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Bobby Chhabra, MD, Selected as Vice President of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand

10/18/2023

Bobby Chhabra, MD, the Lillian T. Pratt Distinguished Professor and chair of Orthopaedic Surgery, the David A. Harrison Distinguished Educator and the director of the UVA Health Orthopaedic Center, was…

Jennifer L. West, PhD, Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science, Elected to National Academy of Medicine

10/18/2023

Jennifer L. West, PhD, dean of the UVA School of Engineering and Applied Science and professor of biomedical engineering in the UVA School of Medicine, has been elected to the…

Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society Shares 2022-23 Year-End Summary

10/18/2023

UVA's chapter of the Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Medical Honor Society had a busy year in 2022-23. AOA students volunteered this spring and summer for a new partnership with Camp…

Fourth-Year Medical Students Honored at 46th Annual Bowman Dinner

10/18/2023

The 46th Annual Bowman Dinner was held October 14 to honor the 2023 Bowman Scholars, Jack Lawton, Micayla Menchel, Elizabeth Wat, Simon White and Abigail Williams. These five, fourth-year medical…

Private Philanthropic Support Enabled by Urology Chair Kirsten Greene, MD, Advances Prostate Cancer Care and Patient Access

10/18/2023

Since she became the Paul Mellon Professor and Chair of the Department of Urology in 2019, Kirsten Green, MD, says UVA has doubled the number of urologic surgeons and oncologists…

UVA Licensing & Ventures Group Hosts Biweekly Office Hours to Assist in Advancing Your Research

10/18/2023

UVA Licensing & Ventures Group will be hosting open office hours Thursday, Nov. 2 and Thursday, Nov. 16 in the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, room 1227 (Tolleson), from 2…

Chia-Yi Kuan, MD, PhD, Awarded $3 Million Grant to Research How Hyperphosphorylated Tau Protein Causes Decline of Cognitive Function

10/18/2023

Professor Chia-Yi "Alex" Kuan, MD, PhD, in the Department of Neuroscience, was awarded a new NIH R01 grant for $3 million to study the mechanisms of a pathological hallmark of…

Research in Motion: Kristin Anderson, PhD

10/18/2023

My research is focused on modifying immune cells, specifically T cells, to recognize and kill cancer more effectively. Solid tumors like ovarian and pancreatic cancer present additional obstacles, so my…