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…
UVA Health Independently Develops New COVID-19 Tests
3/20/2020
Thanks to a determined, whirlwind effort on the part of a team of physicians and collaboration and support from across the University of Virginia community, UVA Health now is now…
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…
Michaels Honored With Outstanding Resident Teacher Award
3/7/2020
Congratulations to Alex Michaels, MD, Chief Resident in General Surgery, who was recently received the Outstanding Resident Teacher Award from the Association of Surgical Education (ASE). The ASE’s mission is…
Childhood Brain Tumor Discovery May Unlock New Treatments for Many Cancers
2/21/2020
A surprising discovery about a rare form of childhood brain cancer suggests a new treatment approach for that cancer and, potentially, many others. Researchers at the University of Virginia School…
