MyChart Pop-Up Messages Help Educate Patients on Best Practices for Communicating with Providers
1/4/2024
A new, point-of-interaction, pop-up message went live in MyChart on December 12, to help educate patients on best practices for using MyChart messaging. When a user clicks to open a…
UVA Center for Telehealth Earns Grant to Expand Healthcare Access in Southern Albemarle County
1/4/2024
A UVA Center for Telehealth plan to partner with communities in southern Albemarle County and neighboring counties to expand access to care has earned a $15,000 grant to support its…
George Bloom, PHD, and Collaborators Discover Dire Effect of Toxic Tau Protein on Brain Cells
1/4/2024
Alzheimer’s researchers at the University of Virginia have discovered how harmful tau proteins damage the essential operating instructions for our brain cells, a finding which could lead to new treatments.…
Healthy Omega-3 Fats May Slow Deadly Pulmonary Fibrosis
1/4/2024
Could healthy fats found in nuts and fish slow the progression of potentially deadly lung scarring known as pulmonary fibrosis and delay the need for lung transplants? UVA pulmonary researchers…
1/4/2024
Annie Reid, MPH, RDN, a senior research specialist and registered dietician in the Department of Public Health Sciences, and Teace Markwalter, MPH, a research specialist in the Department of Public…
Scott Heysell, MD, Awarded $3.7 Million to Improve Treatment of Tuberculosis
1/4/2024
Scott Heysell, MD, MPH, the Thomas H. Hunter Associate Professor of International Medicine and director of University of Virginia’s Center for Global Health Equity, was awarded a 5-year R01 grant…
Research in Motion: Sarah Ewald, PhD
1/4/2024
My lab is interested in developing new technologies that allow us to study the immune response in a tissue at a biopsy scale. We can add molecular handles to proteins…
Albert S. Jun, MD, PhD, Appointed as Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology
1/4/2024
The University of Virginia School of Medicine has named Albert S. Jun, MD, PhD, a leader in revolutionizing how corneal transplants are performed, to chair its Department of Ophthalmology. He…
