Faculty Honored With School of Medicine Dean’s Office Awards and Endowed Professorships
1/17/2024
The School of Medicine Dean’s Office held its faculty awards ceremony on January 17, 2024 in the Claude Moore Medical Education Building. This annual event recognizes faculty for their lasting…
Peter Kasson, MD, PhD, Writes Article for The Conversation Covered by Media Outlets Nationwide
1/10/2024
How do the viruses that cause diseases such as COVID-19 and the flu actually infect you? Peter Kasson, MD, PhD, from the UVA School of Medicine wrote an article for…
Howard P. Goodkin, MD, PhD, Named First Vice President of the American Epilepsy Society
1/10/2024
Howard Goodkin, MD, PhD, the Shure Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics at the UVA School of Medicine, has been elected first vice president of the American Epilepsy Society (AES). Dr.…
Leigh Cantrell, MD, Appointed Oncology Service Line Leader
1/10/2024
After an extensive national search, Leigh A. Cantrell, MD, MSPH, has been selected to serve as our next Oncology Physician Service Line Lead, effective Feb. 1. Dr. Cantrell will succeed…
UVA Researchers Seek to Save Children From Deadly Diarrhea in New International Effort
1/10/2024
UVA researchers have joined a new international consortium that will work to understand how climate change could affect dangerous diarrheal diseases, a leading cause of death for children under 5…
UVA Discovery Could Help Prevent Major Cause of Deaths Following Lung Transplant
1/10/2024
University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have identified a potential way to improve the success of lung transplants by preventing damage caused when blood flow is restored to the…
1/10/2024
Irving Kron, MD, and Vic Laubach, PhD, professors in the Department of Surgery, were awarded a 4-year, $3.1 million grant from the NIH to study groundbreaking, perfusion-based methods to treat…
Research in Motion: Michael E. Williams, MD
1/10/2024
My work is focused on lymphoma; specifically, understanding the molecular underpinnings that drive these cancers, and also employing and testing in clinical research novel targeted agents and immunotherapies that are…
