UVA’s Social Issues in Medicine Course
6/24/2019
Fourteen years ago, Dr. Mohan Nadkarni started a course designed to give first-year University of Virginia medical school students some real-world experience outside of the hospital setting. Today, the course…
Ithrive Awards Pilot Funding to Four Multi-institutional Research Projects
6/13/2019
The integrated Translational Health Research Institute of Virginia, commonly known as “iTHRIV,” has awarded funding to four multi-institutional research projects through the Pilot Translational and Clinical Studies Program. By providing…
Dialysis Drug Dosing Improved by Using Big Data Analytics
6/12/2019
Kidney disease affects approximately 30 million Americans. About 650,000 of these individuals – including nearly 15,000 Virginians – suffer from end-stage renal disease, requiring prolonged dialysis, the mechanical cleansing of…
Awardees: Brodie Resident Clinicians Honored for Exceptional Care
6/11/2019
The Anne L. Brodie Medical Fund Committee annually recognizes a single resident in each of the primary care disciplines with the Brodie Resident Clinician Award. This award recognizes a resident…
Study Suggests an Unhealthy Gut Can Promote Spread of Breast Cancer
6/11/2019
An unhealthy, inflamed gut causes breast cancer to become much more invasive and spread more quickly to other parts of the body, new research from the University of Virginia Cancer…
Ambitious Health Research Collaboration Funded by $12.5 Million Grant
5/29/2019
A groundbreaking research collaboration at the School of Medicine that is shedding light on everything from cancer to diabetes to cardiovascular disease has received $12.5 million from the National Institutes of Health.…
HIV Outcomes Improved by Expanding On-Site Mental Health Services
5/21/2019
Increasing access to mental health services improves HIV outcomes among vulnerable patients, a new study from the University of Virginia School of Medicine suggests. Based on their findings, the researchers are…
Franck Azobou Tonleu’s Commitment To Service Stands Out
5/13/2019
In the Douala, Cameroon neighborhood where University of Virginia medical student Franck Azobou Tonleu grew up, families were so close with one another that it sometimes felt like everybody was…
