Peter Dean, MD, to Serve as Chair of the Faculty Communications Council
8/11/2023
UVA Health is pleased to announce the appointment of Peter Dean, MD, as the new council chair of the Faculty Communications Council (FCC). Established in 2021 to improve organizational culture,…
8/11/2023
If Thomas P. Loughran Jr., MD, were in the military, they’d call him a “quiet professional.” Fortunately for people impacted by rare blood cancers, and for the work of the…
Madhusmita Misra, MD, MPH, Appointed to Chair the Department of Pediatrics
8/11/2023
The University of Virginia School of Medicine has named Madhusmita Misra, MD, MPH, a renowned researcher, patient-care provider, educator and leader, to chair its Department of Pediatrics and serve as…
Peter Hallowell, MD, Named President-Elect for the Midwestern Surgical Association
8/11/2023
Peter Hallowell, MD, was named President-Elect for the Midwestern Surgical Association. The MSA is a surgical organization comprised of 600+ surgeons who have established reputations as practitioners, authors, teachers, and/or…
Mete Civelek, PhD, and Team Make Discovery About Coronary Artery Disease
8/11/2023
UVA School of Medicine researchers probing coronary artery disease – the nation’s No. 1 killer – have identified a normally protective biological process that can go wrong inside blood vessel…
Surprise COVID Discovery by Peter Kasson, PhD and Team Helps Explain How Coronaviruses Jump Species
8/11/2023
Unexpected new insights into how COVID-19 infects cells may help explain why coronaviruses are so good at jumping from species to species and will help scientists better predict how COVID-19…
Research in Motion: Mariano Garcia-Blanco, MD, PhD
8/11/2023
My laboratory works on two areas of RNA biology, both very important for human health. The first area is RNA viruses and the second area is autoimmune diseases and the…
COWIMS Leadership Development Travel Award Available
8/9/2023
The Committee on Women in Medicine and Science is thrilled to offer the first year of a Leadership Development Travel Award, in the amount of $1,000, for to up to…
