UVA Breaks Ground on $350 Million Paul and Diane Manning Institute of Biotechnology
12/12/2023
The University of Virginia broke ground Friday on the Paul and Diane Manning Institute of Biotechnology, a historic milestone for UVA that will propel it to the forefront of cutting-edge…
Category: Featured
Research in Motion: Bon Q. Trinh, PhD
12/12/2023
My group employs experimental and computational approaches to understand how biomolecules regulate gene expression at the chromatin level during normal blood cell development and cancer. — Bon Q. Trinh, PhD,…
Category: Research
12/12/2023
Karen Hirschi, PhD, Alumni Professor of Cell Biology, Director of the Developmental Genomics Center, Associate Director of the UVA MSTP, and member of the Robert M. Berne Cardiovascular Research Center,…
Category: Research
Research From Alban Gaultier, PhD, Reaches International Audiences
12/12/2023
Research on how fermented food may prevent depression and anxiety from Associate Professor of Neuroscience Alban Gaultier, PhD, and collaborators was covered widely by national and international news outlets. Lactobacillus,…
Category: Media Highlights
12/12/2023
University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have created an “atlas of atherosclerosis” that reveals, at the level of individual cells, critical processes responsible for forming the harmful plaque buildup…
Category: Research
Department of Surgery Faculty Receive LaunchPad Diabetes Awards
12/12/2023
Department of Surgery faculty, Kenneth Brayman, MD, PhD, Preeti Chhabra, PhD, and Jianjie Ma, PhD, received 2023 LaunchPad Diabetes Awards. These internal awards from the Office of Vice President for…
Category: Research
Patients, Doctors Like New Breast Cancer Decision Aid for High-Risk Women
12/12/2023
A decision-making aid to help women at high risk of breast cancer decide whether to add MRIs to their screening regimen has proved popular with both patients and doctors alike…
Category: Clinical
Andrew Wolf, MD, Authors New Lung Cancer Screening Guidelines
12/12/2023
Andrew Wolf, MD, a professor of medicine and associate program director of the UVA Internal Medicine Residency Program, is the lead author on the American Cancer Society's updated lung cancer…
Category: Clinical
Eight Master of Public Health Program Students Graduate in Fall 2023
12/12/2023
The Master of Public Health Program was excited to host the Public Health Sciences Fall Semester Poster Day last week. Eight Graduating MPH Students presented their work and recommendations to…
Category: Education
Alan Matsumoto, MD, Celebrated for Leadership of Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging
12/12/2023
The UVA Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging celebrated the leadership of Alan Matsumoto, MD, at a reception for alumni and friends on November 28 during the 2023 Radiology Society…
Category: Faculty
12/12/2023
In a sold-out gala event in New York City on December 8-9, 2023, Ourania Preventza, MD, MBA, a cardiovascular surgeon and chief of UVA Department of Surgery's Division of Cardiothoracic…
Category: Faculty
12/12/2023
Casey Cavanagh, PhD, an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, was awarded the 2023 Excellence in Clinical Health Psychology by an Early Career Professional Award by…
Category: Honors & Awards
Hong Zhu, PhD, Co-Authors New Book About Pragmatic Clinical Trial Design
12/12/2023
A new book co-authored by Hong Zhu, PhD, a professor of biostatistics in the Department of Public Health Sciences, addresses an unmet need for guidance texts on sample size and…
Category: Faculty
UVA Board of Visitors Extends Contract of UVA Health CEO
12/12/2023
The University of Virginia Board of Visitors voted Friday to extend Dr. K. Craig Kent’s contract as executive vice president for health affairs and chief executive officer for UVA Health through…
Category: Community
Continuous Improvement of Department and Center Annual Review Process
12/12/2023
Over the past two years, the School of Medicine has worked to improve the Department (DAR) and Center Annual Review (CAR) processes for our 28 departments and 6 centers. Our…
Category: Community
Helmy Siragy, MD, Serves as Guest Editor for the International Journal of Molecular Sciences
12/12/2023
Helmy Siragy, MD, the Harrison Distinguished Chair of Excellence in Medical Education and professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, is serving as guest editor for…
Category: Research
12/12/2023
School of Medicine Pediatric Resident Heather DeReus, MD, was recently interviewed about the shortage of residency slots in the U.S. The story was covered by news outlets around the country.…
Category: Media Highlights
