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Category: Honors & Awards

BIMS PhD Student Synphane Gibbs-Shelton and Mentor Ukpong Eyo, PhD, Awarded the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Gilliam Fellowship

9/27/2023

Doctoral candidate Synphane Gibbs-Shelton and mentor, Ukpong Eyo, PhD, an assistant professor in the Department of Neuroscience, are this year’s UVA recipients of the Gilliam Fellowship through the Howard Hughes…

American Academy of Arts and Sciences to Induct Mariano A. Garcia-Blanco, MD, PhD

9/27/2023

The University of Virginia School of Medicine’s Mariano A. Garcia-Blanco, MD, PhD, will be inducted this weekend into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the country’s oldest…

Michael R. Nelson, MD, PhD, and Nora Kern, MD, Honored by UVA Medical Alumni Association

9/19/2023

The UVA Medical Alumni Association announced the 2023 recipients of six awards. This year's awards and recipients include: Walter Reed Distinguished Achievement Award: Michael R. Nelson, MD ’89, PhD ’93,…

Kandice Levental, PhD, and Ilya Levental, PhD, Awarded 2024 AVANTI Awards in Lipids by Biophysical Society

9/19/2023

Kandice Levental, PhD, and Ilya Levental, PhD, were awarded the prestigious 2024 AVANTI Award in Lipids from the Biophysical Society. This remarkable accomplishment reflects their dedication, expertise, and contributions to…

Stewart Babbott, MD, and Mohan Nadkarni, MD, Awarded Mastership in the American College of Physicians

9/19/2023

Stewart Babbott, MD, and Mohan M. Nadkarni, MD, in the Department of Medicine, have been awarded Mastership in the American College of Physicians (ACP). Approximately 50 members a year out…

BIMS Spotlight: PhD Candidate Johnson Ung Receives F99/K00 Award from the National Cancer Institute

9/19/2023

Biomedical sciences (BIMS) graduate student Johnson Ung was awarded a F99/K00 grant through the National Cancer Institute branch of the National Institutes of Health this past month. This award is…

Krishni Wijesooriya, PhD, Commended by the UVA Career Center For Supporting Students in Their Career Development

9/12/2023

In a student survey conducted by the UVA Career Center, Professor Krishni Wijesooriya, PhD, in the Department of Radiation Oncology and Department of Physics, was identified by one or more…

Jacqueline Hodges, MD, Selected for HIV Infectious Diseases and Global Health Implementation Research Institute

9/5/2023

Jacqueline Hodges, MD, MPH, a fourth-year American Board of Internal Medicine research pathway fellow in the Department of Medicine's Division of Infectious Diseases & International Health, was selected for the…