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

June 30, 2015 New technology ushers in era of precision medicine at UVA

The UVA Health System has opened a high-tech clinical genomics lab that will personalize care for patients, help doctors determine…

June 25, 2015 Experimental treatment sends deadly leukemia into remission

‘Unbelievable’ success for small pilot study Treatment buys critical time for patients seeking potentially life-saving transplant Cutting-edge combo pairs immune…

June 23, 2015 Sperm meets egg: Mystery event may play key role in fertilization

Groundbreaking new reproductive research from the School of Medicine has identified key molecular events that could be playing a critical…

June 1, 2015 Missing Link Found Between Brain, Immune System

Vessels directly connecting brain, lymphatic system exist despite decades of doctrine that they don’t Finding may have substantial implications for…

May 13, 2015 First-year med student wins 2 national honors for Bangladesh work

A first-year student at the University of Virginia School of Medicine has won two prestigious national awards that will support…

May 6, 2015 Surprising contributor to Rett syndrome identified

The immune system is designed to protect us from disease. But what if it was malfunctioning? Would it make a…

April 29, 2015 Even an hour of TV a day ups risk of childhood obesity

Children who view television as little as an hour a day are significantly more likely to be overweight or obese…

April 8, 2015 Wearable device slows deadly brain tumors, clinical trial finds

A wearable device that emits low-level electrical fields can slow the progression of glioblastoma, the deadliest form of brain cancer,…

April 6, 2015 Common cancers highjack powerhouses of cells

In a breakthrough in the understanding of how cancer does its deadly work, researchers at the School of Medicine have…

March 25, 2015 Promising drug a ‘new paradigm’ for treating leukemia

Researchers at the UVA School of Medicine have developed a compound that delays leukemia in mice and effectively kills leukemia…