Message from the Chair – January 2021

I hope that everyone had a great holiday and was able to take some time off from the stresses of the pandemic world. This month it is fitting that we…

Medicine Matters Newsletter – January 2021

The January 2021 Medicine Matters Newsletter features the Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health. We welcome your feedback and continued updates, which can be sent to: Kim Kelley-Wagner at kak2cj@hscmail.mcc.virginia.edu

Personal Reflections on a Pandemic by Thomas AE Platts-Mills, MD

By Thomas AE Platts-Mills, MD While starting to think about an annual report on the division, I realized that it was irrational not to think about the context. For the…

Message from Dr Thomas AE Platts-Mills – Division Chief, Allergy & Immunology, December 2020

2020 will be a year-long remembered by those in the Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology Division, and not just for a bloody pandemic. Speaking of pandemics, I have written a personal…

Message from Dr. Mark D. Okusa – Division Chief, Nephrology, December 2020

After almost a year of grief, loss, fear, and uncertainty, we feel a new sense of hope and change, a time of “possibilities”. We look forward to the continued growth…

Message from Dr. Eric Houpt, MD – Division Chief, Infectious Diseases, December 2020

The year 2020 has been memorable for the Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, having been marked by enormous COVID-19 efforts, nine new R01s to nine faculty, and an…