A UVA Doctor Reflects on Her Work With NASA
5/6/2019
On March 3, 2016, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly came home from a yearlong stay on the International Space Station, and a young physician-scientist, Francine Garrett-Bakelman, was waiting anxiously. She had…
UVA’s Edward H. Egelman Elected to Prestigious National Academy of Sciences
5/3/2019
Distinguished Research Career Earns Egelman One of Science’s Top Honors Edward H. Egelman, PhD, of the University of Virginia School of Medicine, has been elected to the National Academy of…
New Discovery About Dangerous C. Difficile Diarrhea
4/24/2019
A new discovery about dangerous C. difficile diarrhea has identified a new way that the bacteria – and possibly others like it – cause severe disease. C. diff is the most common hospital-acquired infection…
Electricity-Conducting Bacteria Yield Secret to Tiny Batteries, Big Medical Advances
4/5/2019
Scientists at the University of Virginia and elsewhere have made a surprising discovery about how strange bacteria that live in soil and sediment can conduct electricity. The bacteria do so,…
New Approach to Repairing Damaged Peripheral Nervous System Discovered
4/3/2019
A new University of Virginia study proves that a damaged peripheral nervous system is capable of repairing itself – when healthy cells are recruited there from the central nervous system.…
“Ultrasound Is the New Stethoscope,” and Other Things I Learned from the UVA-Guatemala Initiative
4/3/2019
Last fall, UVA Connect sat down with David Burt, MD, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Director of the UVA-Guatemala Initiative (UVA-GI), to discuss the UVA-Guatemala Initiative’s collaboration to design, build, and implement the Information…
For This Pediatric Duo, It’s All About the Team
3/19/2019
(Originally published in Pulse, a publication of UVA Health Foundation.) It’s 4:45 a.m., and James Gangemi, MD, is starting his day: exercise, breakfast, and then he’s off to work. The routine sounds…
Dr. Katharine DeGeorge Recognized as Future Leader in Family Medicine
3/19/2019
The Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM) selected Katharine (Kate) DeGeorge, MD, MS, Assistant Professor, as one of 10 New Faculty Scholars in 2019. “The program is designed to be a catalyst for…
