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Rooted in Wellness: A Farm-to-Table Retreat at Morven Farms

10/28/2025

During Wellness Month programming in September, a group of 20 medical students participated in the Farm-to-Table Retreat at the scenic Morven Farms. This thoughtfully designed event offered students a hands-on,…

New Parkinson’s Drug Could Offer ‘Second Honeymoon’ for Symptom Control

10/28/2025

The federal Food and Drug Administration is considering approving a new Parkinson’s drug pioneered by a UVA Health scientist that could give people with Parkinson’s a “second honeymoon” for controlling…

FDA Approves New Menopause Drug for Hot Flashes, Night Sweats

10/28/2025

The federal Food and Drug Administration recently approved a new menopause drug that reduces hot flashes and night sweats after the drug was successfully tested at UVA Health and other…

NIH Awards $3 Million to Michael Brown, PhD, for Research on Molecular Genetic Basis for NK Cell Protection Against Viral Infection

10/28/2025

Michael Brown, PhD, a professor of medicine, nephrology, and of microbiology, immunology and cancer biology and resident member of the Beirne B. Carter Center for Immunology Research, was awarded a…

Fred Epstein, PhD, and Amit Patel, MD, Earn $3.2 Million to Study the Role of Fatty Tissue Around the Heart in Causing Heart Failure

10/28/2025

Everyone knows the health risks of carrying too much fat around the waist and hips, but did you know that having too much fat around the heart can also lead…

Research in Motion: Ilya Levental, PhD and Kandace Levental, PhD

10/28/2025

We’re focused on the immune system and understanding how the membranes in immune cells survey our bodies to regulate pathogens and cancers. — Ilya Levental, PhD, Professor, Department of Molecular…

Former School of Medicine Dean Robert Carey, MD, Honored

10/28/2025

On Friday, October 24, the University of Virginia School of Medicine and the UVA Medical Alumni Association co-hosted a special ceremony to honor the legacy of Robert M. Carey, MD,…

Statewide and National News Coverage of AstraZeneca Groundbreaking Highlights Collaboration With UVA’s Manning Institute

10/21/2025

The groundbreaking of AstraZeneca’s new facility in Albemarle County, strengthened by its collaboration with the Paul and Diane Manning Institute of Biotechnology, was prominently featured across Virginia and on national…