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8/15/24 issue

Congratulations to 85 School of Medicine Faculty Promoted or Tenured in 2024

8/14/2024

On Wednesday, August 14, 2024, the School of Medicine Dean’s Office and Office of Faculty Affairs and Faculty Development hosted an event at the Colonnade Club celebrating the accomplishments of…

Category: Faculty

Promotion and Tenure 2024 group

Research in Motion: Monique Vaughan, MD

8/14/2024

Approximately 25% of all women and 50% of women who have had children will go on to develop a pelvic floor disorder in her lifetime, such as prolapse. And we…

Category: Research

Monique Vaughan, MD

Yaohua Yang, PhD, and Collaborators Publish Article on DNA Methylation and Cancer Risk in Nature Communications

8/14/2024

Yaohua Yang, PhD, an assistant professor in the Department of Genome Sciences, and his research team published a landmark article on tissue-specific DNA methylation and cancer risk in the journal Nature…

Category: Research

Yaohua Yang, PhD

New Insights About How Heart Cells Regenerate May Lead to New Drugs to Fix Damaged Hearts

8/14/2024

New research from UVA Health scientists seeking to identify drugs to regenerate tissue after a heart attack is highlighting the promise of their approach. The team, led by Jeff Saucerman,…

Category: Research

Jeffrey Saucerman

New BRAIN Initiative Research Grant to Improve Novel Tools for the Study of Neural Circuits

8/14/2024

Edward Perez-Reyes, PhD, a professor in the Department of Pharmacology, was awarded a new grant from the National Institutes of Health for the development of novel tools for the study…

Category: Research

Edward Perez-Reyes, PhD

Center for Systems Analysis of Stress-Adapted Cancer Organelles Symposium Showcases Research Progress and Priorities

8/14/2024

UVA’s Center for Systems Analysis of Stress-adapted Cancer Organelles (SASCO) recently hosted its first annual symposium, sharing updates on major projects and work to improve research inclusivity as the program…

Category: Research

Bryan Rangel Valle, an Arizona State University undergraduate working this summer in the lab of Matthew Lazzara, PhD, shares his research with SASCO Symposium keynote speaker Donita Brady, PhD, of the University of Pennsylvania.

One Team United on Access — Did You Know? Clinic Sessions are In or Out of Compliance Based on Template Standards and Metrics

8/14/2024

An individual physician’s clinic session can be in or out of compliance with the template standards and metrics – not a clinic generically. When a physician’s clinic session is in…

Category: Clinical

One Team United on Access, Did You Know ? Graphic

Clinical Compensation Plan — Question of the Week: What Do We Mean by “Fair Market Value?”

8/14/2024

Question: What do we mean by “fair market value?” Answer: The fair market value of physician compensation is a fundamental consideration in healthcare compliance. Specifically, fair market value compensation is…

Category: Clinical

Clinical Compensation Plan Graphic - Question of the Week

New CloudCME Platform Launching August 20 to Improve Healthcare Provider Performance and Patient Outcomes

8/14/2024

UVA Health Continuing Education (CE) is excited to share a significant advancement benefiting our healthcare learners! Karen Rheuban, MD, Co-Founder and Director, UVA Center for Telehealth and Senior Associate Dean…

Category: Education

From left, Melodye Farrar, MAEd, CHCP, CMP-HC, and Karen Rheuban, MD.

Mark Romness, MD, Receives Virginia Orthopaedic Society Career Achievement Award

8/14/2024

Mark Romness, MD, an associate professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery with a secondary appointment in the Department of Pediatrics, received the Virginia Orthopaedic Society’s Career Award at their…

Category: Honors & Awards

Mark Romness, MD

From Lab to Real Life: Innovative Approaches to Precision Medicine

8/14/2024

Whether collaborating with the National Football League to study hamstring injuries, addressing the data gap in female musculoskeletal modeling research or simulating the effects of estrogen levels on muscle regeneration,…

Category: Honors & Awards

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Committee on Women in Medicine and Science Honors Ann Kellams, MD, as the August Woman of the Month

8/14/2024

The Committee on Women in Medicine and Science (COWIMS) celebrates National Breastfeeding Month this August and is honored to spotlight the work of Ann Kellams, MD, Vice Chair of Clinical…

Category: Faculty

Ann Kellams, MD head shot

Dan River Cancer Task Force Collaborates to Combat Cancer Disparities

8/14/2024

The Dan River Cancer Task Force is refocusing efforts to address cancer disparities in Southside Virginia with a strategic focus on education, prevention and early detection. The task force is…

Category: Community

UVA Cancer Center

Mitchell Rosner, MD, Cited in The Wall Street Journal Highlighting the Dangers of Overhydration

8/14/2024

Mitchell Rosner, MD, the Henry B. Mulholland Professor of Medicine and chair of the Department of Medicine, was cited in The Wall Street Journal article that highlighted the risks of…

Category: Media Highlights

Mitch Rosner MD head shot

Randy Ramcharitar, MD, Featured Across Virginia and on TV Stations Nationally Discussing Marfan Syndrome

8/14/2024

Randy Ramcharitar, MD, an assistant professor in the Department of Medicine's Cardiovascular Division, was featured on Virginia TV stations and nationally discussing Marfan syndrome. Marfan syndrome is a vascular condition…

Category: Media Highlights

Randy Ramcharitar, MD