UVA Health Earns WebMD Patient Choice, Medscape Physician Choice Awards
4/12/2023
UVA Health has been named a “best in class” health system in Virginia for its cancer, heart, orthopedics, neurology and digestive health care by WebMD and Medscape. The 2022-2023 WebMD…
4/12/2023
Professor and Chair of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, Anita H. Clayton, MD, has been selected president-elect of the American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology (ASCP). Founded in 1993, the ASCP seeks…
Jeffrey Gander, MD, and Colleagues Win UVA Collaborative Excellence in Public Service Award
4/12/2023
Jeffrey Gander, MD, and his colleagues from the Department of Pediatrics, Amy Wrentmore, MD, and pediatric dietician Tegan Medico, MS, MPH, RDN, CNSC, won the 2023 UVA Collaborative Excellence in…
Two UVA Master of Public Health Students Receive Prestigious National Fellowships
4/12/2023
Two students in the University of Virginia Master of Public Health Program have received prestigious national fellowships. Donavon Lea received the CDC Public Health Law Fellowship, and Abby Sacks accepted…
UVA Health Updates Masking and Visitation Policies
4/12/2023
Following updated guidance from UVA Health’s Infection Prevention and Control team, new policies on masking and visitation will go into effect this month at UVA Medical Center and other facilities…
4/12/2023
Research on dengue viruses by Mariano A. Garcia-Blanco, MD, PhD, was covered in more than 150 news outlets nationally, including U.S. News and World Report. "Our findings are almost certainly…
UVA Discovers Gene That Shapes Risk for Heart Attacks, Vascular Diseases
4/12/2023
University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have identified a gene that plays a crucial role in determining our risk for heart attacks, deadly aneurysms, coronary artery disease and other…
4/12/2023
Bradley Gelfand, PhD, an assistant professor in the Department of Ophthalmology, was awarded a $2.6 million grant for a study titled "Mechanistic basis of sexual dimorphism in antigen-independent IgG1 angiogenesis…
