June 28, 2017 NIH Awards $8.6 Million for Bold Bid to Transform Lung Transplants

Researchers at the School of Medicine have received more than $8.6 million in federal grants to support efforts that could…

June 27, 2017 Four UVA Children’s Hospital Specialties Nationally Ranked by U.S. News & World Report

Four specialties at University of Virginia Children’s Hospital are ranked among the top 50 nationally in the 2017-2018 “Best Children’s…

June 14, 2017 UVA Honored as Center of Excellence for Bone Marrow Cancer

University of Virginia Cancer Center has earned recognition as a national center of excellence for its care of patients with…

June 7, 2017 Heart Surgery Outcomes Improved After Medicaid Expansion, Study Finds

Medicaid expansion is associated with better outcomes for heart surgery patients, according to a study led by School of Medicine…

June 6, 2017 UVA Expanding Its Worldwide Diabetes Research and Care Model

Building on its pioneering work to better control type 1 diabetes, the University of Virginia Center for Diabetes Technology is…

June 5, 2017 Heart Failure Program Earns National Quality Awards

For working to improve patients’ recovery times and reduce readmissions, the heart failure program at the University of Virginia Heart…

May 23, 2017 Precision Medicine Collides With A Clock Mystery From 1665

An odd phenomenon observed in 1665 explains how the body knows when to replace disease-preventing cells in our guts. The…

May 18, 2017 Platelet Discovery Could Benefit Preemies

The emergency call issued by the American Red Cross earlier this year was of a sort all too common: Platelet…

May 11, 2017 UVA, Inova Award Research Seed Funding Grants to Joint Research Teams

The Inova Health System (Inova) and the University of Virginia (UVA) announced today that they have awarded $450,000 to nine…

May 8, 2017 Kidney Research Leads to Unexpected Heart Discovery

Kidney research at the School of Medicine has unexpectedly led to a discovery about the formation of the heart, including…