Leadership Video: Why You Should Take the Engagement Survey
11/1/2022
We have just over one week left for employees to complete the 2022 UVA Health Engagement Survey, and we are making great progress with team member participation to date. This…
Category: Featured
$1.2M NIH Grant to Support Cervical Cancer Screening, Treatment, and Follow-up in Nicaragua
11/1/2022
A new $1.2 million NIH grant will support Emma Mitchell, PhD, an associate professor of nursing, in expanding and strengthening cervical cancer screening, treatment, and follow-up using an app called…
Category: Research
Publicly Funded Research Will Soon Be Available to Public Without Charge
11/1/2022
In just three years, the White House will require all papers describing federally funded research to be made available to the public without charge. This major shift, decades in the…
Category: Research
11/1/2022
UVA Health Cancer Center is joining more than 50 other top cancer organizations in calling to increase access to and use of low-dose computed tomography (CT) scans for Americans at high risk for lung…
Category: Clinical
11/1/2022
On October 27, 2022, members of the resident-run Housestaff Council for Diversity and Inclusion (HCDI) in the Departments of Plastic Surgery, General Surgery, Anesthesiology, and Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, along…
Category: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
School of Medicine Entrustable Professional Activity Program Featured in Academic Medicine
11/1/2022
In the November 2022 issue of Academic Medicine, School of Medicine educators, including Meg Keeley, MD as first author, describe the structure and outcomes of the University of Virginia Entrustable…
Category: Education
Tracey Hoke, MD Meets with the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
11/1/2022
On Wednesday, October 19, 2022, Tracey Hoke, MD, Chief, Quality and Performance Improvement, participated in a meeting of The President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), the sole…
Category: Honors & Awards
Faculty and Resident Receive Dr. Henry Harrison Wilson, Jr. Everyday Humanism in Medicine Award
11/1/2022
Each year, the Dr. Henry Harrison Wilson, Jr. Everyday Humanism in Medicine Award is given to three deserving residents, fellows or attendings. The nominations submitted by third-year medical students highlight…
Category: Honors & Awards
Jennifer Payne, MD Elected President of the International Marce’ Society for Perinatal Mental Health
11/1/2022
Jennifer Payne, MD, vice chair of research in the Department of Psychiatry, was elected President of the International Marce' Society for Perinatal Mental Health at its recent annual conference in…
Category: Honors & Awards
11/1/2022
Abbie Salcedo, PhD, MBA, has been selected as the School of Medicine’s new Director of Faculty Affairs. She will provide leadership and day-to-day management of the SOM Office of Faculty…
Category: Faculty
2023 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., University of Virginia Health System Award Nominations Sought
11/1/2022
About the Award Established in 2013, the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., University of Virginia Health System Award is presented annually to a student, faculty, or staff member of the…
11/1/2022
Andrew Southerland, MD, a professor in Departments of Neurology and Public Health Sciences discusses, discusses how stroke can lead to auditory processing issues, which fall under group of stroke deficits…
Category: Media Highlights
11/1/2022
Ann Kellams, MD, a professor in the Department of Pediatrics, was quoted in a national publication HuffPost article about what to expect when weaning your child from breastfeeding. The article…
Category: Media Highlights
