Search



10/10/24 issue

UVA Health Children’s Named Best Children’s Hospital in Virginia in 2024-25 by U.S. News & World Report

10/8/2024

U.S. News & World Report has named UVA Health Children’s, part of UVA Health, the No. 1 children’s hospital in Virginia for the fourth consecutive year. The news publication’s 2024-25 “Best…

Category: Featured

25-919953-CH-USNWR-Med-in-Motion-1080x540-FINAL.png

Research in Motion: Chongzhi Zang, PhD

10/8/2024

We develop new quantitative models and computational methods for analyzing high throughput data from emerging genomics technologies. A better understanding of the genetic and epigenetic code, or how the human…

Category: Research

Chongzhi Zang, PhD.

A Healthier Future — One Clinical Trial at a Time: An Interview with JoAnn Pinkerton, MD

10/8/2024

JoAnn Pinkerton, MD, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology and director of the UVA Midlife Center, was the national lead and UVA site principal investigator for the international, randomized OASIS…

Category: Research

JoAnn Pinkerton, MD, and her elinzanetant research team

Thomas Floyd, MD, Develops Device to Improve Monitoring of Impaired Brain Blood Flow and Oxygenation That May Lead to Progressive Brain Injury

10/8/2024

Traumatic brain injury, stroke, and cardiac arrest are frequently complicated by impaired blood flow and oxygenation, which may lead to progressive brain injury. Current devices, designed to measure tissue oxygenation,…

Category: Research

Floyd_Thomas-2x1-1.jpg

UVA Biomedical Engineering Professor’s $600,000 Grant Set to Innovate Pediatric Brain Tumor Treatment

10/8/2024

Natasha Sheybani PhD, an assistant professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Virginia School of Engineering and School of Medicine, will collaborate with researchers at Children’s National Hospital to…

Category: Research

Natasha Sheybani UVA

Newsweek Ranks UVA Health University Medical Center Among America’s Best Specialized Hospitals

10/8/2024

Seven specialties at UVA Health University Medical Center and UVA Health Children’s are ranked No. 1 in Virginia and among the top 50 nationally by national news publication Newsweek. “A…

Category: Clinical

UVA Hospital Expansion

Clinical Compensation Plan — Question of the Week: Could You Provide Additional Details About the Compensation Plan Model and the Benchmarks Used in its Development?

10/8/2024

  Question: Could you provide additional details about the compensation plan model and the benchmarks used in its development? Answer: Yes, in the video above, Paola Gehrig, MD, and…

Category: Clinical

Clinical Compensation Plan Graphic - Question of the Week

Pediatric Interventional Cardiac Catheterization Achievements Underscore UVA’s Excellence in Treating Children with Congenital Heart Disease

10/8/2024

Since 2014, UVA Health has been a part of the multi-center Quality Improvement database, Congenital Cardiac Catheterization Project on Outcomes (C3PO), alongside 19 top institutions, including many of the nation’s…

Category: Clinical

UVA Children's Heart Center logo.

Get to Know Xuemei Huang, MD, PhD — Chair of the Department of Neurology

10/8/2024

The UVA School of Medicine appointed Xuemei Huang, MD, PhD, a distinguished leader, clinician, educator, and scientist, as chair of the Department of Neurology on August 1, 2024. Dr. Huang…

Category: Faculty

Huang_Xuemei-2x1-1.jpg

Dean Kibbe Congratulates UVA Health Children’s Hospital for No. 1 Ranking in Virginia by U.S. News and World Report

10/8/2024

Congratulations to UVA Health Children's Hospital for being ranked the No. 1 children’s hospital in Virginia by U.S. News and World Report for the fourth consecutive year. Dean Melina Kibbe,…

Category: Community

(From left) Karin Skeen, PhD, UVA Health Children's Administrator; Melina Kibbe, MD, School of Medicine Dean; Madhusmita Misra, MD, Department of Pediatrics Chair

Nominate a Colleague for the UVA Leonard Sandridge Outstanding Contributor Award

10/8/2024

Nominations for the UVA Leonard Sandridge Outstanding Contributor Award are currently being accepted through October 25. This award is named in honor of Leonard W. Sandridge, an avid champion of…

Category: Call for Nominations

Rotunda in the fall with student walking

Scott Hollenbeck, MD, and Kristen Stephens, MD, Featured in More Than 100 News Outlets Nationally Discussing Face Transplants

10/8/2024

Scott Hollenbeck, MD, and Kristen Stephens, MD, have been featured in over 100 national news outlets, including U.S. News & World Report, discussing face transplants. Face transplants have grown in…

Category: Media Highlights

Stephens_Kristen-RECTANGLE.jpg

Karen Ballen, MD, Highlighted Nationally in More Than 100 Publications Discussing the Elimination of a Survival Gap for Black Cord Blood Recipients

10/8/2024

Over 100 national news outlets highlighted Karen Ballen, MD, talking about the elimination of a survival gap for black cord blood recipients. Blood cancer patients of all races who receive…

Category: Media Highlights

Karen Ballen, MD