Research Administrators Mentoring Program Now Accepting Applications
7/18/2023
The Research Administration Mentoring Program and University Partnership (RAMP UP) is now accepting applications for the 2023-2024 Mentee cohort. Experienced Research Administrators from across Grounds are encouraged to apply. RAMP…
Department of Pediatrics Welcomes Firezer Haregu, MD, the First SOM ‘Targets of Opportunity’ Hire
7/18/2023
The Department of Pediatrics recently hired Firezer Haregu, MD, through the ‘Targets of Opportunity’ (TOPS) program, a funding source created to support initiatives aligning with achievement of the University of…
Donna Chen, MD, MPH, Appointed to American Psychiatric Association Ethics Committee
7/18/2023
Donna Chen, MD, MPH, an associate professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences, Department of Psychiatric Medicine, and Center for Health Humanities and Ethics, has been appointed to the…
Keith Keene, PhD, and UVA Researchers Use Precision Medicine to Address Public Health Equity
7/18/2023
How can UVA scholars and scientists use precision medicine tools, like epigenetics and bioinformatics, to further public health equity? This is a question Keith Keene, PhD, director of the School…
7/18/2023
Surgeon Christine Ibilibor, MD, is conducting a clinical trial titled “Pre-habilitation with Mindfulness and Exercise for Patients Undergoing Radical Cystectomy,” a procedure to treat advanced bladder cancer that is considered…
7/18/2023
Surgeons who also conduct important biomedical research are struggling to obtain research funding, and that “broken pipeline” could spell extinction for surgeon-scientists and slow innovations for patients if something isn’t…
Storing Fat Around Waist May NOT Increase Diabetes Risk
7/18/2023
Conventional wisdom holds that storing fat around your belly puts you at increased risk for type 2 diabetes. But surprising new findings from the University of Virginia School of Medicine…
7/18/2023
Golam Mohi, PhD, a professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, was awarded two new NIH grants (one R01 and one R21) providing approximately $2.8 million to study…
