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School of Medicine Doctoral Students Among Grad Thesis SLAM Winners

4/24/2024

On Tuesday, April 16, nine doctoral candidates — five of whom are from the School of Medicine — met up on the Grad Thesis SLAM stage in Alumni Hall to…

Call for Abstracts: The Role of Health Services Research in Advances in Cancer Prevention and Control

4/24/2024

Health Services Research (HSR) Journal and the UVA School of Medicine's Department of Public Health Sciences are partnering to publish a special issue on "The Role of Health Services Research…

Nationwide Clinical Trial Provides Insights into Link Between Blood Sugar, Dangerous Brain Bleeds

4/24/2024

An ambitious, nationwide clinical trial led by UVA Health’s Karen Johnston, MD, has provided doctors with long-needed insights into the importance of managing stroke patients’ blood sugar after treatment with…

Craig Kent, MD, and Lian-Wang Guo, PhD, Target Prevention of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms

4/24/2024

A new $2.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health will support research led by Craig Kent, MD, and Lian-Wang Guo, PhD, in their efforts to tackle the prevention…

Research in Motion: Roger Anderson, PhD

4/24/2024

My research is dedicated to reducing and eliminating social disparities in cancer incidence and outcomes. A lot of my research has been focused on rural cancer disparities, especially in Appalachia,…

Renowned Parkinson’s Disease Expert Xuemei Huang, MD, PhD, Appointed to Lead the Department of Neurology

4/24/2024

The University of Virginia School of Medicine has named Xuemei Huang, MD, PhD, a distinguished leader, clinician, educator, and scientist to chair its Department of Neurology. She is slated to…

iTHRIV Sponsors ‘A Day In The Life of a Clinical Research Team’ Photo Contest

4/16/2024

In celebration of International Clinical Trials Day, iTHRIV acknowledges the extraordinary contributions of our Clinical Research Professionals who facilitate innovative research! In recognition, iTHRIV will award a cookie break to…

Ghassan IIaiwy, MD, Awarded Burroughs Wellcome Fund/ASTMH Postdoctoral Fellowship in Tropical Infectious Diseases

4/16/2024

Ghassan Ilaiwy, MD, MPH, a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Medicine's Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health at UVA, was one of only two recipients nationwide of the…