From Trivia To Medical Supplies, Medical Students Step Up During A Global Pandemic
7/31/2020
Each Tuesday night at 8 p.m., University of Virginia School of Medicine students Jeffrey White and Julia Preziosi broadcast their self-made trivia game show to up to 40 teams around…
UVA Students Mobilize To Help Patients In Need Connect To Telehealth Resources
7/30/2020
Like many of her peers, third-year University of Virginia student Rachana Subbanna found herself isolated at home this summer, facing a pandemic that eliminated many of her normal summer plans…
Just When You Thought Our Medical Students Couldn’t Be More Awesome, They Go and Do This…
4/28/2020
I’ve been writing about our students in the School of Medicine for nearly a decade. One constant I’ve noticed throughout the years: med students always leave me in awe. This…
Everything You Need To Know About Your Smartphone’s New COVID-19 Tracker
4/23/2020
Apparently a global pandemic makes strange bedfellows. That was one of the first things to come to mind following the recent announcement that Google and Apple would work together to…
Q&A: UVA Health COO On The Unique Opportunities Of An Academic Medical Center
4/22/2020
When it comes to fighting a pandemic, academic medical centers like the University of Virginia’s have several unique advantages that can be used to help the community, the commonwealth and…
Timely $1 Million Grant To UVA Health Boosts Ability To Produce COVID-19 Tests
3/30/2020
Since UVA Health began testing for COVID-19, faculty, administrators and staff have been working around the clock to expand testing capabilities. What began just a week ago with an initial…
Biocomplexity Institute Wins $10M Grant To Thwart Future Pandemics
3/26/2020
As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads across the world, researchers at the University of Virginia’s Biocomplexity Institute have won a new $10 million, five-year collaborative “Expeditions in Computing” grant from the…
UVA Health Independently Develops New COVID-19 Tests
3/20/2020
Thanks to a determined, whirlwind effort on the part of a team of physicians and collaboration and support from across the University of Virginia community, UVA Health now is now…