UVA Celebrates 100 Years of Women in Medicine and Science
5/1/2024
The Committee on Women in Medicine and Science or COWIMS and the Maxine Platzer Lynn Women’s Center jointly hosted 100 Years of Women in Medicine and Science at UVA, on April…
Category: Featured
Research in Motion: Anita Clayton, MD
5/1/2024
I've helped develop treatments for major depressive disorder, primarily monoamine reuptake inhibitors, but most recently for postpartum depression with novel mechanisms of action, including allopregnanolone analogs, and psychedelics, specifically psilocybin…
Category: Research
5/1/2024
UVA Health is excited to announce the semifinalists of the second annual Spark Innovation Competition. Focused on improving the research environment, this year’s competition created a special union of our…
Category: Research
5/1/2024
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded Ling Qi, PhD, two grants totaling $4.2 million for projects that could lead to new therapeutic treatments for metabolic and liver disorders. Dr.…
Category: Research
5/1/2024
A new tool developed at the University of Virginia School of Medicine will help doctors and scientists better understand and overcome childhood undernutrition that contributes to almost half of all…
Category: Research
5/1/2024
The human voice box is a delicate, complex and highly specialized structure that enables the fine control and wondrous beauty of speech and song. When vocal cords are damaged, recovery…
Category: Research
5/1/2024
Physicians’ work is measured by a time allocation system called the CART. CART stands for Clinical time, Administrative time, Research time, and Teaching time. For each physician the various components…
Category: Clinical
All UVA Health Medical Centers Earn Grade ‘A’ for Safety
5/1/2024
For the second consecutive grading period, all four UVA Health medical centers earned “A” grades for hospital safety from The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit that rates patient care quality.…
Category: Honors & Awards
5/1/2024
Michael S. Ryan, MD, MEHP, is the 2024 recipient of the Council on Medical Student Education in Pediatrics (COMSEP) Research/Scholarship Award. Dr. Ryan is professor of pediatrics, associate dean for…
Category: Education
Call for Applications: 2024-2025 UVA School of Medicine Junior Faculty Development Program
5/1/2024
The UVA School of Medicine Junior Faculty Development Program (JFDP) helps prepare early career faculty to flourish as academic physicians and scientists. A cohort-based program spanning an academic year, the…
Category: Faculty
Venable Elementary Students Dive into the World of Science at UVA School of Medicine
5/1/2024
Third-grade students from Venable Elementary School embarked on a journey into the world of science during a recent field-trip in April to the Department of Cell Biology at the UVA…
Category: Community
Center for Public Health Genomics Celebrates National DNA Day with Local High School Students
5/1/2024
National DNA Day is celebrated annually on April 25. It commemorates the discovery of DNA's double helix in 1953 and the completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003. To…
Category: Community
Jennie Babcock, MS, Selected as UVA Human Resources Director of Service for School of Medicine
5/1/2024
UVA School of Medicine leadership is pleased to announce that Sr. HR Business Partner Jennie Babcock, MS, SHRM-SCP, XCC, will be moving into the Director of Service role for the…
Category: Community
Li Li, MD, PhD, Writes Forward for Storylines of Family Medicine
5/1/2024
As the field of family medicine celebrates 55 years, the April issue of a leading international journal Family Medicine and Community Health (FMCH), published by BMJ Journals, is dedicated to…
Category: Media Highlights
