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5/11/23 issue

SOM Earns Top Honors in U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate School Rankings

5/11/2023

  The University of Virginia School of Medicine has earned a top national ranking for its biomedical research in U.S. News & World Report’s 2023-2024 Best Graduate Schools guide. The…

Category: Media Highlights

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Research in Motion: Jeff Elias, MD

5/11/2023

"Focused Ultrasound was a procedure we brought from the laboratory to the clinic and it had immediate impacts on patients disabilities, actually alleviating them. And we're hopeful that we can…

Category: Research

Jeff Elias MD

Ukpong B. Eyo, PhD and Edward Perez-Reyes, PhD, Research Advances Understanding of How Brain Responds to Seizures

5/11/2023

New School of Medicine findings about how the brain responds to seizures could facilitate the development of much-needed treatments for the third of patients who don’t respond to existing options.…

Category: Research

Upkong Eyo and Edward Perez-Reyes

Sana Syed, MD, Awarded $2.7 Million Grant to Study Methods for Predicting Future Outcomes of Crohn’s Disease in Children

5/11/2023

Sana Syed, MD, MSCR, MSDS, an associate professor in the School of Medicine’s Department of Pediatrics, was recently awarded an R01 grant from the NIH providing $2,739,706 in funding to…

Category: Research

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Nobel Laureate Barry J. Marshall, MBBS, To Present the Inaugural ‘David A. Peura, MD Endowed Lecture’

5/11/2023

The Department of Medicine’s Gastroenterology Division is thrilled to host Nobel Laureate and former UVA faculty member Barry J. Marshall, MBBS, as the guest speaker for the inaugural “David A.…

Category: Research

Barry Marshall winning Nobel prize 2005

UVA Infectious Diseases Clinic Receives Funding For More than $6.4 Million Annually to Support HIV Care

5/11/2023

The UVA Infectious Diseases Clinic has received Ryan White funding for HIV care from Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) since 1998, and currently receives funding from Ryan White Parts…

Category: Clinical

Gregory Townsend

Focused Ultrasound Trial Finds Promise for Parkinson’s Patients

5/11/2023

The findings of a major international trial to test a high-tech, scalpel-free approach to treating movement problems caused by Parkinson’s disease have been published in the prestigious New England Journal…

Category: Research

focused ultrasound technology

Kelsie D. Kelly, PhD, MPH in Department of Public Health Sciences Presents STEAM-H Seminar at VSU

5/11/2023

“Race policy and Health: It’s not what you say, it’s what you do” is the title of the STEAM-H Seminar presented by Kelsie D. Kelly, PhD, MPH at Virginia State…

Category: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Kelsie Kelly

Brant Isakson, PhD, Receives Prestigious 2024 Robert M. Berne Distinguished Lectureship

5/11/2023

Brant Isakson, PhD, a professor of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics and member of the Robert M. Berne Cardiovascular Research Center, has received the 2024 Robert M. Berne Distinguished Lectureship…

Category: Honors & Awards

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Amy Mathers, MD, Represents American Society of Microbiology at Congressional Hearing on Antimicrobial Resistance

5/11/2023

Associate Professor Amy Mathers, MD, in the Departments of Medicine and Pathology, represented the American Society of Microbiology (ASM) at the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Congressional hearing on Antimicrobial…

Category: Faculty

Amy Mathers and Morgan Griffith

Junior Faculty Development Program Alumni Luncheon Held on May 4

5/11/2023

The Junior Faculty Development Program (JFDP) Alumni Luncheon was held Thursday, May 4, 2023, in Pinn Hall Conference Center. Attendees were able to reconnect with members of their JFDP cohort…

Category: Faculty

JFDP Alumni luncheon 2023

UVA Medical Alumni Association Hosted Medical School Reunion Weekend, April 28–30

5/11/2023

The UVA Medical Alumni Association hosted Medical School Reunion Weekend, April 28 – 30. The event was attended by over 300 MD alumni and their guests. This year’s reunion celebrated…

Category: Alumni

2023 Medical Alumni Reunion Award Winners