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Category: Honors & Awards

Bruce D. Schirmer, MD to to Present the Inaugural American College of Surgeons Named Lecture at ACS Clinical Congress 2022

9/29/2022

The American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) has selected Bruce D. Schirmer, MD, the Stephen H. Watts Professor of Surgery in the SOM's Department of Surgery, as guest…

P. Todd Stukenberg, PhD and Hui Zong, PhD Named Innovation Fund Investigators by Pew Charitable Trusts

9/29/2022

P. Todd Stukenberg, PhD, a professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics and Hui Zong, PhD, an associate professor in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology…

Jonathan Lindner, MD Awarded $3.5M NIH R01 Grant to Study Modifiable Mechanisms for Aortic Stenosis

9/29/2022

A multidisciplinary team led by Jonathan Lindner, MD, the Frances Myers Ball Professor of Medicine and Vice-chief for Research in the Cardiology Division, was awarded a $3.5M R01 grant from…

Xiaowei Lu, PhD and Ann Sutherland, PhD Awarded $2.6M NIH R01

9/29/2022

Professor Xiaowei Lu, PhD and Associate Professor Ann Sutherland, PhD in the School of Medicine's Department of Cell Biology were awarded a $2.6M 5 year R01 grant from the NIH…

Ariel Gomez, MD and Maria Luisa Sequeira Lopez, MD, Leaders at the American Heart Association Hypertension Scientific Sessions 2022

9/22/2022

The Gomez and Sequeira Lopez labs in the Department of Pediatrics Child Health Research Center attended the American Heart Association Hypertension Scientific Sessions in San Diego, California September 7-10, 2022.…

Jeffrey Gander, MD and Amy Wrentmore, MD Receive USDA Grant to Study Benefits of Produce Prescription Program

9/15/2022

Jeffrey Gander, MD, an associate professor and pediatric surgeon in the Department of Surgery, Amy Wrentmore, MD, an associate professor in the Department of Pediatrics, and their collaborators at Local…

Forbes Ranks UVA Health Among Best Employers in Virginia

9/15/2022

Forbes, a national business publication, has ranked UVA Health No. 11 among the best employers in Virginia in its annual Best Employers By State  list. UVA Health is the top…

Mete Civelek, PhD and Coleen McNamara, MD, Receive $15 Million from LeDucq Foundation for Atherosclerosis Research

9/15/2022

The Leducq Foundation has awarded $15 million to researchers at UVA School of Medicine and their collaborators to advance our understanding of atherosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries, and find…