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

June 14, 2017 UVA Honored as Center of Excellence for Bone Marrow Cancer

University of Virginia Cancer Center has earned recognition as a national center of excellence for its care of patients with…

June 7, 2017 Heart Surgery Outcomes Improved After Medicaid Expansion, Study Finds

Medicaid expansion is associated with better outcomes for heart surgery patients, according to a study led by School of Medicine…

Artificial pancreas developed at UVA for the treatment of type 1 diabetes

June 6, 2017 UVA Expanding Its Worldwide Diabetes Research and Care Model

Building on its pioneering work to better control type 1 diabetes, the University of Virginia Center for Diabetes Technology is…

June 5, 2017 Heart Failure Program Earns National Quality Awards

For working to improve patients’ recovery times and reduce readmissions, the heart failure program at the University of Virginia Heart…

May 11, 2017 UVA, Inova Award Research Seed Funding Grants to Joint Research Teams

The Inova Health System (Inova) and the University of Virginia (UVA) announced today that they have awarded $450,000 to nine…

April 28, 2017 Artificial Pancreas Benefits Young Children, Trial Shows

A pilot study among young children with Type 1 diabetes found that a University of Virginia-developed artificial pancreas helped study…

April 26, 2017 UVA’s Excellence in Cancer Nets $15 Million Grant

University of Virginia Cancer Center has again been honored as one of just 69 National Cancer Institute-designated cancer centers for…

March 24, 2017 Safe Medication Disposal: Blue Ridge Poison Center Offers Important Tips

In 2015, nearly 57 percent of all poison exposure cases nationwide involved prescription or over-the-counter medicines. As such, it's important…

March 15, 2017 UVA Receives $1.9 Million Contract to Study Childhood Obesity Treatments in Dan River Region

School of Medicine researchers have received $1.9 million from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to study the effectiveness of…

February 20, 2017 Robotic surgery pioneer named director of UVA Transplant Center

University of Virginia Health System has named Jose Oberholzer, MD, a researcher and surgeon who has performed more than 1,000…