January 20, 2011 Benjamin W. Purow receives Early Career Physician-Scientist Award from Howard Hughes Medical Institute

One of the biggest challenges for new tenure-track faculty at medical schools is securing initial funding for their research. For…

January 20, 2011 Steven T. DeKosky, MD, appointed dean of School of Medicine

Dr. Steven T. DeKosky, M.D., an international leader in the field of Alzheimer's disease research, will become vice president and…

January 20, 2011 Medical Center Chief Nursing Officer Pamela Cipriano receives national nursing honor

Dr. Pamela Cipriano, PhD, RN, FAAN, chief clinical officer and chief nursing officer of the University of Virginia Medical Center,…

January 20, 2011 UVA Physicist Wins International Award for Novel MRI Technique to Identify Microstructural Changes in Asthma

A researcher at the University of Virginia Health System, Chengbo Wang, Ph.D., assistant professor of Radiology, has received the prestigious…

January 20, 2011 Children’s Hospital and NBC29 Raise Over $1.6 Million During Telethon

After the last pledge was called in and the last appeal was made, the final numbers for the 2008 University…

January 20, 2011 UVA Medical Center and Culpeper Regional Hospital partnership moves ahead

The University of Virginia Medical Center (UVAMC) and Culpeper Regional Hospital (CRH) began implementing a partnership between the two hospitals…

January 20, 2011 UVA Health System reports a record-breaking year for its contribution to the 2008 Remote Area Medical clinic in Wise

When it comes to volunteers, patients, services and the financial value of its contribution, the University of Virginia Health System…

January 20, 2011 Primary care physicians could effectively help fill colonoscopist shortage, researcher says

Primary care physicians can perform life-saving colonoscopies safely and effectively, according to an analysis published in the journal of the…

January 20, 2011 UVA’s top heart care innovations of 2008

The Heart and Vascular Center at the University of Virginia Health System, which treats patients from all regions of Virginia…

January 20, 2011 School of Medicine researcher Kimberly Kelly, PhD, receives $1.2 million NCI grant to develop pancreatic cancer screening

Pancreatic cancer is the fourth highest cancer killer in the United States. The cancer has one of the highest fatality…