UVA Develops Precise Brain Surgery Without a Scalpel

University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have developed a noninvasive way to remove faulty brain circuits that could allow doctors to treat debilitating neurological diseases without the need for conventional…

FDA Approves Focused Ultrasound for Parkinson’s Symptoms

The federal Food and Drug Administration has approved an incisionless form of brain surgery to treat advanced Parkinson’s disease after successful testing at the School of Medicine and other sites.…

Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU and UVA Children’s Develop Regional Collaboration

Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU and UVA Children’s are teaming up to ensure children and families in Virginia have convenient access to quality cardiac surgery. Through the relationship, newborns and children will…

iTHRIV Backs Bids to Improve Lung Transplant Outcomes, Reduce Waste

The integrated Translational Health Research Institute of Virginia (iTHRIV), a National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded Clinical and Translational Research Award hub, has awarded $200,000 in pilot funding across five multi-institutional…

For Immunocompromised, Antibody Cocktail Could Offer Much-Needed COVID-19 Protection

In what could be very good news for the immunocompromised, an antibody cocktail tested at the University of Virginia School of Medicine appears to offer long-lasting protection from COVID-19. The…

Petri Receives Maxwell Finland Award from the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases

Please join me in congratulating Dr. William Petri, Wade Hampton Frost Professor of Medicine, on receiving the Maxwell Finland Award from the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases. This prestigious award…