New Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine Coming Soon
9/19/2023
As part of our strategic goal to expand our offerings in service of superior patient outcomes, we are pleased to share that UVA Health University Medical Center is establishing a…
Category: Featured
Research in Motion: Melina R. Kibbe, MD
9/19/2023
The overall goal of our research laboratory is to develop novel drug eluting technologies for patients with vascular disease. One example is arterial stenting. We're developing a novel therapy based…
Category: Research
Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome: A Deeper Dive into a Growing Concern
9/19/2023
A team of neonatal researchers at UVA Children’s, Washington University in St. Louis, and the University of Alabama at Birmingham, co-led by Brynne Sullivan, MD, in the Department of Pediatrics,…
Category: Research
Chemotherapy Drug Could Prevent Deadly Heart Failure
9/19/2023
A chemotherapy drug used to fight bone-marrow cancer also has the potential to treat and prevent potentially deadly heart failure, a powerful new drug-screening tool developed at UVA Health suggests. The…
Category: Research
9/19/2023
Julius Zhu, PhD, a professor of pharmacology, was awarded a $2 million grant for a project titled “Architectonic Analysis of Complex Cortical Circuits in Healthy and Diseased Brain.” Professor Zhu’s…
Category: Research
BIMS Spotlight: PhD Candidate Johnson Ung Receives F99/K00 Award from the National Cancer Institute
9/19/2023
Biomedical sciences (BIMS) graduate student Johnson Ung was awarded a F99/K00 grant through the National Cancer Institute branch of the National Institutes of Health this past month. This award is…
Category: Education
Subtle Shift in Terminology Could Improve Undergraduate Medical Education
9/19/2023
University of Virginia School of Medicine educators are seeking to improve patient care, prevent medical mistakes and, ultimately, produce better doctors by enhancing how students are taught clinical reasoning, the…
Category: Education
9/19/2023
Stellah Mpagama, MD, PhD, a visiting faculty scholar from Kibong'oto Infectious Diseases Hospital, Tanzania, and Scott Heysell, MD, an associate professor in the Department of Medicine's Division of Infectious Diseases…
Category: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
9/19/2023
Stewart Babbott, MD, and Mohan M. Nadkarni, MD, in the Department of Medicine, have been awarded Mastership in the American College of Physicians (ACP). Approximately 50 members a year out…
Category: Faculty
9/19/2023
Kandice Levental, PhD, and Ilya Levental, PhD, were awarded the prestigious 2024 AVANTI Award in Lipids from the Biophysical Society. This remarkable accomplishment reflects their dedication, expertise, and contributions to…
Category: Honors & Awards
Michael R. Nelson, MD, PhD, and Nora Kern, MD, Honored by UVA Medical Alumni Association
9/19/2023
The UVA Medical Alumni Association announced the 2023 recipients of six awards. This year's awards and recipients include: Walter Reed Distinguished Achievement Award: Michael R. Nelson, MD ’89, PhD ’93,…
Category: Honors & Awards
School of Medicine Mourns the Loss of Howard Charles Malpass, MD
9/19/2023
The School of Medicine shares sad news that Howard Charles Malpass, III, MD, a pulmonolgist in the Department of Medicine, passed away suddenly on September 14, at the age of…
Category: Faculty
In Memoriam: Honoring the Life of Nobel Laureate Ferid Murad, MD, PhD
9/19/2023
It is with great sadness the School of Medicine shares news that Ferid Murad, MD, PhD, a professor emeritus who held appointments in the Departments of Medicine and Pharmacology from…
Category: Community
