Medicine in Motion is One-Year Old
4/4/2023
The School of Medicine’s weekly digital newsletter Medicine in Motion launched one year ago to share important information across the school and celebrate the many accomplishments of our students, trainees,…
Category: Featured
Research in Motion Video: Li Li, MD, PhD, MPH
4/4/2023
I am a family doctor, but also a cancer researcher. We try to understand how our environment works together with the genome to drive the colon cancer carcinogenesis. --Li Li,…
Category: Research
4/4/2023
The saliva of mosquitoes infected with dengue viruses contains a substance that thwarts the human immune system and makes it easier for people to become infected with these potentially deadly…
Category: Research
Bryce Paschal, PhD, Awarded $2.3 Million Grant to Study the Enzyme PARP7 in Prostate Cancer
4/4/2023
Bryce Paschal, PhD, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, was awarded a 5-year $2.3 million grant from the National Cancer Institute at the NIH to study the enzyme PARP7 in…
Category: Research
J. Scott Just, MD, Named Chief Executive Officer of UVA Physicians Group
4/4/2023
J. Scott Just, MD, MBA, FACEP, has been appointed chief executive officer of University of Virginia Physicians Group, a non-profit 501(c)3 organization chartered to UVA to provide clinical and administrative…
Category: Community
4/4/2023
To meet the growing need for pediatric neurodevelopmental and behavioral health care in Central Virginia, UVA Children's and Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital are partnering to create a new outpatient clinic…
Category: Clinical
Postpartum Depression Test Based on Discovery by Jennifer Payne, MD, Is Finalist in NIH Competition
4/4/2023
A potential test to identify women at risk for postpartum depression that combines a digital screening tool with a blood test – based on a UVA Health discovery – is…
Category: Clinical
Katie Love, MD New Study of Type 1 Diabetes Enrolling Participants
4/4/2023
Katie Love, MD, an endocrinologist and principal investigator for the study HSR210198-Therapeutic Strategies for Microvascular Dysfunction in Type 1 Diabetes is currently enrolling participants. The overarching goals of this study…
Category: Research
Megan Bray, MD Awarded 2023 Jefferson Scholars Foundation Excellence in Teaching Award
4/4/2023
The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology is proud to share that Megan Bray, MD, was named the 2023 recipient of the Jefferson Scholars Foundation Excellence in Teaching Award. Dr. Bray…
Category: Honors & Awards
4/4/2023
Congratulations to Professor of Biomedical Engineering Jeffrey Saucerman, PhD, for his election as a member of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of Fellows. This is…
Category: Honors & Awards
Faculty Seminar on the Teaching of Writing
4/4/2023
Applications are currently open for the Faculty Seminar on the Teaching of Writing, which will be held May 22-25, 2023. Up to twenty participants from across schools and disciplines will…
Category: Faculty
StandPoint Survey Results Sharing Session Recording Available
4/4/2023
A School-wide StandPoint Faculty Engagement Survey results sharing session was held Friday, March 31, 12-1 p.m. via Zoom. Valerie Dandar, director of medical school operations research with the AAMC, shared…
Category: Faculty
UVA Alumnus and Former NIH Director Francis Collins, MD, PhD, Featured on HOOS in STEM Podcast
4/4/2023
HOOS in STEM is a new podcast that showcases the cornucopia of all that is STEM at UVA. Ken Ono, the STEM advisor to the Provost and Marvin Rosenblum Professor…
Category: Alumni
JoAnn Pinkerton, MD, Featured in The Daily Progress About Women Suffering Silently in Menopause
4/4/2023
The Daily Progress article titled “Women are Suffering in Silence, UVA Midlife Health Expert Talks Menopause” features JoAnn Pinkerton, MD discussing the menopause stigma of “don’t ask, don’t tell." Dr.…
Category: Media Highlights
Kari Ring, MD, Interviewed in Healio About Chatbot Effectiveness
4/4/2023
Kari Ring, MD, a UVA Health School of Medicine obstetrician-gynecologist, was interviewed by Healio about chatbot effectiveness identifying high-risk pathogenic variants in cancer genes. "Compared [with] current practice, utilization of…
Category: Media Highlights
