Medical Student Gets Dirty for a Cause
5/17/2016
University of Virginia medical students are an impressive lot. As if being in med school is not challenging enough, many pursue extracurricular activities that give back to the community. Carl…
Rescue in the Appalachians: Students in Wilderness Medicine Course
5/4/2016
The UVA School of Medicine offers a unique course in Wilderness Medicine which includes real life rescue simulations, such as rescuing a fallen, unresponsive hiker from the Appalachian Mountains, as…
Medical Students and National Donate Life Month
4/29/2016
April is National Donate Life Month and the Transplantation Interest Group, a student-run group whose goal is to “advance knowledge and awareness about transplantation among medical students and empower them…
UVA Med Student Plays Ukulele to Comfort Patients
3/30/2016
Thomas Ball, as a third year of medical school, found himself standing in a patient’s doorway, holding a ukulele. He scanned the room for IV poles and active interventions for…
3/23/2016
On Friday, March 18, with a huge roar just after noon, the UVA School of Medicine’s Class of 2016 opened envelopes and learned where they would be heading for additional…
Salmonella’s Strange Recipe for Defeating the Immune System
2/10/2016
Pathogen Uses Its Food to Know When and How to Attack, Researchers Find In a surprising new discovery about potentially deadly salmonella, researchers have determined that the foodborne bacteria has a…
Unexpected Link Found Between Immune Cells, Weight Control, Disease Resistance
2/10/2016
Researchers Identify Genetic Factors Governing Immune Response to Viruses New research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine has shown how our DNA determines our ability to fight off viruses, revealing that…
