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7/13/23 issue

UVA Health, Riverside Health System Form New Strategic Alliance

7/12/2023

To make it easier for residents of Eastern Virginia to access innovative care for complex medical conditions as well as the latest clinical trials, Riverside Health System and UVA Health…

Category: Community

Riverside Health System

Medicine in Motion: Eric Houpt, MD

7/12/2023

"The main focus of my research is to develop molecular tools, think of it like a magnifying glass, that can really finely diagnose the cause of different infections. We apply…

Category: Research

Eric Houpt

Mani Mahadevan, MD, Investigates RNA Toxicity in Myotonic Muscular Dystrophy

7/12/2023

Mani S. Mahadevan, MD, FRCP (Canada), a professor in the School of Medicine’s Department of Pathology, was recently awarded an R01 grant from the NIH providing $3,227,992 in funding over…

Category: Faculty

Mani Mahadevan

Elise Cope, PhD, Awarded $2.8 Million Grant to Study Hippocampal Structural Plasticity

7/12/2023

Elise Cope, PhD, an assistant professor in the Department of Neuroscience, was awarded a NIH R01 grant for $2.8 million to investigate the role of hippocampal structural plasticity to social…

Category: Faculty

Elise Cope

UVA Researchers Identify Way to Determine Risk of Deadly Pregnancy Complication

7/12/2023

University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have discovered a way to identify pregnant women at risk of preeclampsia, a serious disorder characterized by high blood pressure and kidney dysfunction…

Category: Research

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2023 Wagner Fellowships Awarded to 13 BIMS Students

7/12/2023

Thanks to the tremendous generosity of Dr. Robert Wagner and his wife Mary, the Wagner Fellowship fund was able to award fellowships to 13 Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program (BIMS) students…

Category: Education

Wagner Fellows 2023

School of Medicine Controller Brendon Coll Receives Hoos Building Bridges Award

7/12/2023

Brendon Coll, CPA, the School of Medicine (SOM) controller, received a Hoos Building Bridges Award, along with eight other individuals and two teams, at a reception on June 27 at…

Category: Honors & Awards

Jim Ryan gives Hoos Building Bridges Award to Brendon Coll

iTHRIV’s Kayla Calvo Receives Future of the Field Award From Society of Research Administrators International

7/12/2023

Society of Research Administrators International’s (SRAI) Future of the Field recognition program aims to highlight the up-and-comers of research administration demonstrating leadership among their peers and institutions in innovative ways…

Category: Honors & Awards

Kayla Calvo

In Memoriam: Celebrating the Life of John A. Owen, Jr., MD

7/12/2023

The Department of Medicine has lost an esteemed faculty emeritus, John A. Owen, Jr., MD, who died on the morning of June 28, 2023, after suffering a series of strokes.…

Category: Community

John Owen, Jr., MD

Applications for Center for Excellence in Education Scholars Program Due July 31

7/12/2023

The Center for Excellence in Education (CEE) at UVA School of Medicine is pleased to announce that we are recruiting for the inaugural cohort of the CEE Scholars Program. Deadline…

Category: Call for Nominations

Michael Ryan

Request for Proposals for UVA Brain Institute 2023 Human Neuroscience Pilot Grants

7/12/2023

The UVA Brain Institute is pleased to announce a request for proposals for the 2023 cycle of the Human Neuroscience Pilot Grants program. The deadline to submit applications is August…

Category: Call for Nominations

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