UVA Health’s Third Annual ASPIRE Day Was Tremendous Success
2/19/2025
UVA Health hosted the third annual ASPIRE Day on Friday, Feb. 14 to engage with team members and celebrate our ASPIRE values: accountability, stewardship, professionalism, integrity, respect and equity. The…
Category: Community
Research in Motion: Jeffrey Saucerman, PhD
2/19/2025
My research group combines computational and experimental methods to discover new drugs for heart disease ... we’ve identified a number of drugs that have been already approved for other diseases,…
Category: Research
Lu Le, MD, PhD, and Colleagues Discover Potential Key to Reversing Baldness
2/19/2025
A surprising discovery from the University of Virginia School of Medicine is transforming our understanding of hair growth and could set the stage for new approaches to cure baldness. Researchers…
Category: Research
2/19/2025
Backed by a new five-year $3.3 million award from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, Ilya Levental, PhD, a professor in the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological…
Category: Research
Ziv Haskal, MD, Named National Principal Investigator for Novel Knee Osteoarthritis Treatment
2/19/2025
The University of Virginia’s Ziv J. Haskal, MD, professor of radiology and medical imaging, has been announced as the national principal investigator leading the multicenter U.S. trial to evaluate genicular…
Category: Research
Four UVA Health Teams Earn National Patient Experience Awards
2/19/2025
Four teams at UVA Health University Medical Center have been honored with national patient experience awards based on top ratings from patients. “Patients are at the center of everything we…
Category: Clinical
2/19/2025
Discover Medicine is a monthly program that invites local high school students to spend the day at UVA School of Medicine to get an introduction to different medical fields and…
Category: Education
2/19/2025
Kelly Shaffer, PhD, an associate professor in the UVA Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences and Center for Behavioral Health and Technology, has been appointed chair-elect for the Scientific Network…
Category: Honors & Awards
Committee on Women in Medicine and Science Honors Wendy Novicoff, PhD as February Woman of the Month
2/19/2025
Wendy Novicoff, PhD, a professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences (PHS) and program director for both the Master of Science in Clinical Research program and the PHS Certificate…
Category: Faculty
Call for Nominations: John F. Anderson Memorial Lectureship
2/19/2025
The Office of Research is accepting nominations for the John F. Anderson Memorial Lectureship. Established in 1955 by Dr. John Anderson, a graduate of the UVA School of Medicine, the…
Category: Call for Nominations
Call for Nominations: Department of Pediatrics Research Day 2025 and Trainee Competition
2/19/2025
37th Annual Research Symposium Research Day - Thursday, May 29, 2025 A full day of presentations, awards, and a featured speaker! Participants will display poster presentations summarizing their work, followed…
Category: Call for Nominations
Call for Nominations: 2025 Kendig Award for Pediatric Fellows
2/19/2025
The 2025 Edwin and Mary Kendig Award for Pediatric Fellows Call for Nominations Due: Friday, April 11 The Kendig Research Award is given annually to a fellow in the University…
Category: Call for Nominations
Laura Homewood, MD, Featured on PBS Newshour Discussing Endometriosis
2/19/2025
Laura Homewood, MD, an assistant professor in the UVA Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, was featured on PBS Newshour discussing endometriosis. View the video on PBS News. Around the world,…
Category: Media Highlights
