Rasheed Balogun, MD, Receives the American Society for Apheresis 2024 Presidential Award

3/20/2024

The American Society for Apheresis (AFSA) Presidential Award committee has selected Rasheed Balogun, MD, to receive the 2024 Presidential Award. This distinguished award is in recognition of Dr. Balogun’s commitment…

BIMS Spotlight: Alexys Riddick Receives UVA Cancer Center Aspiring Leader and Phenomenal Woman Award

3/20/2024

Alexys Riddick, a fifth-year Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program student, received the 2024 Aspiring Leader and Phenomenal Woman Award, which honors members of the UVA Comprehensive Cancer Center (UVACCC) whose contributions…

DeSimone and Peirce-Cottler Labs Mentor Undergraduates Who Receive UVA Office of Citizen Scholar Development Awards

3/20/2024

Undergraduate students, Wakako Endo in the DeSimone lab and Dori Beck in the Peirce-Cottler and DeSimone labs, have received UVA Office of Citizen Scholar Development Awards for their research and…

Susan Pollart, MD, Receives 2024 Laura Lynch ELAM/ELH Community Impact Award

3/13/2024

The Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine® (ELAM®) and Executive Leadership in Health Care (ELH) programs have selected Susan M. Pollart, MD, as the recipient of the second…

Newsweek Names UVA Health University Medical Center No. 1 Hospital in Virginia

3/13/2024

Newsweek’s “World’s Best Hospitals 2024” guide ranks UVA Health University Medical Center as the No. 1 hospital in Virginia and among the top 40 hospitals nationally. The newsmagazine rates UVA…

The Cleopatra Project Named Virginia Master Naturalists Most Impactful Project of the Year

2/28/2024

Virginia Master Naturalists (VMN) has named The Cleopatra Project — a collaboration among VMN, UVA School of Medicine, and the UVA Health’s Blue Ridge Poison Center — as the Most…

Brian Brenner, MD, Named American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine Chief Resident/Fellow of the Year

2/28/2024

Brian Brenner, MD, has been named 2024 Resident/Fellow of the Year by the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA). The award recognizes Dr. Brenner's significant contributions to…

Six Residents Receive 2024 Arnold P. Gold Foundation’s Resident Humanism and Excellence in Teaching Awards

2/21/2024

Six residents received 2024 Arnold P. Gold Foundation's Resident Humanism and Excellence in Teaching Awards at the UVA School of Medicine. The residents are being recognized as outstanding humanistic role…