Interim Dean Colin Derdeyn, MD, Delivers 2025 State of the School Address
10/1/2025
Interim Dean Colin P. Derdeyn, MD, delivered the 2025 State of the School Address on September 30. His message celebrated the School’s achievements this past year and emphasized…
Category: Community
Research in Motion: Mark Okusa, MD
10/1/2025
I specialize in kidney diseases and in particular, acute kidney injury. My research focuses on how to [better] understand mechanisms of this disorder and how to devise therapeutic options to…
Category: Research
10/1/2025
Doug Bayliss, PhD, the Joseph & Frances Larner Professor, and his research group in the Department of Pharmacology, were awarded a new four-year $2.8 million grant from the National Heart…
Category: Research
10/1/2025
Lulu Jiang, PhD, from the UVA Department of Neuroscience, in collaboration with Yimin Zou, PhD, from UC San Diego, was awarded more than $200,000 in funding from CureAlz to investigate…
Category: Research
UVA Co-Hosts International Mantle Cell Lymphoma Research Symposium and Progress Meeting
10/1/2025
UVA School of Medicine researchers who are leading the pursuit of new therapies for mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) recently gathered on Grounds with colleagues from U.S. and European centers to…
Category: Research
Pioneering Neurodegenerative Disease Researcher Huda Zoghbi, MD, Presents Fall 2025 Anderson Lecture
10/1/2025
Neurodegenerative diseases are progressive conditions that involve the gradual damage, and ultimately death, of neurons (nerve cells) in the brain and nervous system that leads to a decline in both…
Category: Research
UVA Cancer Center Highlights Importance of Screening During Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
10/1/2025
During Prostate Cancer Awareness Month in September, UVA Comprehensive Cancer Center’s “Stay in the Game” initiative is partnering with trusted community voices in Danville and Charlottesville to encourage open conversations…
Category: Clinical
Gift Honoring UVA Alumnus’ Memory Supports Kristin Anderson, PhD’s Ovarian Cancer Research
10/1/2025
A $50,000 gift honoring a UVA alumnus’ memory will support the work of Kristin Anderson, PhD, Assistant Professor of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology, in pursuit of new triple-checkpoint engineered…
Category: Philanthropy
Mohammadreza ‘Mo’ Ganji Wins Gold Student Research Award at 2025 Diabetes Technology Meeting
10/1/2025
PhD candidate Mohammadreza "Mo" Ganji was selected as the Gold Student Research Award winner at the 2025 Diabetes Technology Meeting. His award-winning abstract, “The Glycemia Risk Index (GRI) Predicts Diabetes…
Category: Honors & Awards
UVA Health ASPIRE Values Reflect Empathy
10/1/2025
For years, all team members across UVA Health have come together in shared purpose and in alignment with the health system’s ASPIRE values: Accountability, Stewardship, Professionalism, Integrity, Respect and Equity.…
Category: Community
UVA Health Kicks Off Socktober 2025, Adds New ‘Fill the Bin’ Challenge
10/1/2025
Stepping up to meet our 10-year strategic plan goal of cultivating healthy communities and belonging for all — UVA Health launches its annual Socktober initiative on Oct. 1, 2025. This year's goal:…
Category: Community
Nominate a Colleague for the 2025 Leonard Sandridge Outstanding Contributor Award
10/1/2025
Nominations for the Leonard W. Sandridge Outstanding Contributor Awards are being accepted through October 17. This award recognizes outstanding University of Virginia staff and team members whose service and contribution…
Category: Call for Nominations
Call for Nominations: John F. Anderson Memorial Lectureship
10/1/2025
The Office of Research is accepting nominations for the John F. Anderson Memorial Lectureship. Established in 1955 by Dr. John Anderson, a graduate of the UVA School of Medicine, the…
Category: Call for Nominations
10/1/2025
Laurie Archbald-Pannone, MD, an associate professor in the Department of Medicine, wrote an article for The Conversation on pneumonia vaccines that was featured in hundreds of outlets nationally, including Yahoo,…
Category: Media Highlights
