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June 1, 2022 UVA Cancer Center Seeking Applications for Community Grants to Celebrate Comprehensive Cancer Center Designation

UVA Cancer Center is celebrating its designation by the National Cancer Institute as Virginia’s only Comprehensive Cancer Center by awarding…

May 26, 2022 $8 Million Project Aims to Prevent TBI in Military Personnel 

Researchers backed by an $8 million U.S. Department of Defense grant will explore how to better prevent traumatic brain injury,…

April 22, 2022 UVA Cancer Center, Central Virginia Health Services Offer Free Colorectal Cancer Screening for Uninsured Patients 

The University of Virginia Cancer Center has partnered with Central Virginia Health Services to offer free colorectal cancer screenings to…

March 11, 2022 Virginia’s NCI-designated Cancer Centers Educating Virginians on New Colorectal Cancer Screening Guidelines

To commemorate Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, Virginia’s two National Cancer Institute-designated cancer centers are teaming up with the Virginia Colorectal Cancer Roundtable (VCCRT) to highlight new guidelines recommending that colorectal cancer screenings should begin at age 45 for most Virginians.

February 3, 2022 $2.14 Million Grant Backs UVA Health Effort to Battle Burnout Among Healthcare Workers

UVA Health has received $2.14 million in federal support to expand its nationally lauded program that is battling burnout among healthcare providers and helping them cope with the exhaustion caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

January 27, 2022 New Local Partnership Working to Addressing Healthcare Inequity

A new program to improve healthcare access for people living in Central Virginia neighborhoods with high rates of chronic diseases and significantly shorter life expectancies is now welcoming referrals for its first participants. The program, called WellAWARE, is serving residents of Charlottesville’s Rose Hill and 10th and Page neighborhoods. 

November 17, 2021 Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, UVA Children’s Develop Regional Collaboration to Provide Heart Surgery for Children in Virginia

Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU and UVA Children’s are teaming up to ensure children and families in Virginia have convenient access to…

November 8, 2021 UVA Cancer Center Without Walls Launching Youth Tobacco Prevention Program

The University of Virginia Cancer Center and Cancer Center Without Walls Southwest Virginia Community Advisory Board is launching a program to cut tobacco use among both teens and adults in partnership with UVA Wise students and Virginia Cooperative Extension.

October 14, 2021 UVA Joins National Effort to Increase Minority Representation in Cancer Clinical Trials

UVA Cancer Center is participating in a pilot project led by two national cancer groups that seeks to increase racial and ethnic diversity among cancer treatment trial volunteers.

October 11, 2021 UVA, Southwest Virginia Groups Testing Program to Reduce Sugary Drink Consumption

The University of Virginia School of Medicine is partnering with Southwest Virginia community groups to test a web-based program called iSIPsmarter,…