School of Medicine Alumni: A Vital Connection
5/6/2025
The Class of 2025 will soon join the ranks of more than 15,000 alumni of the School of Medicine, with many opportunities to engage and reconnect ahead of them. For…
Category: Dean's Message
UVA Medical Alumni Association Hosted Medical School Reunion Weekend
5/6/2025
The UVA Medical Alumni Association hosted Medical School Reunion Weekend, April 25 – 27. The event was attended by over 340 MD alumni and their guests. This year’s reunion celebrated…
Category: Alumni
UVA Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Alumni Reunion Conference Welcomes Alumni Spanning Six Decades
5/6/2025
The University of Virginia's Department of Orthopaedic Surgery welcomed over 40 residency and fellowship alumni spanning six decades to Charlottesville on April 11-12, 2025, for an educational conference at the…
Category: Alumni
Research in Motion: Michelle Bland, PhD
5/6/2025
My lab studies how hormones like insulin control growth and metabolism. And on the flip side, we study how infection can derail the control of growth and metabolism by insulin…
Category: Research
Immune System Changes Explain Long COVID Breathing Problems
5/6/2025
Groundbreaking research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine has revealed crucial new insights into the immune systems of COVID-19 survivors, particularly those struggling with persistent breathing issues. The…
Category: Research
Seham Ebrahim, PhD, Earns $2 Million NIH-R35 Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award
5/6/2025
Seham Ebrahim, PhD, an assistant professor in the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, was awarded a prestigious Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA) R35 grant from the National Institutes…
Category: Research
UVA Brain Retreat Hosts Nearly 200 Neuroscience Researchers On Grounds
5/6/2025
Nearly 200 neuroscience researchers including UVA faculty, undergraduate, graduate, and medical students, postdoctoral researchers, and staff gathered last week at Newcomb Hall for the 2025 UVA Brain Retreat, organized by…
Category: Research
5/6/2025
When Tuyet-Minh Tran, a medical student in the Class of 2025, was given the assignment to reflect on her anatomy lab experience through artistic expression, she chose to use her…
Category: Education
Public Health Sciences Spring Poster Day Showcases MPH Graduate Work
5/6/2025
The Department of Public Health Sciences was excited to host the Master of Public Health Spring Semester Poster Day last week. Twenty-seven graduating MPH students presented their work and recommendations…
Category: Education
Brain Awareness: How Student Volunteers Rebuilt UVA’s Neuroscience Outreach Program
5/6/2025
Neuroscience outreach isn’t new at the University of Virginia: researchers have been communicating the importance of research to the public through Brain Awareness Week since 1996. However, in March 2020,…
Category: Education
Joseph Rispoli, PhD, Inducted Into National Council of Early Career Investigators in Imaging
5/6/2025
The University of Virginia’s Joseph Rispoli, PhD, associate professor of radiology and medical imaging, was inducted into a prestigious national council of early career imaging researchers earlier this year. Dr.…
Category: Honors & Awards
Department of Genome Sciences Celebrates National DNA With Local Middle School Students
5/6/2025
National DNA Day, observed every year on April 25, commemorates two pivotal moments in scientific history: the discovery of the DNA double helix in 1953 and the completion of the…
Category: Community
5/6/2025
Laurie Archbald-Pannone, MD, an associate professor in the Department of Medicine, spoke with HuffPost about the importance of avoiding sugar-sweetened beverages like soda to support healthy aging. Although water remains…
Category: Media Highlights
Bruce Greyson, MD, Featured on The Oprah Podcast Discussing Near-Death Experiences
5/6/2025
Bruce Greyson, MD, a professor of psychiatric medicine in the Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences' Division of Perceptual Studies, talks about near-death experiences (NDEs) on The Oprah Podcast. Dr.…
Category: Media Highlights
