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November 15, 2023 UVA Health Earns WebMD Patient Choice, Medscape Provider Choice Awards

UVA Health has been named a “best in class” health system in Virginia for its cancer, heart, orthopedics, neurology and digestive health care by WebMD and Medscape.

October 30, 2023 The Secret to Better Cancer Care Could Already Be on Your Wrist

UVA Cancer Center researchers are seeking to harness the potential of wearable devices to tailor treatments and improve patient outcomes.

October 19, 2023 Renowned Cancer Biology Researcher to Chair UVA Department of Dermatology

The University of Virginia School of Medicine has named Lu Q. Le, MD, PhD, a nationally renowned cancer biology researcher, to chair its Department of Dermatology.

October 5, 2023 Newsweek Rates UVA Health University Medical Center Among World’s Best Specialized Hospitals

Newsweek has ranked three specialties at UVA Health University Medical Center in the news publication’s 2024 list of the World’s Best Specialized Hospitals.

August 23, 2023 New Drug a Breakthrough for Brain Tumor That Strikes the Young

A top UVA Health cancer expert is highlighting how the drug vorasidenib could transform treatment of a brain tumor that often afflicts younger people.

August 9, 2023 Newsweek Ranks UVA Health University Medical Center No. 1 Cancer Hospital in Virginia, Top 50 Nationally

Newsweek has ranked UVA Health University Medical Center as the No. 1 cancer hospital in Virginia and No. 50 in the United States on its “America’s Best Cancer Hospitals 2023” list.

August 3, 2023 UVA Cancer Center Seeks Innovative Ideas to Improve Care, Reduce Health Disparities 

To reduce cancer’s impact and enhance health equity, University of Virginia Cancer Center will award as many as five grants of up to $10,000 to support innovative, community-based projects that have the potential to improve cancer care and prevention.

July 5, 2023 UVA Cancer Center’s Cutting-Edge Immunotherapy Soon Available With No Hospital Stay 

A cutting-edge type of cancer immunotherapy – which supercharges immune cells to better destroy cancer cells – will no longer require a hospital stay for select adult outpatients at UVA Cancer Center beginning later this month.

May 17, 2023 Children’s Cancer Research Fund Backs UVA Leukemia Research

Children’s Cancer Research Fund has awarded $250,000 to an innovative new approach to treating leukemia – blood cancer – being developed at UVA Cancer Center.

April 12, 2023 UVA Health Earns WebMD Patient Choice, Medscape Physician Choice Awards

UVA Health has been named a “best in class” health system in Virginia for its cancer, heart, orthopedics, neurology and digestive health care.