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Research at UVA

At UVA, our researchers are making great progress in finding new cures and treatments for diseases ranging from Alzheimer's to cancer. Your gift for research will help us open the doors to new treatments and cures. Competition for research grants is highly competitive; often, private support for early research can foster innovation and leverage state and federal support later on.

Make a Gift!

To get involved, or to begin a conversation, contact the UVA Health System Development Office at 800-297-0102 or 434-924-8432.

Mani MahadevanIn the Spotlight: 

Mani Mahadevan, M.D., and his team here at UVA have been successful in "turning off" the defective RNA that causes myotonic muscular dystrophy, a debilitating and life-threatening  disease that causes the progressive wasting of muscle, and damages the heart, brain, and other organs and tissue. Learn more... 

What your gift can do:

  • Speed life-saving discoveries to prevent and treat disease by providing seed funds for research
  • Quickly move discoveries out of the laboratory and into real-life medicine by supporting clinical trials
  • Put more scientists to work on finding cures by establishing professorships to help us recruit the most talented physicians and scientists
  • Give our researchers the resources and equipment they need to search for answers.