HIV Outcomes Improved by Expanding On-Site Mental Health Services
5/21/2019
Increasing access to mental health services improves HIV outcomes among vulnerable patients, a new study from the University of Virginia School of Medicine suggests. Based on their findings, the researchers are…
UVA Earns “A” in Leapfrog Patient Hospital Safety Grade
5/16/2019
University of Virginia Medical Center has earned an “A” in the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, a national patient safety rating of all general hospitals in the U.S. The rating is…
Franck Azobou Tonleu’s Commitment To Service Stands Out
5/13/2019
In the Douala, Cameroon neighborhood where University of Virginia medical student Franck Azobou Tonleu grew up, families were so close with one another that it sometimes felt like everybody was…
A UVA Doctor Reflects on Her Work With NASA
5/6/2019
On March 3, 2016, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly came home from a yearlong stay on the International Space Station, and a young physician-scientist, Francine Garrett-Bakelman, was waiting anxiously. She had…
UVA’s Edward H. Egelman Elected to Prestigious National Academy of Sciences
5/3/2019
Distinguished Research Career Earns Egelman One of Science’s Top Honors Edward H. Egelman, PhD, of the University of Virginia School of Medicine, has been elected to the National Academy of…
New Discovery About Dangerous C. Difficile Diarrhea
4/24/2019
A new discovery about dangerous C. difficile diarrhea has identified a new way that the bacteria – and possibly others like it – cause severe disease. C. diff is the most common hospital-acquired infection…
Worden Presented With All-University Teaching Award
4/18/2019
Please join us in congratulating Mary Kate Worden, PhD, Associate Professor of Medical Education, Director of Curriculum Integration and Development for the School of Medicine, on being presented the All-University Teaching Award.…
Electricity-Conducting Bacteria Yield Secret to Tiny Batteries, Big Medical Advances
4/5/2019
Scientists at the University of Virginia and elsewhere have made a surprising discovery about how strange bacteria that live in soil and sediment can conduct electricity. The bacteria do so,…
