Celebrating Pride Month at the School of Medicine
6/22/2022
Pride Month is celebrated each year in June to commemorate the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan, which was a tipping point for the Gay Liberation Movement in the United States.…
Category: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Child Health Research Center’s 34th Annual Research Day Aimed at Improving Childhood Diseases
6/22/2022
The Child Health Research Center in the Department of Pediatrics hosted the 34th Annual Research Day Symposium on May 26, 2022 at UVA Children’s Battle Building. The annual event celebrates…
Category: Research
Participate in a Study on Community Engagement Health Research
6/22/2022
You are invited to participate in an anonymous iTHRIV survey to better understand how Virginians perceive community involvement in health research. What do you think about health research? We would…
Category: Research
UVA Launches $75M Neuroscience Challenge
6/22/2022
UVA will invest more than $75 million in an interdisciplinary effort to pioneer life-changing advances in neuroscience while simultaneously mapping the workings of the human brain. Jaideep Kapur, a professor…
Category: Research
Alan Matsumoto, MD, Elected Vice Chair of the American College of Radiology
6/22/2022
At the American College of Radiology’s annual meeting on April 24-26 in Washington, D.C., UVA Radiology and Medical Imaging Professor and Chair Dr. Alan Matsumoto was elected as vice chair…
Category: Honors & Awards
Urology Resident Dr. Hutchison Presented on the Economic Impact of Urologic Disease in Belize
6/22/2022
Urology research resident Dylan Hutchison, MD, presented at the Society of Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine and Urogenital Reconstruction Annual Meeting on the economic impact of urologic disease in Belize. On…
Category: Clinical
Firas El Chaer, MD, Discusses Advances and Unmet Leukemia Needs
6/22/2022
Assistant Professor Firas El Chaer, MD, from the Division of Hematology and Oncology, comments on recent advances in acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) in this interview at the Transplantation & Cellular…
Category: Clinical
Summer Medical Leadership Program Looking for Faculty to Shadow
6/22/2022
The Summer Medical Leadership Program will be offered on grounds this year, for the first time since 2019! We are so excited to have this opportunity back after hosting last…
Category: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Invitation to Join Committee on Women in Medicine & Science
6/22/2022
COWIMS promotes and enables the representation, development, and contributions of all individuals by advocating for and empowering women in the SOM to achieve personal and professional fulfillment. We invite you…
Category: Faculty
Call for Nominations: Dean’s Faculty Awards
6/22/2022
Please consider nominating a colleague for one or more of the Dean's Faculty Awards. The deadline for submitting a nomination packet for the awards is Monday, June 27, 2022.
UVA Receives Best Employers: Excellence in Health & Well-Being Award
6/22/2022
On behalf of UVA, Hoos Well was honored to receive the prestigious Business Group on Health Best Employers: Excellence in Health & Well-being Award, for its outstanding commitment to advancing…
Category: Community
JoAnn Pinkerton, MD, Discussed a New Drug for Hot Flashes in National Media
6/22/2022
U.S. News, WebMD and other national media outlets featured JoAnn Pinkerton, MD, discussing a new drug for hot flashes. Dr. Pinkerton is a professor and director of the Midlife Health…
Category: Media Highlights
USA Today Fact-Checked Pfizer Vaccine Trial Info with Patrick Jackson, MD
6/22/2022
Assistant Professor Patrick Jackson, MD, was called upon by USA Today to review false interpretations of data from a 2021 Pfizer report. Read the article.
Category: Media Highlights
