High School Students Look to Soar with Help of New UVA Program
7/28/2021
There probably aren’t too many second-graders who could tell you what an OB-GYN is, but KaTia Whindleton was well-versed at the time. Whindleton had her father, in part, to thank for that.
Research That Saves Lives: Four COVID-19 Therapies Being Tested at UVA
12/15/2020
Over the past nine months, clinical trials conducted at the University of Virginia have led to new treatments for patients fighting COVID-19 in Charlottesville and new tools for health care…
Meet Allie Donlan, a UVA Researcher Whose Work Has Changed the COVID-19 Fight
10/19/2020
Even as the coronavirus pandemic began to grip the world in late February and early March, University of Virginia Ph.D. student Allie Donlan did not necessarily picture herself working on…
This UVA Health Staple Has Been Invaluable During The Pandemic
9/15/2020
Shortly after Lydia Hanson and Patricia Otterness were matched in the University of Virginia School of Medicine’s Patient Student Partnership program last summer, Hanson – who had just started her…
Blood Test At COVID-19 Diagnosis Can Predict Disease Severity, Study Finds
8/24/2020
Doctors can examine COVID-19 patients’ blood to identify those at greatest risk of severe illness and to pinpoint those most likely to need a ventilator, new research from the University…
SOM Pilots a New Online Learning Management System. Who Knew It Could Be So Much Fun?
7/9/2019
Let the games begin! When it was time to test Virginia Medicine’s (VMED) new online learning management system (learn.med), the School of Medicine technology team took a fun and innovative…
Study Reveals World’s Children Being Harmed by Unseen Infections
7/1/2019
Children around the world are suffering from unnoticed infections that are stunting their growth and mental development, new research from an international coalition of scientists reveals. Up to 30 percent…
UVA’s Social Issues in Medicine Course
6/24/2019
Fourteen years ago, Dr. Mohan Nadkarni started a course designed to give first-year University of Virginia medical school students some real-world experience outside of the hospital setting. Today, the course…
