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Category: Media Highlights

U.S. News & World Report: UVA is No. 1 Hospital in Virginia

8/14/2018

For the third consecutive year, U.S. News & World Report has ranked University of Virginia Medical Center as the No. 1 hospital in Virginia. The publication’s 2018-2019 “Best Hospitals” guide…

SNMA Organizes “Week of Reflection and Positivity”

8/3/2018

UVA’s chapter of the Student National Medical Association (SNMA) is holding a “Week of Reflection and Positivity,” Aug. 6-12. This is a series of events to reflect on and demonstrate our resilience…

Autism Risk Determined by Health of Mom’s Gut, UVA Research Reveals

7/20/2018

July 18, 2018, Josh Barney, jdb9a@virginia.edu The risk of developing autism-spectrum disorders is determined by the mother’s microbiome – the collection of microorganisms that naturally live inside us – during pregnancy, new…

Every Heartbeat Matters: From the Dominican Republic to UVA, and Back Again

7/13/2018

By Whitelaw Reid; reprinted from UVA Today, July 06 Eliany Mejia-Lopez was 20 years old and completing her final year of medical school in the Dominican Republic when she met…

Say Goodbye to GREs

7/6/2018

Republished from the Dean's Office Blog The Graduate Record Examination (GRE) is a standardized test that most graduate schools across the nation require to accompany student applications. It certainly was…

Pediatric Oncologist’s Work Among Top 10 Clinical Research Achievements of 2017

6/25/2018

By Dan Heuchert (reprinted from UVA Today, May 23, 2018) A University of Virginia School of Medicine researcher’s pioneering work in childhood cancer has been honored as one of the top 10 clinical research…

Mills Receives Distinguished Pathologist Award

6/21/2018

By Brian Murphy Congratulations to Stacey Mills, MD, Professor of Pathology, for receiving the Distinguished Pathologist Award, which recognizes distinguished service in the development of the discipline of Pathology. This award, from…

UVA’s PositiveLinks App Improving HIV Care

6/18/2018

By Joshua Barney A smartphone app designed to improve care for people living with HIV has increased users’ consistency in doctor visits and improved their health outcomes, a new study…