1st Death Linked to ‘Meat Allergy’ Spread by Ticks
11/18/2025
University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have identified the first death caused by what is commonly called the “meat allergy” being spread by ticks. A healthy 47-year-old man from…
Category: Research
Research in Motion: Zhenqi Liu, MD
11/18/2025
I'm a clinical endocrinologist treating patients with a variety of hormonal disorders, including diabetes. My laboratory is focused on how insulin works in the body, including vasculature and skeletal muscle,…
Category: Research
11/18/2025
Breast cancer survivors are more likely to experience insomnia and depression than people in the general population. This is a serious problem because these two conditions often feed into each…
Category: Research
Linda Martin, MD, Co-Leads Landmark Lung Cancer Trial, Presents Abstract at International Conference
11/18/2025
Linda Martin, MD, cardiothoracic surgeon and professor in the Department of Surgery, served as a global principal investigator and site PI for an international clinical trial that was selected for…
Category: Faculty
UVA Comprehensive Cancer Center Named to National ‘100 Great Oncology Programs’ List
11/18/2025
UVA Health and UVA Comprehensive Cancer Center have been recognized by Becker’s Hospital Review on its 2025 list of 100 hospitals and health systems with great oncology programs. “These leading…
Category: Clinical
American College of Surgeons Recognizes UVA Health University Medical Center
11/18/2025
The American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP) has recognized UVA Health University Medical Center for achieving meritorious outcomes for surgical patient care in 2024. The…
Category: Clinical
Maya Hagander Receives AAMC Nickens Medical Student Scholarship
11/18/2025
Third-year medical student Maya Hagander was awarded the Herbert W. Nickens Medical Student Scholarship from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) for promoting equal opportunity in medical education and…
Category: Education
Medical Students Travel to India to Study Undernutrition and Immunodeficiency
11/18/2025
Second-year medical students Rabina Bhandari and Alessandra Dutra spent this past summer in India, funded by a scholarship from the UVA’s pan-university Center for Global Health Equity (CGHE). They assisted…
Category: Education
18 Former Deans Featured on the School of Medicine Website
11/18/2025
UVA School of Medicine has added biographies and portraits of all deans to the School's website. This prestigious list dates back to Richard Henry Whitehead, MD, who served as the…
Category: Community
11/18/2025
JoAnn Pinkerton, MD, professor of obstetrics and gynecology, was featured in hundreds of media outlets nationally–including NPR and CNN—about the removal of black-box warnings for hormone therapy to treat menopause.…
Category: Media Highlights
