School of Medicine Center for Excellence in Education Hosts Inaugural Teaching Bootcamp for Trainees
12/3/2024
The School of Medicine Center for Excellence in Education (CEE) Teaching Committee hosted an inaugural Teaching Bootcamp for Residents and Fellows on October 17, 2024. Drawing over 50 trainees across…
Category: Education
Research in Motion: Steven Munger, PhD
12/3/2024
Our group studies the senses of smell and taste. We're interested not only in the nitty-gritty of the molecular and cellular mechanisms that allow us to detect odors in taste,…
Category: Research
12/3/2024
A research team at UVA Health is testing the potential of focused ultrasound to increase the immune response to immunotherapy in melanoma. UVA’s work with focused ultrasound already has led…
Category: Research
New Study Reveals Key Mechanism Behind Cerebellar Ataxia and Neurodegeneration
12/3/2024
Researchers from the University of Virginia have uncovered a critical role for the SEL1L-HRD1 complex in preventing neurodegeneration in Purkinje cells—a type of neuron crucial for motor coordination. The findings,…
Category: Research
Clinical Trial Identifies Better Treatment for Brain Tumors
12/3/2024
Adding the chemotherapy pill temozolomide to radiation treatment significantly improves survival for adults with brain tumors known as grade 2 gliomas, a clinical trial led by a top UVA Health…
Category: Research
Inaugural Application Round for SOM Research Shared Instrumentation Program Was Huge Success
12/3/2024
School of Medicine Office for Research recently completed the inaugural application cycle for the new Shared Instrumentation Program. The Shared Instrumentation Program seeks to expand the core model to include…
Category: Research
UVA Cancer Center Partnering to Expand Lung Cancer Screenings in Rural Virginia, West Virginia
12/3/2024
UVA Cancer Center, Appalachian Community Cancer Alliance and Buchanan General Hospital (BGH) have teamed up to make getting screened for lung cancer easier for residents of rural Virginia and West…
Category: Clinical
Ticket Scheduling Coming for Adult and Pediatric Primary Care Visits
12/3/2024
As part of its ongoing work, the UVA Health Primary Care Optimization Workgroup in partnership with HIT will launch ticket scheduling for 11 common adult and pediatric primary care visit…
Category: Clinical
Abstract Submission Deadline: Innovation in Education Week
12/3/2024
Innovation in Education week, scheduled for March 3-7, 2025, highlights and celebrates innovative ideas, research, and emerging concepts in education across UME, GME, CME, BIMS, PHS, MD-PhD, and Interprofessional Education…
Category: Education
12/3/2024
How is humanism nurtured in a highly technical training program like medicine or nursing? This is the question the Brodie Medical Education Fund Committee posed to 12 healthcare professionals from…
Category: Education
12/3/2024
The Maternity Practices in Infant Nutrition and Care (mPINC) survey is a national survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that measures how closely hospitals are following…
Category: Honors & Awards
12/3/2024
BIMS graduate student Maciej Gluc in the Ahmad Jomaa Laboratory in the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics has been awarded the prestigious Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds PhD Fellowship. This…
Category: Honors & Awards
Nominate Faculty for the UVA Public Service Award
12/3/2024
The UVA Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost is calling for nominations for the 2025 faculty Public Service Awards. These awards recognize faculty for outstanding community-engaged scholarship undertaken…
Category: Call for Nominations
12/3/2024
Andrew Parsons, MD, MPH, an associate professor of medicine and public health sciences at UVA, was featured in over 100 national outlets, including U.S. News & World Report, discussing if…
Category: Media Highlights
Biomedical Frontiers Podcast Discusses Regenerating Cartilage: A 3D Printed Future for Joint Health
12/3/2024
Did you know that cartilage has no blood vessels, making it one of the slowest tissues in the body to heal? In the latest episode of the podcast Biomedical Frontiers:…
Category: Media Highlights
