Catherine Varney, DO, Featured on 100 NPR Affiliates Nationally Discussing a Newly Approved Weight-Loss Pill

4/6/2026

Catherine Varney, DO, an associate professor in the Department of Family Medicine, was featured on more than 100 NPR affiliates nationally discussing a newly approved weight-loss pill. The Food and…

UVA Surgery Team Leads JAMA Published Landmark Analysis of National Burden of U.S. Police Pursuit Fatalities

4/6/2026

A team of researchers from the University of Virginia Department of Surgery has published a national study examining police pursuit–related fatalities in the United States, highlighting an important and often…

Ariel Gomez, MD, and Maria Luisa Sequeira Lopez, MD, Earn $3.2 Million to Study Blood Pressure Medication, Kidney Disease

4/6/2026

R. Ariel Gomez, MD, Harrison Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics and director of the Department of Pediatrics' Child Health Research Center, and Maria Luisa S. Sequeira-Lopez, MD, Harrison Distinguished Professor of…

Research in Motion — Team Science: Manoj Patel, PhD, and Hannah Grote, PhD Student

4/6/2026

The School of Medicine is excited to introduce the first Research in Motion (RIM) Team Science video, a special variation on the RIM video series that started in 2023.…

Jeffrey Wilson, MD, Talked With The New York Times About Alpha-gal Syndrome, a Meat Allergy Caused by a Tick Bite

4/1/2026

The New York Times interviews Jeff Wilson, MD, PhD, an assistant professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy and Immunology, about alpha-gal syndrome, a meat allergy caused by…

Two Department of Anesthesiology Faculty Inducted as Fellows of the American College of Critical Care Medicine

4/1/2026

UVA Department of Anesthesiology faculty members Erin Hennessey, MD, MEHP, and Akram Zaaqoq, MD, MPH, were inducted into the American College of Critical Care Medicine (ACCM) and awarded Fellow of…

Zhenqi Liu, MD, Earns New NIH Grant for $3.9 Million to Study Type 1 Diabetes and Obesity

4/1/2026

Zhenqi Liu, MD, professor in the Department of Medicine and the James M. Moss Professor of Diabetes in the Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, has been awarded…

Research in Motion: Matthew Reilley, MD

4/1/2026

My research focus is primarily on running clinical trials for patients with cancer. My main focus in the clinic is seeing patients with gastrointestinal cancer and offering them trials, but…