William Petri, MD, PhD, Spoke With The Guardian About ‘Parasite Cleanses’ Not Being Cure-Alls
1/28/2026
Costly deworming treatments are being promoted as cure-alls. Heidi Klum gave it a go — experts disagree. William Petri, MD, PhD, the Wade Hampton Frost Professor of Medicine in the…
Welcome Newly Hired School of Medicine Faculty
1/28/2026
The Office of Faculty Affairs and Faculty Development is pleased to continue its quarterly series highlighting new School of Medicine faculty hires. This sixth article includes new clinical and research…
Faculty Elected to Serve in National Leadership Positions Advancing Patient Care
1/28/2026
School of Medicine faculty have been elected to serve in national leadership positions that advance our understanding of treatments for obesity, evidence-based emergency care and safety science, and interventional radiology.…
Q&A: Why Does Cardiovascular Disease Remain the Top Cause of Death in America?
1/28/2026
Despite improved treatments, cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States, accounting for nearly three in 10 deaths. That’s according to the American Heart Association’s latest…
1/28/2026
UVA Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Division in the Department of Anesthesiology has earned the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission's accreditation in Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE), making UVA Health one of the first seven facilities…
Scleroderma Discovery Could Let Doctors Prevent Deadly Skin, Organ Hardening
1/28/2026
Scientists may be able to develop ways to prevent the potentially deadly hardening of skin and organs caused by systemic scleroderma by targeting particular immune cells, new findings from the…
Research in Motion: Adam Goldfarb, MD
1/28/2026
My research focuses on the development of cells in the bone marrow that lead to the production of red blood cells and platelets. — Adam Goldfarb, MD, Professor of Pathology…
New Vaccine-Development Platform Produces Promising Results
1/28/2026
UVA Health scientists are reporting promising success as they pioneer a new way to create vaccines far more quickly, nimbly and inexpensively than ever before. The University of Virginia School…
