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May 24, 2019 UVA Partnering to Improve HPV Vaccination Rates in Western Virginia

University of Virginia Health System is joining a coalition of healthcare organizations to improve vaccination rates in western Virginia for…

May 23, 2019 $12.5 Million Grant Funds Ambitious Health Research Collaboration

A groundbreaking research collaboration at the School of Medicine that is shedding light on everything from cancer to diabetes to cardiovascular disease has received $12.5 million from the National Institutes of Health

May 22, 2019 Why Are Those Born in the Rural South Less Healthy and Prone to Die Sooner?

A researcher from the School of Medicine is helping to lead a new study to understand why people born in…

May 21, 2019 UVA Health System, Charlottesville Area Community Foundation to Offer More Than $1 Million in Community Health Grants

Central Virginia nonprofits can apply for grants to support community health initiatives through a partnership between the Charlottesville Area Community…

May 20, 2019 Successful HIV Effort Prompts Call for Clinics to Expand Mental Health Services on Site

Increasing access to mental health services improved HIV outcomes among vulnerable patients, UVA found.

May 15, 2019 UVA Earns ‘A’ From National Hospital Safety Rating Group

University of Virginia Medical Center has earned an A on the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, a national patient safety rating…

May 8, 2019 iTHRIV Seeks Partners to Improve Public Health, Address Disparities Across Virginia

The Integrated Translational Health Research Institute of Virginia (iTHRIV), which aims to improve the health of people across the state…

May 6, 2019 UVA Honored Nationally Among ‘100 Great Hospitals’

University of Virginia Medical Center has been named to the 2019 listing of 100 Great Hospitals in America by Becker’s Hospital…

May 2, 2019 Edward H. Egelman Elected to Prestigious National Academy of Sciences

Egelman has attracted national and international headlines for discoveries such as how urinary tract infections take hold and how an almost indestructible virus survives and thrives in nearly boiling acid.

April 30, 2019 Here’s How Cancer Hijacks Wound Healing to Create Its Own Blood Supply

Researchers at the School of Medicine have shed light on how cancers hijack the body’s natural wound-healing response to grow…