Biomedical Engineering Chair Search

4/6/2022

I write to share information regarding the recently launched national search for a new Chair of the UVA Department of Biomedical Engineering. As you may know, this department lives in…

How Does Our Garden Grow? Through All of You, Of Course!

3/31/2022

Spring is the perfect metaphor for all the good that is blossoming in our future. With this inaugural edition of the SOM weekly newsletter, Medicine in Motion, many of the…

First 100 Days as Dean: Pride, Progress and Pizza

1/4/2022

It just so happens that Christmas Eve marked my 100th day as dean of this great school. My husband Marco, who is Sicilian, and I share in his annual tradition…

Month One as Dean: Updates, Kudos, Stinkbugs

10/18/2021

I have had the distinct pleasure of serving as dean of this great school for a month now. All of my experiences in that short time — minus the stink…

My First Day at the School of Medicine

9/15/2021

Today is my first day at the School of Medicine. And like any new student at a new school — you'll soon learn that, even as I step into the…

Melina R. Kibbe Named Dean of UVA’s School of Medicine

6/9/2021

The University of Virginia has named pioneering physician leader Melina R. Kibbe, MD, as 17th dean of the UVA School of Medicine and chief health affairs officer for UVA Health.…