November 22, 2016 UVA Health System names first Chief Innovation Officer

University of Virginia Health System has named Jeffrey Keller, PhD, as its first Chief Innovation Officer to help turn scientific…

November 21, 2016 Most women unaware of breast density’s effect on cancer risk, UVA study finds

Most women don’t know that having dense breasts increases their risk for breast cancer and reduces a mammogram’s ability to…

November 10, 2016 National ‘100 Great Orthopedics Programs’ list honors UVA Orthopedics

Becker’s Hospital Review has named UVA Orthopedics at University of Virginia Medical Center to the national healthcare publication’s “ 100…

November 3, 2016 Here’s how your body transports zinc to protect your health

Zinc is essential for wound healing, for vision, for DNA creation, for our senses of taste and smell, even for…

November 2, 2016 Carter Immunology Center Marks 25 Years of Changing How We Approach Disease

Researchers at the School of Medicine have developed an experimental vaccine to battle melanoma, a deadly form of skin cancer.…

November 2, 2016 Inova Health System and the University of Virginia plan comprehensive research and education partnership to accelerate joint discovery, application of medical research and commercialization of new discoveries

Inova Health System and the University of Virginia announced today that they have agreed to form a comprehensive research and…

October 27, 2016 UVA experts help write new guidelines for reducing sudden infant death syndrome

Two University of Virginia Health System physicians helped draft new national recommendations for reducing the risk of sudden infant death…

October 19, 2016 The unseen cancer crisis: Alarming disparities found across Appalachia

Rural Appalachia has gone from having the lowest cancer death rate in the country to the highest – and that’s…

October 6, 2016 Strange ‘chimeras’ defy science’s understanding of human genetics

The human genome is far more complex than thought, with genes functioning in an unexpected fashion that scientists have wrongly…

October 4, 2016 UVA among first to use new tool for noninvasive brain surgery

The University of Virginia Health System is the first hospital in Virginia – and among the first in the world…