Interim Dean Colin Derdeyn, MD, Delivers 2025 State of the School Address
10/1/2025
Interim Dean Colin P. Derdeyn, MD, delivered the 2025 State of the School Address on September 30. His message celebrated the School’s achievements this past year and emphasized…
Robert Carey, MD, Receives Endocrine Society Lifetime Achievement Award
9/23/2025
Robert M. Carey, MD, former dean of the School of Medicine and a prominent blood pressure researcher, has received the Endocrine Society’s highest honor—the 2026 Fred Conrad Koch Lifetime Achievement…
Virginia Journal of Medicine Releases Fall 2025 Issue
9/23/2025
The Virginia Journal of Medicine (VJM), edited by medical students Aaron D. Smith and Catherine E. Lyons, has published its fall 2025 issue, bringing together original contributions from medical students…
Center for Excellence in Education Kicks Off Third Annual Scholars Program
9/23/2025
The Center for Excellence in Education (CEE) welcomed the 2025-2026 class of CEE Scholars on Tuesday, September 9 with a program kickoff at Morven Farm. In their first session, the…
9/23/2025
Sarah Ewald, PhD, an associate professor in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology, was awarded a five-year $2.3 million R35 grant renewal from the NIH National Institute of…
NIH Awards John Kim, MD, $3.2 Million to Identify Blood Protein Biomarkers for Pulmonary Fibrosis
9/23/2025
John Kim, MD, an assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, was awarded a five-year $3.2 million NIH grant to identify blood protein biomarkers…
Research in Motion: Muge Kuyumcu-Martinez, PhD
9/23/2025
My research is centered on RNA binding proteins that control how heart genes are turned on and off at the RNA level. Mutations in these RNA binding proteins can cause…
William Brady, MD, Featured in The Washington Post and Canadian Media Explaining Heart Attack Signs
9/16/2025
William Brady, MD, professor of emergency and cardiovascular medicine, was featured in The Washington Post and Canadian media discussing the warning signs of a heart attack. Cardiologists explain that heart…
