School of Medicine Faculty Honored at 2025 Faculty Awards Ceremony
11/4/2025
The School of Medicine Dean’s Office held its faculty awards and honors ceremony on Wednesday, October 29, 2025, at the Forum Hotel. This annual event recognizes faculty for their sustained…
Category: Featured
Research in Motion: Carrie Cowardin, PhD
11/4/2025
My lab studies how nutrition and the gut microbiome control immune development in early life. — Carrie Cowardin, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics To watch more Research in Motion videos in…
Category: Research
11/4/2025
Xin Li, PhD, the Richard F. Edlich Professor of Biomedical Research and research director in the Department of Plastic Surgery, Maxillofacial, and Oral Health, was awarded a new $3.9 million…
Category: Research
11/4/2025
Stephen Rich, PhD, the Harrison Professor in the Department of Genome Sciences, was awarded a new $2.8 million R01 grant from the NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute for…
Category: Research
Postpartum Psychosis: International Experts Seek to Save Lives of Mothers, Babies
11/4/2025
Recommendations Aim to Improve Care for Dangerous Mental Illness That Can Strike Women After Childbirth An international panel of leading women’s mental health experts – including UVA Health’s Jennifer Payne,…
Category: Clinical
Fourth-Year Medical Students Named 48th Annual Bowman Scholars
11/4/2025
The 48th Annual Bowman Dinner was held October 4 to honor the 2025 Bowman Scholars: Greg Busey, Kelly Denhard, Casey Little, Sage Royston and James Vithoulkas. These five, fourth-year medical…
Category: Education
11/4/2025
Amelia Perozo, MD, a second-year Allergy-Immunology Fellow in the Department of Medicine, Division of Asthma, Allergy & Immunology, was awarded a travel grant and first place in the fellow research…
Category: Honors & Awards
UVA Comprehensive Cancer Center Seeks Southwest Virginia Residents to Lead Region’s Cancer Battle
11/4/2025
The Southwest Virginia Cancer Advisory Board (SWVA CAB), a community-driven initiative led by UVA Comprehensive Cancer Center, is seeking local residents to help guide the region’s fight against cancer. To…
Category: Community
Schwartz Center Rounds Program Is Recruiting Two Clinical Leaders for Leadership Teams
11/4/2025
The UVA Health Office of Team Wellbeing is recruiting for two clinical leaders (one staff, one Licensed Independent Practitioner) for the Schwartz Center Rounds program. Schwartz Center Rounds are regular,…
Category: Call for Nominations
11/4/2025
JoAnn Pinkerton, MD, professor of obstetrics and gynecology, was featured in hundreds of outlets, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN.com and U.S. News & World Report, discussing a…
Category: Media Highlights
11/4/2025
Chris Holstege, MD, a professor of emergency medicine and pediatrics and director of the Blue Ridge Poison Center, talked with The Associated Press for an article featured in more than…
Category: Media Highlights
