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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 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.

January 12, 2023 UVA Solves Mysteries about Leading Biomarker for Alzheimer’s

Scientists may be able to leverage the findings to develop new Alzheimer’s treatments and detect the disease much earlier, before symptoms develop.

October 17, 2022 Discovery Holds Key to Boosting Brain’s Ability to Fight Alzheimer’s, MS

The discovery of a "master controller" for the brain's immune response could let doctors supercharge the body’s ability to fight a spectrum of devastating neurological diseases.

September 22, 2022 Unhealthy Gut Helps Breast Cancer Spread, Research Reveals

An unhealthy gut triggers changes in normal breast tissue that helps breast cancer spread to other parts of the body, new research shows.

August 30, 2022 Gut Discovery Could Have Big Benefits for Human Health

A new discovery about how the microbes in our gut regulate the body’s biological clock could benefit everything from jet lag to chemo.

July 27, 2022 Gene That Causes Deadliest Brain Tumor Also Causes Childhood Cancer

A gene that UVA Health researchers discovered is responsible for the deadliest brain tumor also causes two forms of childhood cancer.

July 14, 2022 Loss of Male Sex Chromosome With Age Leads to Earlier Death for Men

The loss of the male sex chromosome as many men age can lead to deadly heart failure, a study finds. But a treatment may already be available.

June 22, 2022 UVA Health Receives National Awards for Support of LGBTQ+ Patients, Team Members

Three UVA Health hospitals have earned the LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader award from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation for their…