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January 17, 2024 $3.1 Million Grant Backs Promising Focused Ultrasound Research

UVA will pioneer the use of focused ultrasound to improve treatment of a debilitating brain condition.

January 16, 2024 Michelle Strider, RN, MBA, CPHQ, Named Chief Nursing Officer of UVA Community Health

Strider has served as interim Chief Nursing Officer since July 2023, after the unexpected passing of previous Chief Nursing Officer Barbara Hocking. 

January 15, 2024 UVA Researchers ID Novel Factor in HIV Transmission

Researchers have found long-sought answers to questions about HIV transmission, and those findings could lead to new ways to prevent the disease’s spread.

January 11, 2024 UVA Health Therapy Services Haymarket Receives 2023 Press Ganey Human Experience Guardian Excellence Award® For Patient Experience 

UVA Health Therapy Services Haymarket, the outpatient rehabilitation department of UVA Haymarket Medical Center, today announced it has been named a recipient of the 2023 Human Experience (HX) Guardian of Excellence Award® for patient experience, by Press Ganey.

January 10, 2024 International Effort Targets Climate Change’s Effect on Child Diseases

UVA Health researchers have joined a new international consortium that will work to understand how climate change could affect dangerous diarrheal diseases, a leading cause of death for children under 5.

January 8, 2024 Lung Transplant Discovery Could Prevent Major Cause of Deaths

Researchers have ID'd a potential way to improve lung transplant success by preventing damage when blood flow is restored to the organ.

January 4, 2024 Pioneer in Cornea Transplants to Chair UVA Department of Ophthalmology

Albert S. Jun, MD, PhD, has been a leader in revolutionizing how corneal transplants are performed.

January 3, 2024 Healthy Omega-3 Fats May Slow Deadly Pulmonary Fibrosis, Research Suggests

Higher levels of omega-3 in blood plasma were associated with better lung function and longer transplant-free survival among patients with pulmonary fibrosis.

December 20, 2023 UVA Center for Telehealth Earns Grant to Expand Healthcare Access in Southern Albemarle

A UVA Center for Telehealth plan to partner with communities in southern Albemarle County and neighboring counties to expand access to care has earned a $15,000 grant to support its launch.

December 18, 2023 Alzheimer’s Discovery Reveals Dire Effect of Toxic Tau Protein

Researchers have discovered how harmful tau proteins damage the essential operating instructions for our brain cells, a finding which could lead to new treatments.