Eric Swensen

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Public Information Officer

Eric has been with UVA Health marketing department since 2006, writing for and editing a variety of publications and websites. Before working at UVA, he spent about eight years as a reporter with The Progress-Index in Petersburg, Va., The Daily Progress in Charlottesville, Va., and the News & Record in Greensboro, N.C. Eric primarily handles corporate communications and major events.

Email | ews3j@virginia.edu

Phone | 434.924.5770

Coverage Areas | corporate communications, major events

Posts by Eric Swensen

March 20, 2023 UVA Cancer Center Backs 5 Efforts to Address Cancer-Related Health Disparities

Five community groups from across Virginia have received $10,000 grants from UVA Cancer Center to address cancer-related health disparities. The grant program was created to celebrate UVA’s designation by the National Cancer Institute as Virginia’s only Comprehensive Cancer Center.

March 16, 2023 Artificial Pancreas Developed at UVA Improves Blood Sugar Control for Kids Ages 2-6, Study Finds

Details of the clinical study and its findings were just published in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine.

March 14, 2023 UVA Health Honored Nationally for High-Quality Heart Imaging

UVA Health’s Heart & Vascular Center is one of just 46 facilities recognized nationally for their longstanding commitment to excellent heart imaging with echocardiograms.

March 9, 2023 UVA Health Culpeper Medical Center Named One of Nation’s Best Maternity Care Hospitals by The Leapfrog Group and Money

UVA Health Culpeper Medical Center is proud to be named one of the Best Maternity Care Hospitals in the nation for 2022. This designation was awarded by a collaboration between The Leapfrog Group and Money.

The exterior of the hospital expansion at UVA Health University Medical Center.

March 6, 2023 Newsweek Ranks UVA Medical Center No. 1 Hospital in Virginia

University of Virginia Medical Center is ranked as the No. 1 hospital in Virginia and in the top 50 hospitals nationally in Newsweek’s “World’s Best Hospitals 2023” guide.

February 20, 2023 Modern Healthcare Names UVA Medical Center CEO to ‘Top 25 Women Leaders’ List

Leading national healthcare publication Modern Healthcare has named Wendy Horton, PharmD, MBA, the chief executive officer of University of Virginia Medical Center, to the magazine’s 2023 list of Top 25 Women Leaders in Healthcare.

February 13, 2023 UVA Health, Local Healthcare Groups Partner to Expand Care

UVA Health, community healthcare organizations and EMS agencies in seven Central Virginia counties are partnering to expand healthcare services in these rural communities, including for patients experiencing a stroke.

February 3, 2023 UVA Health to Significantly Expand Access to Care, Enhance Community Outreach and Grow Biotech Research Enterprise as Part of Ambitious 10-Year Strategic Plan

UVA Health will seek to improve access to care by hiring more primary care providers, expanding its statewide specialty care network and making the health system the best place to work as part of its first-ever 10-year strategic plan.

Woman curled in bed experiencing premenstrual symptoms.

January 31, 2023 Menstrual Symptoms Hurt Workplace Productivity of Many Women, UVA Health Study Finds

Menstrual symptoms reduce the workplace productivity of many American women, with 45.2% reporting that their symptoms require them to take days off, according to a new UVA Health survey.

January 30, 2023 UVA Health, Southwest Virginia Coalition Expand Virtual Access to Healthcare

UVA Health and a coalition of Southwest Virginia healthcare groups are partnering to better combat health problems related to the COVID-19 pandemic, backed by a $5.1 million federal grant that will expand the region’s access to care.