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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…

Match Day 2016: 100% Match

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…