School of Medicine Mourns the Loss of Howard Charles Malpass, MD
9/19/2023
The School of Medicine shares sad news that Howard Charles Malpass, III, MD, a pulmonolgist in the Department of Medicine, passed away suddenly on September 14, at the age of…
Michael R. Nelson, MD, PhD, and Nora Kern, MD, Honored by UVA Medical Alumni Association
9/19/2023
The UVA Medical Alumni Association announced the 2023 recipients of six awards. This year's awards and recipients include: Walter Reed Distinguished Achievement Award: Michael R. Nelson, MD ’89, PhD ’93,…
9/19/2023
Kandice Levental, PhD, and Ilya Levental, PhD, were awarded the prestigious 2024 AVANTI Award in Lipids from the Biophysical Society. This remarkable accomplishment reflects their dedication, expertise, and contributions to…
9/19/2023
Stewart Babbott, MD, and Mohan M. Nadkarni, MD, in the Department of Medicine, have been awarded Mastership in the American College of Physicians (ACP). Approximately 50 members a year out…
9/19/2023
Stellah Mpagama, MD, PhD, a visiting faculty scholar from Kibong'oto Infectious Diseases Hospital, Tanzania, and Scott Heysell, MD, an associate professor in the Department of Medicine's Division of Infectious Diseases…
Subtle Shift in Terminology Could Improve Undergraduate Medical Education
9/19/2023
University of Virginia School of Medicine educators are seeking to improve patient care, prevent medical mistakes and, ultimately, produce better doctors by enhancing how students are taught clinical reasoning, the…
BIMS Spotlight: PhD Candidate Johnson Ung Receives F99/K00 Award from the National Cancer Institute
9/19/2023
Biomedical sciences (BIMS) graduate student Johnson Ung was awarded a F99/K00 grant through the National Cancer Institute branch of the National Institutes of Health this past month. This award is…
9/19/2023
Julius Zhu, PhD, a professor of pharmacology, was awarded a $2 million grant for a project titled “Architectonic Analysis of Complex Cortical Circuits in Healthy and Diseased Brain.” Professor Zhu’s…
