School of Medicine 2025 Annual Report Available Online
11/11/2025
The School of Medicine is pleased to announce publication of the 2025 Annual Report. Mindful of our academic and environmental resources, each department and center received a few paper copies.…
Category: Community
Research in Motion: Josh Colston, PhD
11/11/2025
I've dedicated my research career to understanding the complex and interrelated health challenges that children and their families face in low resource and tropical regions of the globe. —Josh Colston,…
Category: Research
11/11/2025
One of the most devastating moments for family members of a patient with Alzheimer’s is when their loved one forgets who they are. New University of Virginia School of Medicine…
Category: Research
Analysis Reveals Return on Investment From NIH Funding
11/11/2025
New University of Virginia School of Medicine research highlights how National Institutes of Health research grants are instrumental in nurturing scientific discoveries by young medical trainees. But the findings also…
Category: Research
UVA Division of Perceptual Studies Publishes Two New Papers in Psychiatric Times
11/11/2025
Researchers at the University of Virginia’s Division of Perceptual Studies (DOPS) bring national attention to the role of extraordinary experiences and spirituality in psychiatry through two new publications in Psychiatric…
Category: Research
Thomas Shin, MD, PhD, Performs First Enterra™ Therapy Implant for Gastroparesis at UVA Health
11/11/2025
UVA Health has successfully completed its first Enterra™ gastric neurostimulator implant to treat severe, drug-refractory gastroparesis, a condition in which the stomach doesn't empty its food as it should. The…
Category: Clinical
Clinician Wellbeing Survey Now Open: Please Participate
11/11/2025
Because people are our most important asset, UVA Health regularly gathers employee perspectives through various employee surveys, including smaller and specialized groups. A wellbeing survey for all physicians, Advanced Practice…
Category: Community
Primary Care and Outpatient Medicine Medical Student Rotation Shapes Future Doctors
11/11/2025
The UVA School of Medicine’s Primary Care and Outpatient Medicine (PCOM) rotation is a six-week clinical experience that immerses third-year medical students in the full spectrum of outpatient care. During…
Category: Education
MD-PhD Student Vignesh Senthilkumar Appointed to Medical Society of Virginia Board of Directors
11/11/2025
At the 2025 Medical Society of Virginia (MSV) Annual Meeting in Norfolk, VA, Vignesh Senthilkumar, an MD-PhD student in the Medical Scientist Training Program at the University of Virginia School…
Category: Education
In Memoriam: School of Medicine Mourns the Loss of Kevin Lee, PhD
11/11/2025
It is with deep sadness that we share news of the sudden passing of Kevin S. Lee, PhD, on October 26, 2025. Dr. Lee was a professor of neuroscience and…
Category: Faculty
National Drug Take Back Day Collects More Than 96 Pounds of Unused Medications for Safe Disposal
11/11/2025
UVA’s participation in National Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, October 25, was a tremendous success—collecting 96.5 pounds of unused medications that will be safely disposed of, keeping them out…
Category: Community
11/11/2025
Kim Penberthy, PhD, a professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, was featured locally, across Virginia and on TV stations nationally discussing the effects of false shooting reports.…
Category: Media Highlights
