September 16-19: Second-Year Students Present Primary Care Week
9/16/2019
On September 16-19, the second-year Generalist Scholars Program students at the School of Medicine will present Primary Care Week. Here is a list of scheduled events: Exposing the Opioid Epidemic with Region…
UVA Leads Major Effort to Understand Autism Differences in Boys, Girls
9/12/2019
A pioneering autism researcher at the School of Medicine is spearheading an ambitious effort to understand how autism-spectrum disorders differ in boys and girls as part of the National Institutes…
UVA Reaches Out to Cancer Patients Often Left Unheard
8/30/2019
The University of Virginia Cancer Center is reaching out to the people it serves to identify and overcome barriers to care. With the help of UVA’s Center for Survey Research,…
iTHRIV, Community Groups Partner to Improve Health of Virginians
8/6/2019
Four biomedical research projects to improve the health of Virginians will be funded by the integrated Translational Health Research Institute of Virginia, or iTHRIV, a Clinical Translational Science Award Hub.…
UVA Health System Works to Reduce Unnecessary Testing, Promote High Value Care
8/5/2019
When a patient goes to a hospital for an ailment such as pneumonia, he or she expects thorough and appropriate care. Physicians work hard to provide that kind of high-value…
Incredible ‘Hullk’ that Controls Growth and Aggressiveness of Prostate Cancer Discovered
7/30/2019
Cancer researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have identified a key to controlling the growth and progression of prostate cancer, the second most common cancer in men. The researchers…
School of Medicine: 2018-19 Promotion & Tenure
7/29/2019
Please join us in celebrating the newly promoted/tenured faculty in the School of Medicine. Congratulations on their hard work and excellence — it has been recognized by the Promotion and…
Growing Gut Microbes to Fight Disease and Improve Human Health
7/26/2019
A young scientist at the University of Virginia School of Medicine has received a prestigious grant to determine how best to grow gut microbes to fight disease and improve human…
