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3/28/24 issue

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

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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

JoAnn Pinkterton UVA Research in Motion

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

Craig Slingluff UVA

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

Steven Zeichner, MD PhD

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

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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

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One Team United on Access — Did You Know? Providers Can Partner With Access to Solve Complex and Multidisciplinary Patient Scheduling

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

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UVA Health Electrophysiology Team Performs First Extravascular Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator in Virginia

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

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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

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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

Johnson Ung UVA BIMS graduate student

Faculty from the Department of Biomedical Engineering Inducted into the 2024 Class of AIMBE College of Fellows

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

UVA Timothy Allen, Mete Civelek, Brian Helmke AIMBE fellows

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

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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

Kate McManus MD

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

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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

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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

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Office for Research Solicits Projects and Faculty Mentors for the Medical Student Summer Research Program

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

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Laurie Archbald-Pannone, MD, Article About COVID Boosters for Seniors Receives Widespread National News Coverage

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

Laurie Archbald-Pannone, MD