UVA Grad Student’s Concussion Assessment Uses Digital Tool to Provide Immediate Results of Injured athlete

10/18/2022

A UVA grad student's innovative tool using digital QR codes to conduct pre-season concussion assessments, after injury, and during recovery has reduced the amount of time spent on assessments. This…

Clinical Research Teams Asked to Complete Survey about Telehealth Services

9/22/2022

The UVA Center for Telehealth and the integrated Translational Health Research Institute of Virginia (iTHRIV) are collaborating to provide research teams with resources and support designed to enhance your ability…

Alexandra Kadl, MD and SOM Researchers’ Find Genomic Test Can ID Patients at High Risk for Severe COVID-19

9/22/2022

A genomic test being developed by a Charlottesville company can predict a patient’s risk of developing severe COVID-19, new research from UVA Health suggests. That information could help doctors identify…

Catherine Casey, MD, Certified as World Professional Association for Transgender Health Provider

9/15/2022

After three years of effort, Catherine Casey, MD, an associate professor in the Department of Family Medicine, has completed certification to become a World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH)…

Jennifer Payne, MD, Defines Premenstrual Mood Swings and Anxiety as Global Health Issue

9/8/2022

Premenstrual mood swings and anxiety are so common – experienced by more than 64% of women – that they represent a “key public health issue globally,” according to a new…

Newborn Received Life-Saving Gene Therapy at the UVA Children’s Pediatric Neuromuscular Clinic

9/8/2022

Virginia has started a newborn screening for Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) and the first newborn in the state to be screened positive was recently seen in the Pediatric Neuromuscular Clinic…

Firas El Chaer, MD, Publishes on Prevention and Treatment of COVID-19 in Patients with Hematologic Malignancies and Recipients of Cellular Therapies

8/25/2022

Firas El Chaer, MD, an assistant professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, published an article in the American Society of Hematology's Blood on August 18,…

Statement on Representativeness in Clinical Trials

8/25/2022

I write to share the School of Medicine’s Statement on Representativeness in Clinical Trials that was so thoughtfully written by the Clinical Research Advisory Committee led by James P. Nataro,…