Department of Public Health Sciences Marks National Reaccreditation Milestone, Welcomes New Students
The Department of Public Health Sciences (PHS) welcomed 47 new students to the UVA School of Medicine in an orientation program held last week — a class that arrives just…
New Leadership Announced for the Virginia Clinical and Translational Science Program
New leaders have been appointed to oversee the program for the School of Medicine’s competitive application to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for the Clinical and Translational Science Award…
Jie Yang, PhD, Secures $3.8 Million NIH Grant to Study Mitochondrial Stress Signaling
Jie Yang, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, has received a five-year, $3.8 million R01 award from…
UVA’s First Robotic Cardiac Surgery Marks Major Milestone and Program Launch
UVA's first robotic cardiac surgery case was successfully performed at University Medical Center on July 31, 2026, marking a major milestone for UVA Health and the launch of a dedicated…
New AI Imaging Platform Aims to Open Epilepsy Surgery to More Patients
A team led by Bijoy Kundu, PhD, a professor in the Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging, has developed iD-PET, an artificial intelligence-driven dynamic PET imaging software platform designed to…
Yaohua Yang, PhD, Receives $3.5 Million NIH R37 MERIT Award
Yaohua Yang, PhD, an assistant professor in the Department of Genome Sciences and a member of the University of Virginia Comprehensive Cancer Center, has received a five-year, nearly $3.5 million…
