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

Researchers Ting-Ting Du, PhD, (left) and Jung-Bum Shin, PhD, have identified a potential contributor to age-related hearing loss.

March 11, 2019 New Contributor to Age-Related Hearing Loss Identified

Researchers at the School of Medicine have discovered a new potential contributor to age-related hearing loss, a finding that could…

Team members of the integrated Translational Health Research Institute of Virginia.

March 5, 2019 NIH Provides $23 Million for Statewide Translational Research Institute

The integrated Translational Health Research Institute of Virginia (iTHRIV) has been awarded a five-year grant of nearly $23 million from…

The research team behind the brain discovery included, from left, Antoine Louveau, Jonathan Kipnis and Sandro Da Mesquita.

March 4, 2019 VOTE! Kipnis Brain Discovery Fighting It Out in STAT Bracket Contest

A School of Medicine brain discovery has been nominated as one of 2018’s best ideas in biomedical science, and it…

Researchers Lelisa F. Gemta (left) and Timothy Bullock have determined why killer T cells can be so helpless against cancer. Their finding could allow doctors to make the cells more effective cancer killers.

February 25, 2019 UVA Discovers Secret to Making Immune Cells Better Cancer Killers

Scientists at the School of Medicine have discovered a defect in immune cells known as “killer T cells” that explains…

Michael Wiener, PhD, has received $1 million from the Keck Foundation to open a new portal to the submicroscopic world. The payment arrived as a check enclosed with a letter to UVA President Jim Ryan.

February 18, 2019 $1 Million Award Lets UVA Open New Portal to the Submicroscopic World

A scientist at the School of Medicine has received a prestigious three-year, $1 million award from the William M. Keck…

Genetic variations inside individual neurons may explain the mysterious cell death seen in Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and other neurodegenerative diseases, UVA researcher Michael McConnell, PhD, has determined.

February 14, 2019 Discovery May Explain a Great Mystery of Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s

The cells may die because of naturally occurring gene variation in our brain cells that were, until recently, assumed to be genetically identical.

Researchers Dorian Rosen (left) and Alban Gaultier, PhD, have identified an antidepressant that may also stop deadly sepsis.

February 13, 2019 Antidepressant Could Stop Deadly Sepsis, Study Suggests

An antidepressant used to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder could save people from deadly sepsis, new research suggests.

Kodi Ravichandran (left) consults with Sanja Arandjelovic about the lab's rheumatoid arthritis discovery that could pave the way for a new treatment for the joint inflammation that characterizes the condition.

February 7, 2019 Surprise Rheumatoid Arthritis Discovery Points to New Treatment

The discovery, emerging from the School of Medicine’s new affiliation with Inova Health, may also lead to a simple blood test to detect people at elevated risk for rheumatoid arthritis.

University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers Vidya K. Nagalakshmi (from left), Minghong Li and Maria Luisa S. Sequeira-Lopez are studying kidney development as part of their efforts to regrow kidneys.

February 6, 2019 Scientists Seeking to Regrow Kidneys Make Promising Discovery

The finding could help doctors regenerate kidneys in adults and children alike.

January 21, 2019 NIH Salutes Brain Discovery in List of 2018’s Most Promising Medical Advances

The discovery identifies an important role for the brain’s cleaning system in aging and Alzheimer’s disease.