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9/18/25 issue

Mitchell Rosner, MD, Named UVA Health CEO

9/16/2025

The University of Virginia has appointed Mitchell Rosner, MD, to a three-year term as UVA’s executive vice president for health affairs and chief executive officer of UVA Health. Rosner, who…

Category: Featured

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Research in Motion: Imre Noth, MD

9/16/2025

I work in a rare and uncommon set of diseases called interstitial lung diseases. These can be deadly with a high mortality, and I've had the benefit of living through…

Category: Research

Imre Nothe

Menopause Drug Reduces Hot Flashes by More Than 70% in International Clinical Trial

9/16/2025

The investigational drug elinzanetant significantly reduces hot flashes and night sweats for post-menopausal women, a large, international clinical trial has found. The OASIS-3 trial enrolled more than 600 postmenopausal women,…

Category: Research

JoAnn V. Pinkerton, MD

Jeff Smith, PhD, Awarded $2.6 Million to Study Aging and its Impact on Chronic Diseases

9/16/2025

Jeff Smith, PhD, a professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, and his lab were recently awarded a five-year, $2.6 million R01 research grant from the NIH -…

Category: Research

Jeff Smith UVA

Seham Ebrahim, PhD, Awarded $2.4 Million NIH R01 Grant to Advance Male Fertility Research

9/16/2025

Seham Ebrahim, PhD, an assistant professor in the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, has been awarded a $2.4 million R01 grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute…

Category: Research

Seham Ebrahim, PhD

UVA Office of the Vice President for Research Sponsors Educational Events

9/16/2025

The Office of the Vice President for Research is sponsoring many educational events in the next few months. U Ask, UVA Answers - Researcher Speaker Series | Central Downtown Library…

Category: Research

UVA Rotunda in the fall

UVA Health Transplant Center Effort Highlights Living Donation

9/16/2025

To help more patients receive lifesaving kidney and liver transplants, the UVA Health Transplant Center is launching a new program today to emphasize the importance of living organ donation. “It’s an…

Category: Clinical

Living donor first card

David Shonka Jr., MD, Earns Focused Practice Designation for Adult Complex Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery

9/16/2025

David C. Shonka Jr., MD, an associate professor in the Department of Otolaryngology, Division of Head & Neck Oncologic & Microvascular Surgery, is one of 217 surgeons who earned the…

Category: Honors & Awards

David Shonka

UVA Medical Alumni Association Honors School of Medicine Alumni and Faculty

9/16/2025

The UVA Medical Alumni Association is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2025 Awards honoring alumni, former trainees, and faculty of the UVA School of Medicine for their professional…

Category: Honors & Awards

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In Memoriam: Mourning the Loss of Curtis G. Tribble, MD

9/16/2025

It is with deep sadness that we share news of the sudden and unexpected passing of Curtis G. Tribble, MD, on September 6, 2025. Dr. Tribble was a professor of…

Category: Faculty

Curtis Tribble

William Brady, MD, Featured in The Washington Post and Canadian Media Explaining Heart Attack Signs

9/16/2025

William Brady, MD, professor of emergency and cardiovascular medicine, was featured in The Washington Post and Canadian media discussing the warning signs of a heart attack. Cardiologists explain that heart…

Category: Media Highlights

William Brady