform Vaccines, Treatments

A commentary highlights how new COVID-19 findings have important implications for the development of vaccines and immune therapies for the disease.

Jayakrishna Ambati peers into a microscope.

September 23, 2020 HIV Drugs Could Prevent Diabetes, Study Suggests

Patients taking drugs called NRTIs to treat HIV and hepatitis B had a 33% lower risk of developing diabetes.

September 22, 2020 Cancer Centers Join to Address the Impact of COVID-19

A consortium of 17 cancer centers in the United States, including UVA Cancer Center, have come together to better understand the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in delaying cancer detection, care and prevention.

September 14, 2020 Cancer Discovery Reveals Key Process in Tumor Formation

A new discovery from the School of Medicine may open the door to a new approach to treating cancer: by disrupting a vital condensation process inside cancer cells.

John Lukens talks with Ashley Bolte in the lab.

September 10, 2020 Concussion Discovery Reveals Dire, Unknown Effects of Even Mild TBI

Even mild concussions cause severe and long-lasting impairments in the brain’s ability to clean itself, and this may seed it for Alzheimer’s, dementia and other neurodegenerative problems.

Robert Carey wears a white coat and holds a pen as he smiles at the camera.

September 7, 2020 AHA Honors UVA Endocrinologist for Work on High Blood Pressure

The American Heart Association has named Robert M. Carey, MD, a Distinguished Scientist for his lifetime of research into high blood pressure.

Chia-Yi “Alex” Kuan and Hong-Ru Chen smile in the lab.

August 26, 2020 Strokes in Babies: Here’s How the Body Rushes to the Rescue

New research is shedding light on the brain’s immune defenses – and how those defenses respond to strokes that strike one in 4,000 babies.

Shayna Showalter stands in front of imaging equipment.

August 20, 2020 Women Surgeons Earn Their Cut of NIH Funding – and Then Some

Women are underrepresented in the field of academic surgery, but women surgeons are earning a disproportionate share of research grants from the National Institutes of Health.