Department of Surgery’s Cardiothoracic Division Earns 3-Star Distinction
1/10/2024
The Department of Surgery's Cardiothoracic Division earned a 3-star rating from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) for Lung Cancer Lobectomy. This is the highest rating given, placing UVA among…
Leigh Cantrell, MD, Appointed Oncology Service Line Leader
1/10/2024
After an extensive national search, Leigh A. Cantrell, MD, MSPH, has been selected to serve as our next Oncology Physician Service Line Lead, effective Feb. 1. Dr. Cantrell will succeed…
iTHRIV Offers New Funding Opportunity
1/10/2024
The iTHRIV Clinical and Translational Science (CTS) Pilot Studies Program announces $200,000 in available funding to support innovative approaches to translational science projects (TS), and to foster research collaborations across…
UVA Researchers Seek to Save Children From Deadly Diarrhea in New International Effort
1/10/2024
UVA researchers have joined a new international consortium that will work to understand how climate change could affect dangerous diarrheal diseases, a leading cause of death for children under 5…
Xinxin Chen, PhD, Awarded the 2023 American Diabetes Association Postdoctoral Fellowship
1/10/2024
Postdoctoral Fellow Xinxin Chen, PhD, of the Qi laboratory in the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, was awarded the 2023 American Diabetes Association (ADA) Postdoctoral Fellowship. This 3-year…
UVA Discovery Could Help Prevent Major Cause of Deaths Following Lung Transplant
1/10/2024
University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have identified a potential way to improve the success of lung transplants by preventing damage caused when blood flow is restored to the…
1/10/2024
Irving Kron, MD, and Vic Laubach, PhD, professors in the Department of Surgery, were awarded a 4-year, $3.1 million grant from the NIH to study groundbreaking, perfusion-based methods to treat…
Second Annual Spark Competition Focuses on Research
1/10/2024
UVA Health believes that its most promising innovators and changemakers likely come from within – from the people who care for patients, work in the research labs, lead clinical trials…
