Grateful Patient Honors Stephen S. Park, MD, and the Division of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery with Planned Philanthropic Gift

11/28/2023

John “Jack” Reid, who has undergone several major Mohs surgeries (a specialized method for treating skin cancer lesions) and reconstructive procedures at UVA Health, recently made a bequest of his…

9th Annual Transplant Golf Benefit Raises $55,000 to Support the Transplant Patient Assistance Fund

11/1/2023

The UVA Health Charles O. Strickler Transplant Center recently hosted its 9th Annual Transplant Golf Benefit, a heartwarming event that unites patients, their families, dedicated staff, and esteemed faculty supporting…

Thomas P. Loughran Jr., MD, Highlights a Decade of UVA Comprehensive Cancer Center Achievements Supported by Philanthropy

11/1/2023

Thomas P. Loughran, Jr., MD, the F. Palmer Weber-Smithfield Foods Professor of Oncology Research and Professor of Medicine, recently signed on to lead the UVA Comprehensive Cancer Center for another…

Private Philanthropic Support Enabled by Urology Chair Kirsten Greene, MD, Advances Prostate Cancer Care and Patient Access

10/18/2023

Since she became the Paul Mellon Professor and Chair of the Department of Urology in 2019, Kirsten Green, MD, says UVA has doubled the number of urologic surgeons and oncologists…

Keith Keene, PhD, and UVA Researchers Use Precision Medicine to Address Public Health Equity

7/18/2023

How can UVA scholars and scientists use precision medicine tools, like epigenetics and bioinformatics, to further public health equity? This is a question Keith Keene, PhD, director of the School…

Philanthropic Visionaries Mobilize Groundbreaking Neuroscience Discoveries at UVA

6/28/2023

Harald Sontheimer, PhD, the Harrison Distinguished Teaching Professor of Neuroscience, who joined UVA in 2021 as chair of the Department of Neuroscience, is leading UVA to the forefront of neuroscience…

UVA’s Stem Cell Transplant Program Reaches Major Milestones

3/21/2023

UVA's Stem Cell Transplant Program has reached major milestones in its treatment of children and adults battling blood-related cancers such as leukemia, multiple myeloma, and lymphoma. In the article "Marking…

UVA Leverages $100 Million Gift to Launch the Paul and Diane Manning Institute of Biotechnology

1/24/2023

The University of Virginia announced plans to launch a biotechnology institute that positions UVA at the very forefront of cutting-edge medicine such as cellular and gene therapies that revolutionize how…