11/18/2025
JoAnn Pinkerton, MD, professor of obstetrics and gynecology, was featured in hundreds of media outlets nationally–including NPR and CNN—about the removal of black-box warnings for hormone therapy to treat menopause.…
18 Former Deans Featured on the School of Medicine Website
11/18/2025
UVA School of Medicine has added biographies and portraits of all deans to the School's website. This prestigious list dates back to Richard Henry Whitehead, MD, who served as the…
Maya Hagander Receives AAMC Nickens Medical Student Scholarship
11/18/2025
Third-year medical student Maya Hagander was awarded the Herbert W. Nickens Medical Student Scholarship from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) for promoting equal opportunity in medical education and…
American College of Surgeons Recognizes UVA Health University Medical Center
11/18/2025
The American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP) has recognized UVA Health University Medical Center for achieving meritorious outcomes for surgical patient care in 2024. The…
UVA Comprehensive Cancer Center Named to National ‘100 Great Oncology Programs’ List
11/18/2025
UVA Health and UVA Comprehensive Cancer Center have been recognized by Becker’s Hospital Review on its 2025 list of 100 hospitals and health systems with great oncology programs. “These leading…
Research in Motion: Zhenqi Liu, MD
11/18/2025
I'm a clinical endocrinologist treating patients with a variety of hormonal disorders, including diabetes. My laboratory is focused on how insulin works in the body, including vasculature and skeletal muscle,…
1st Death Linked to ‘Meat Allergy’ Spread by Ticks
11/18/2025
University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have identified the first death caused by what is commonly called the “meat allergy” being spread by ticks. A healthy 47-year-old man from…
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.…
