Gen Med Faculty Teach Eye Exam Workshops at Internal Medicine 2016
5/13/2016
The American College of Physicians' Internal Medicine Meeting is the largest gathering of practicing internists, attended by more than 6,500 internal medicine specialists and subspecialists and offering more than 200 sessions…
Slideshow: 2016 Carey-Marshall-Thorner Research & Scholars Day
5/12/2016
DOM's annual Carey-Marshall-Thorner Research & Scholars Day, held on Wednesday, May 11th, 2016, in Jordan Hall Conference Center, included a keynote address by Dean Keddes (director, UVA Medical Scientist Training Program),…
Endocrinology’s Jennifer Kirby, MD, PhD
5/11/2016
I was born in Las Cruces, New Mexico, but moved to suburban Maryland when I was five. I am an only child, so a lot of our family life revolved…
Profile: Endocrinology Postdoc Zhuo Fu
5/10/2016
Zhuo Fu, PhD, spent four years as a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Endocrinology division chief Zhenqi Liu. In January, she was awarded a three-year grant from the American…
Amanda Lusa, IM Resident (PGY-2)
5/10/2016
I grew up in suburban Connecticut in a family of five, with two amazing parents and two younger brothers. I attended Cornell University, where I majored in genetics and spent many…
ID & Biodefense Research Day 2016
5/3/2016
ID & Biodefense Research Day 2016 was held on April 18th at Jordan Hall Conference Center. Organized by the Division of Infectious Diseases & International Health and held each spring in conjunction with…
Worms, Germs and Allergies: 55th Annual Swineford Conference
4/25/2016
At the Allergy Division's annual Swineford Conference, the roles of parasitic worms and infectious agents in regulating allergic response were among the topics debated and discussed. The Allergy Division's annual…
A Rotation in Ecuador Yields Lessons in Global Health
4/20/2016
IM resident Brandon Todd goes to Ecuador as part of the Global Health Leadership training program. Brandon Todd, a second-year internal medicine resident on the primary care track who hails from Memphis,…
Hem-Onc’s Karen Parks Plays Key Role in Revamping Cancer Clinical Research Program
4/19/2016
Karen Parks began her career as an operating room nurse at Medical College of Virginia, and has worked at UVA for the past 33 years in a variety of research-related roles.…
UVA Med Student Plays Ukulele to Comfort Patients
4/17/2016
Thomas Ball was doing a clerkship on the general medicine ward when he started playing the ukulele for patients, with the encouragement of his attending, Dr. Scott Cornella, one of…
