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Medical Scientist Training Program T32 Grant Marks More Than 50 Years of Funding

7/15/2025

The UVA Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) educates a highly selective group of students who…

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Harald Sontheimer, PhD

Brain Cancer Discoveries Earn Sontheimer Top Award

7/9/2025

The University of Virginia School of Medicine’s Harald Sontheimer, PhD, and Stanford’s Michelle Monje, MD,…

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(From left) Anna Cliffe, PhD, Uta Erdbruegger, MD, Swapnil Sonkusare, PhD

2025 Class of Pinn Scholars Appointed

7/1/2025

Please join the School of Medicine in congratulating the following 2025 Class of Pinn Scholars,…

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Jie Sun, PhD, Secures Grants Totaling $6.2 Million to Study Aging and Chronic Diseases After Viral Injury

Jie Sun, PhD, Secures Grants Totaling $6.2 Million to Study Aging and Chronic Diseases After Viral Injury

6/24/2025

Harrison Distinguished Teaching Professor of Medicine Jie Sun, PhD, in the UVA Beirne B. Carter…

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Memorial to Enslaved Laborers at the University of Virgina

Juneteenth: A Day of Remembrance, Reflection, and Celebration of the Ending of Slavery

6/19/2025

Today, we observe Juneteenth, a federal holiday marking a significant and critical step toward ending…

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Julie Exline, Marina Weiler, and J. Kim Penberthy at UVA

UVA Division of Perceptual Studies Names New Director, Faculty Discuss New Research

6/11/2025

The UVA Division of Perceptual Studies (DOPS) in the Department of Psychiatry & Neurobehavioral Sciences…

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Becca Krukowski, PhD, Spoke to Healthline About Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis Tool for Measuring Body Fat Percentage

Becca Krukowski, PhD, a professor of public health sciences and a fellow at the Obesity Society, commented on Healthline about new research published in the Annals of Family Medicine. The…

Becca Krukowski, PhD, Spoke to Healthline About Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis Tool for Measuring Body Fat Percentage

Jeff Wilson, MD, Featured in Newsweek Discussing Tick-Borne Disease Babesiosis

Newsweek spotlighted Jeff Wilson, MD, PhD, an assistant professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy and Immunology, discussing tick-borne illness babesiosis. Babesiosis is a disease caused by a…

Jeffrey Wilson MD, PhD

UVA Students, Residents, and Faculty Partner With Nepali Colleagues on EMS Training and Public Health

In an experience funded by the Center for Global Health Equity and facilitated by faculty in the Departments of Emergency Medicine and Public Health Sciences, a team of UVA medical…

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Daniel Sheeran, MD, Performs Virginia’s First Histotripsy and Percutaneous Hepatic Perfusion Procedures

In June, Daniel Sheeran, MD, an associate professor of radiology and medical imaging in the Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, completed two milestone procedures within the state: Virginia’s inaugural…

Daniel Sheeran, MD

‘Mismatched’ Transplants Now Safe and Effective for Patients with Blood Cancer, Study Finds

Advances in blood stem cell transplants now make it possible for people with blood cancers to get safe and effective “mismatched” transplants that will potentially cure their disease, new UVA…

Karen Ballen, MD

Elias Spiliotis, PhD, Awarded $2.4 Million NIH Grant to Study Septin Proteins in Cells

Elias Spiliotis, PhD, a professor in the Department of Cell Biology, has been awarded a $2.4 million grant from the NIH National Institute of General Medical Sciences for his research…

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