Celebrating National Doctor’s Day
3/27/2024
As we approach March 30 – National Doctors’ Day – we want to take a moment to recognize this special occasion dedicated to honoring the contributions of physicians…
Category: Community
Research in Motion: JoAnn Pinkerton, MD
3/27/2024
There are 55 million menopausal women, and all women go through menopause. About 80 percent have hot flashes, 25 percent debilitating, but they cause loss of work time productivity. My…
Category: Research
Enhanced Melanoma Vaccine Offers Improved Survival for Men
3/27/2024
A second-generation melanoma vaccine developed at UVA Cancer Center improves long-term survival for melanoma patients compared with the first-generation vaccine, new research shows. Interestingly, the benefit of the second-generation vaccine…
Category: Research
UVA Researchers Discover Potential Long COVID Source
3/27/2024
UVA Health researchers have discovered a potential explanation for some of the most perplexing mysteries of COVID-19 and long COVID. The surprising findings could lead to new treatments for the…
Category: Research
Multiple Unsafe Sleep Practices Found in Most Sudden Infant Deaths
3/27/2024
There were multiple unsafe sleep practices at play in more than three-quarters of Sudden Unexpected Infant Deaths reported in 23 jurisdictions between 2011 and 2020, a new study reveals. The…
Category: Research
Bijoy Kundu, PhD, and Mark Quigg, MD, Receive Grant for Imaging Epilepsy
3/27/2024
Bijoy Kundu, PhD, and Mark Quigg, MD, received a $100,000 grant on March 13 from the Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation to improve imaging technology for epilepsy patients. Epilepsy affects 1.6…
Category: Research
3/27/2024
The access team stands ready to partner with specialties and sub-specialties to accommodate the scheduling of complex and multidisciplinary patients. These solutions are applied at the specialty or sub-specialty level…
Category: Clinical
3/27/2024
UVA Health electrophysiology team, led by Pamela Mason, MD, with the support of cardiac surgery and cardiac anesthesia, recently performed the first extravascular implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) in Virginia. The…
Category: Clinical
BIMS Lab Coat Ceremony Planned for March 29
3/27/2024
The School of Medicine Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program (BIMS) Lab Coat Ceremony occurs on March 29, 5:30-7:30 p.m. in McLeod Hall Auditorium. We are excited about celebrating our first-year BIMS…
Category: Education
BIMS Spotlight: Johnson Ung Appointed to American Association for Cancer Research Council
3/27/2024
Johnson Ung, a fifth-year Biomedical Sciences graduate student, was recently appointed a member of the Associate Member Council (AMC) within the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR). The three-year term…
Category: Education
3/27/2024
The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) Fellows represent the top 2 percent of accomplished medical and biological engineers. Now more than half of the faculty in the University…
Category: Honors & Awards
William Brady, MD, Receives 2024 All-University Teaching Award
3/27/2024
William Brady, MD, a professor in the Departments of Emergency Medicine and Medicine, received the 2024 All-University Teaching Award for his commitment to excellence in the classroom and depth of…
Category: Honors & Awards
Connect with COWIMS as it Turns 20 During Women’s History Month
3/27/2024
For two decades, the Committee on Women in Medicine and Science (COWIMS) has been on a mission — to promote and enable the representation, development, and contributions of all individuals.…
Category: Community
UVA Writing Across Curriculum Program Offers Four-Day Faculty Seminar on the Teaching of Writing
3/27/2024
UVA Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) program is offering afour-day seminar May 28-31 to assist faculty across the University in developing effective writing instruction in any subject. Faculty who complete…
Category: Faculty
Department of Public Health Sciences Master of Public Health Program Hosts Inaugural Alumni Event
3/27/2024
The UVA Medical Alumni Association and Department of Public Health Sciences Master of Public Health program hosted an inaugural alumni event in Falls Church on Thursday, March 21. Thirty-one alumni,…
Category: Alumni
Z Society Distinguished Faculty Award Nominations Due April 5
3/27/2024
Each year, the Z Society recognizes one outstanding member of the University’s faculty who has positively impacted the faculty and student body during their tenure. The award is intended to…
Category: Call for Nominations
3/27/2024
The SOM Office for Research is soliciting projects for the Medical Student Summer Research Program (MSSRP). The MSSRP is a summer research experience offered to our medical students as an…
Category: Call for Nominations
3/27/2024
Laurie Archbald-Panone, MD, an associate professor in the Department of Medicine, wrote an article for The Conversation about the importance of people ages 65 and up getting a COVID booster…
Category: Faculty
