Just When You Thought Our Medical Students Couldn’t Be More Awesome, They Go and Do This…
4/28/2020
I’ve been writing about our students in the School of Medicine for nearly a decade. One constant I’ve noticed throughout the years: med students always leave me in awe. This…
Q&A: UVA Health COO On The Unique Opportunities Of An Academic Medical Center
4/22/2020
When it comes to fighting a pandemic, academic medical centers like the University of Virginia’s have several unique advantages that can be used to help the community, the commonwealth and…
Timely $1 Million Grant To UVA Health Boosts Ability To Produce COVID-19 Tests
3/30/2020
Since UVA Health began testing for COVID-19, faculty, administrators and staff have been working around the clock to expand testing capabilities. What began just a week ago with an initial…
Biocomplexity Institute Wins $10M Grant To Thwart Future Pandemics
3/26/2020
As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads across the world, researchers at the University of Virginia’s Biocomplexity Institute have won a new $10 million, five-year collaborative “Expeditions in Computing” grant from the…
Six Residents Receive Humanism and Excellence in Teaching Award
3/19/2020
The Arnold P. Gold Foundation recently awarded its Humanism and Excellence in Teaching Award to six of our residents. This award recognizes outstanding humanistic teaching residents, as identified by students…
Q&A: What’s Next for Coronavirus, How to Avoid it, and Will There Be a Vaccine?
3/7/2020
As the new coronavirus, known in shorthand as COVID-19, continues to spread around the world, researchers, including those at the University of Virginia, are turning their attention to developing vaccines…
Medicaid Expansion Slashed Uninsured Rates In Diabetes Belt, Study Finds
2/6/2020
Medicaid expansion dramatically reduced the numbers of low-income residents without insurance in the Diabetes Belt, a swath of 644 counties across 15 southeastern states (including Virginia) that are stricken with…
Everything We Think We Know About Drinking Water May Be Wrong
1/28/2020
Do you get up from your desk at work to refill your water bottle every time it runs out – even if you’re not thirsty? For years, people have lived…
