UVA BIMS Student-Adviser Pair Wins Gilliam Fellowship
8/3/2022
Nadia Holness, a biomedical sciences graduate student, and her adviser Sarah Ewald, PhD, were awarded a 2022 Gilliam Fellowship from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. The program provides awards to…
Min Park, MD, and Sherita Chapman, MD, Lead UVA Health’s Comprehensive Stroke Center Recertification
8/3/2022
UVA Health’s stroke program was recently recertified as a Comprehensive Stroke Center (CSC), the highest level of certification available from The Joint Commission and American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. Just…
School of Medicine Faculty Contribute to AAMC Special Report
8/3/2022
School of Medicine faculty Margaret L. Plews-Ogan, MD, Susan M. Pollart, MD, Anneke T. Schroen, MD, MPH, Gregory Townsend, MD and UVA Human Resources consultant Carol Caesar contributed to the…
Hui Li, PhD, Discovers Gene Responsible for Deadliest Brain Tumor Also Causes Childhood Cancer
8/3/2022
Hui Li, PhD, a Department of Pathology researcher, along with his team discovered that a gene responsible for the deadliest type of brain tumor is also found to be responsible…
Egelman Team Discovery Leads to Breakthrough in Materials Science
8/3/2022
Edward H. Egelman, PhD, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics and his team used DNA to overcome a nearly insurmountable obstacle to engineer materials that could revolutionize electronics. One possible outcome…
Julia Scialla, MD, Links Chronic Kidney Disease to Eating Fewer Fruits and Vegetables
8/3/2022
Julia J. Scialla, MD, a UVA School of Medicine Division of Nephrology kidney specialist and her research team found that adults with chronic kidney disease generally ate fewer fruits and…
Michael R. Nelson, MD, PhD, Appointed to ABMS Executive Committee
7/27/2022
Chief of Asthma, Allergy and Immunology Michael Nelson, MD, PhD, was appointed to serve on the Executive Committee of the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS), the leading not-for-profit organization…
Celebrating the Life of Mark Kester, PhD
7/27/2022
Mark Kester, PhD, passed away unexpectedly on July 20, 2022. Dr. Kester was a Professor in the School of Medicine Department of Pharmacology for the past 8 years with secondary…
