6/25/2024
William A. Petri MD, PhD, the Wade Hampton Frost Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, has been awarded a five-year, $2.4 million renewal of…
Category: Research
Research in Motion: Paola Gehrig, MD
6/25/2024
My primary research interest has been endometrial cancer, and throughout my career I've been very interested in clinical trials, be they surgical trials or novel therapeutics. Unlike many other malignancies,…
Category: Research
Applicants Sought for Assistant Dean for Research
6/25/2024
The School of Medicine is issuing an internal call for applications for the Assistant Dean for Research reporting to the Senior Associate Dean for Research. This will be a 30%…
Category: Research
Lukens Lab to Study Role of Emerging Genetic Risk Factor in Alzheimer’s Disease
6/25/2024
John Lukens, PhD, an associate professor of neuroscience and inaugural director of the Harrison Family Translational Research Center in Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases to be located in UVA's Paul and…
Category: Research
Failure Is an Option: How UVA Studies the Value of Scientific Mistakes
6/25/2024
In a perfect world, Gertrude Fraser would want women scientists to talk openly about the times they failed. She’d want research universities to embrace errors – maybe even celebrate them…
Category: Research
6/25/2024
The 2022 AAMC StandPoint survey showed that faculty views of clinical operations (ability to provide high quality care; how well the clinical practice functions overall) have significantly improved since the…
Category: Clinical
6/25/2024
Question: What is the Clinical Compensation Plan model that is being adopted? Answer: Total cash compensation will be structured similar to what currently exists with the majority of the clinical…
Category: Clinical
Invitation to Host Pre-Med Students for Clinical Shadowing Opportunity
6/25/2024
The UVA Summer Medical Leadership Program (SMLP) welcomed the 2024 class on June 3 and seeks faculty to provide clinical shadowing opportunities for our students. SMLP is a medical enrichment…
Category: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Alan Matsumoto, MD, Receives VIVA Foundation’s ATLAS Award for Impact in Interventional Radiology
6/25/2024
Alan H. Matsumoto, MD, the Theodore E. Keats Endowed Professor in the Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging, is the recipient of the VIVA Foundation’s 2024 ATLAS Award. The ATLAS…
Category: Honors & Awards
UVA Health Leadership Institute Inaugural Class Concludes with Capstones and Celebration
6/25/2024
On June 12, 32 team members from across UVA Health gathered to celebrate the conclusion of their training in the first-ever cohort of the UVA Health Leadership Institute (HLI). Launched in…
Category: Community
Help Patients and Families Give Back to UVA Health
6/25/2024
Did you know that the UVA Health Foundation offers a peer-to-peer fundraising platform? The Get Involved platform enables patients, families, alumni, supporters, and community members to create personalized fundraising pages to…
Category: Community
Francis Shen, MD, and Adam Shimer, MD, Named Among America’s Best Spine Surgeons by Newsweek
6/25/2024
Francis Shen, MD, and Adam Shimer, MD, made Newsweek’s 2024 list of the 150 leading spine surgeons in the U.S. The ranking assesses surgeons' procedures using Medicare data, conducts an…
Category: Media Highlights
