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

January 20, 2023 Top Pharmacology Researcher to Oversee School of Medicine’s Pioneering Biomedical Research

Jeffrey R. Martens, PhD, will become the School of Medicine's new Senior Associate Dean for Research on May 15.

January 17, 2023 Calls for Kids Accidentally Eating Marijuana Edibles Nearly Tripled in 2022, Blue Ridge Poison Center Reports

Calls to UVA Health’s Blue Ridge Poison Center for children unintentionally consuming edible marijuana products jumped from 26 in 2021 to 77 in 2022.

Portrait of UVA Cancer Center's mobile mammography van.

January 10, 2023 UVA, Community Health Centers Expand Cancer Screenings for Underserved

To expand access to cancer screenings for underserved groups in Central, Southside and Southwest Virginia, UVA Cancer Center is establishing partnerships with community health centers serving those regions.

January 9, 2023 UVA Children’s Patient Honored as Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals National Champion

UVA Children's patient Kahmari Riedl will share his story across North America as one of 10 Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals National Champions for 2023.

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

January 4, 2023 UVA Health Receives $1.2 Million to Reduce Infections at Long-Term Care Facilities

Together with the Mid-Atlantic Telehealth Resource Center, UVA care providers will create an online resource of best practices for infection control and prevention at nursing homes and similar facilities.

January 3, 2023 Book on Poisonous, Venomous Animals in Virginia Available for Free Download

The publication is filled with full-color photographs and written to be an easy read for parents, educators, healthcare providers and the general public.

December 22, 2022 PKD Foundation Names UVA Health as Center of Excellence

The foundation is dedicated to battling polycystic kidney disease, a common, life-threatening genetic disorder.

December 20, 2022 UVA Health Community Medical Centers Unveil Rebranded Signs, Celebrate Transition to UVA Health

UVA Health today hosted three events across the Culpeper, Haymarket and Manssas communities to celebrate the unveiling of new UVA Health signs on medical center facades. The events mark a major milestone in the transition of three community medical centers from previous Novant Health joint ownership to full UVA Health ownership and operations.

Wladek Minor smiles in the hallway outside his lab.

December 8, 2022 UVA Discovery to Improve Drug Development

The finding could speed the drug-development process and help prevent potentially harmful drug interactions.

November 22, 2022 Elizabeth Hall to Oversee Care for Surgery Patients at UVA Medical Center

UVA Health has named Elizabeth Hall, MBA, as administrator of perioperative services for UVA Medical Center. Perioperative services cover the period from when patients arrive for surgery until they are released from the hospital.