School News
This is news about the School of Medicine, the Students, Residents, Researchers and Faculty. Got News? Contact the School's Webmaster, Ray Nedzel, raynedzel@virginia.edu
Diploma Ceremony will have Live Streaming Video
With the help of the Paramount Theater, the Office of Student Affairs and the School's Webmaster, the Diploma Ceremony, Sunday, May 19th, 3pm will feature a live video stream.
Nurturing 21st-Century Physicians and Nurses
New Center Unites Medical Students and Nursing Students To Provide Seamless Patient Care.
Hepatology Conference 2013
The 8th UVA Annual Conference of Liver Disease and Transplantation, Hepatology 2013: Management of Cirrhotic Patients, will be held on Saturday, May 4, 2013, at the Omni Hotel.
Dr. Nancy Dunlap To Become Dean
The University of Virginia has named Dr. Nancy E. Dunlap as dean of the School of Medicine. A pulmonologist, Dunlap is physician-in-residence with the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices in Washington, D.C. The appointment is effective May 1.
Smart Phones Become Weapon Against HIV
An innovative plan developed at the School of Medicine will use smart phones to improve care for people recently diagnosed with HIV in rural Virginia. The electronic outreach effort has won $525,000 in backing from the AIDS United Foundation.
Biomedical Innovation Fund Awards $200,000
Biomedical Innovation Fund Awards $200,000 to U.Va. Projects Benefiting Human Health. The University of Virginia’s Biomedical Innovation Fund has awarded $200,000 to promising U.Va. research projects, advancing discoveries that could lead to improved diagnosis and treatment of disease.
Camp Holiday Trails 5K
Camp Holiday Trails 5K race has raised nearly $100K over the past 30 years. A great example of UVA Medical Students working together in a fun way to help others.
Match Day 2013
Just before 11:30 a.m. Friday, members of the Class of 2013 at University of Virginia School of Medicine began walking one by one to the front of the Old Medical School Auditorium to receive their white envelope.
Best Doctors in America 2013
189 Doctors Named to National ‘Best Doctors in America®’ List Honor Highlights Best 5 Percent of U.S. Physicians
Reducing Hospital Stay After Surgery
Innovative Approach to Care After Surgery, Reduces Hospital Stay, Costs, Study Finds. Research Examines Outcomes Following Complex Cancer Procedure at UVA
Erik Hewlett, MD, Outstanding Faculty Award
Professor Erik Hewlett, MD, Receives State’s Outstanding Faculty Award Recognized for Many Accomplishments in Teaching, Research, Public Service
Bladder Cancer Discovery
Bladder Cancer Discovery Opens Door to New and Better Treatments. Lack of Protein Found to Speed Progression, Spread of Disease
New Look at Gene Expression Regulation
Discovery at UVA Offers Unprecedented Look at Regulation of Gene Expression -- New Method Developed for Studying Epigenetics in Single Cells
Alzheimer’s Disease: New Strategy
Researchers at Northwestern University and the University of Virginia School of Medicine set out to evaluate the effectiveness of chiro-inositol, a compound that occurs naturally in certain foods and is available as a nutritional supplement, in protecting the brain from beta amyloid toxins, which cause Alzheimer’s.
Robert J. Meyer, MD, Inaugural Director of VCTRS
We are extremely pleased to announce the appointment of Robert J. Meyer, MD, as the inaugural Director of the Virginia Center for Translational and Regulatory Sciences (VCTRS), effective March 1, 2013.
Gut Function Biomarker Funding
University of Virginia Center for Global Health Receives Funding for Gut Function Biomarker Research
Focused Ultrasound Parkinson's Trial
UVA to Test Focused Ultrasound for Treating Parkinson’s Disease. New Trial Follows Promising Results With Essential Tremor
Honors Award for Spencer Payne, MD
Spencer Payne, MD, Ear, Nose, and Throat Specialist, Receives Award from National Medical Society
Emilie Rissman on NPR
Study Suggests that BPA, in plastic bottles and the lining of cans, affects the behavior of laboratory mice and the effects persist three generations later.
It's BIG
New Research Center To Target Autism, MS, Other Complex Diseases - Breaking Down Boundaries to Advance Important Field of Neuroimmunology
UVA in Best Hospitals
University of Virginia Health System Honored in U.S. News ‘Best Hospitals’ Guide
Medical Simulation Video
In this video from Virginia Magazine Online, Keith Littlewood discusses the importance of simulation in the education of residents.
2012 Jan-Jun
This is an archive of the news stories published in the School of Medicine from January to June of 2012.
2011 News Archives
Here you will find are news stories about the School of Medicine from January to December 2011.
A Better Way to Treat Breast Cancer
Protecting the Heart: A Better Way to Treat Breast Cancer. UVA Technique Significantly Reduces Heart’s Exposure to Radiation
