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National Medical Laboratory Professionals Week is April 14-20

4/11/2024

National Medical Laboratory Professionals Week is April 14-20, an annual celebration of medical lab professionals and pathologists who play a vital role in every aspect of healthcare. Lab professionals include…

W. Jeffrey Elias, MD, Named to Modern Healthcare’s 2024 Innovators List

4/9/2024

UVA Health neurosurgeon W. Jeffrey Elias, MD, has been recognized by Modern Healthcare, a leading healthcare publication, as one of its Innovators for 2024 for his pioneering work in the…

Melissa Little, PhD, Launches NIH-Sponsored Community-Engaged Clinical Trial Impacting Rural Smokers in Appalachia

4/9/2024

Melissa Little, MD, MPH, an associate professor of public health sciences in the School of Medicine, has launched a National Institutes of Health-sponsored community-engaged clinical trial that impacts rural smokers…

Mete Civelek, PhD, Receives Established Investigator Award from the American Heart Association

4/9/2024

Mete Civelek, PhD, an associate professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and a resident faculty of the Center for Public Health Genomics, received the Established Investigator Award from the…

Lead Author Xin Hu, PhD, Publishes Study About Mental Health Care Utilization Among Parents of Children with Cancer

4/9/2024

Xin Hu, PhD, an assistant professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences, is first author of a study in collaboration with the Emory University School of Medicine about mental…

Kenneth Walsh, PhD, Awarded $2.9 Million to Study Cardiac Amyloidosis, a Deadly Form of Heart Failure

4/9/2024

Kenneth Walsh, PhD, the Lockhart B. McGuire Professor of Internal Medicine and director of the Hematovascular Biology Center in the Robert M. Berne Cardiovascular Research Center, was awarded a $2.9…

Lori L. McMahon, PhD, Selected as UVA’s Next Vice President for Research

4/9/2024

The University of Virginia announced today that Lori L. McMahon has been selected to serve as its next vice president for research following a national search. Her appointment, pending approval…

Research in Motion: Jie Sun, PhD

4/9/2024

I direct a respiratory immunology lab studying pulmonary immunity and pathology in the context of lung infection and cancer. I also mentor undergraduate and graduate student postdoc fellows, as well…