Becker’s Hospital Review Recognizes UVA Health University Medical Center
7/18/2023
Becker’s Hospital Review, a national healthcare publication, recently named UVA Health University Medical Center to its 2023 list of “Great Hospitals in America.” It also recognized UVA Health’s Heart &…
Category: Clinical
Research in Motion: Linda Duska, MD, MPH
7/18/2023
I'm a clinical researcher and I love clinical research for two main reasons. The first reason is that it allows me to offer my patients novel state of the art…
Category: Research
7/18/2023
Golam Mohi, PhD, a professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, was awarded two new NIH grants (one R01 and one R21) providing approximately $2.8 million to study…
Category: Faculty
Storing Fat Around Waist May NOT Increase Diabetes Risk
7/18/2023
Conventional wisdom holds that storing fat around your belly puts you at increased risk for type 2 diabetes. But surprising new findings from the University of Virginia School of Medicine…
Category: Faculty
7/18/2023
Surgeons who also conduct important biomedical research are struggling to obtain research funding, and that “broken pipeline” could spell extinction for surgeon-scientists and slow innovations for patients if something isn’t…
Category: Faculty
7/18/2023
Surgeon Christine Ibilibor, MD, is conducting a clinical trial titled “Pre-habilitation with Mindfulness and Exercise for Patients Undergoing Radical Cystectomy,” a procedure to treat advanced bladder cancer that is considered…
Category: Faculty
Keith Keene, PhD, and UVA Researchers Use Precision Medicine to Address Public Health Equity
7/18/2023
How can UVA scholars and scientists use precision medicine tools, like epigenetics and bioinformatics, to further public health equity? This is a question Keith Keene, PhD, director of the School…
Category: Philanthropy
Donna Chen, MD, MPH, Appointed to American Psychiatric Association Ethics Committee
7/18/2023
Donna Chen, MD, MPH, an associate professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences, Department of Psychiatric Medicine, and Center for Health Humanities and Ethics, has been appointed to the…
Category: Honors & Awards
Department of Pediatrics Welcomes Firezer Haregu, MD, the First SOM ‘Targets of Opportunity’ Hire
7/18/2023
The Department of Pediatrics recently hired Firezer Haregu, MD, through the ‘Targets of Opportunity’ (TOPS) program, a funding source created to support initiatives aligning with achievement of the University of…
Category: Faculty
Research Administrators Mentoring Program Now Accepting Applications
7/18/2023
The Research Administration Mentoring Program and University Partnership (RAMP UP) is now accepting applications for the 2023-2024 Mentee cohort. Experienced Research Administrators from across Grounds are encouraged to apply. RAMP…
Category: Call for Nominations
BIMS Doctoral Candidate Synphane Gibbs-Shelton Wrote Article for The Conversation
7/18/2023
Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program doctoral candidate Synphane Gibbs-Shelton wrote an article for The Conversation that was covered in news outlets nationally, including Yahoo. Her article is about the role microglia…
Category: Research
J. Kim Penberthy, PhD, Provides Tips for What to Do When Your Therapist is Away on Vacation
7/18/2023
J. Kim Penberthy, PhD, a professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, provides tips and strategies on how to prepare for a lapse in metal health converge when…
Category: Faculty
