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Immune System Discovery Reveals Potential Solution to Alzheimer’s

6/3/2025

A new way of thinking about Alzheimer’s disease has yielded a discovery that could be…

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(From left) Chuck Boles, MA, Professor of Justice Studies, Department of Defense ESGR Ombudsman; Brendan Byrne, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine (nominating faculty member, Captain, Medical Core, US Navy Reserves); Anna Beth Muck (daughter of Dr. Muck); and Andrew E. Muck, MD, MBA, (Professor and Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, Air Force Veteran)

Andrew Muck, MD, Receives National Patriotic Employer Award

5/28/2025

Andrew Muck, MD, MBA, the Marcus L. Martin Distinguished Professor and chair of the Department…

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Newest School of Medicine Graduates Walk the Lawn on May 18

5/19/2025

On Sunday, May 18, the Class of 2025 celebrated an exciting milestone as they graduated…

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Jayakrishna Ambati, MD

HIV Drugs Offer ‘Substantial’ Alzheimer’s Protection, Research Indicates

5/14/2025

UVA Health scientists are calling for clinical trials testing the potential of HIV drugs called…

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Melina Kibbe and Barry Collins

School of Medicine Alumni: A Vital Connection

5/6/2025

The Class of 2025 will soon join the ranks of more than 15,000 alumni of…

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Mariano Garcia-Blanco

Mariano Garcia-Blanco, MD, PhD, Elected to the National Academy of Sciences

4/29/2025

The School of Medicine is pleased to announce the election of Mariano A. Garcia-Blanco, MD,…

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Richard Price, MD, Featured on TV Stations Nationally About Focused Ultrasound’s Potential for Treating Debilitating Brain Lesions

Richard Price, PhD, co-director of UVA Health’s Focused Ultrasound Cancer Immunotherapy Center and professor of biomedical engineering, was featured across Virginia and on national TV discussing how focused ultrasound can…

Richard J. Price, PhD

The Scientist Interviews Thomas Platts-Mills, MD, About Uncovering Alpha-Gal Syndrome, Which Causes a Red Meat Allergy

Thomas Platts-Mills, MD, emeritus professor of medicine in the Department of Medicine's Asthma, Allergy and Immunology Division, talked with The Scientist about his discovery of alpha-gal syndrome, which causes a…

Thomas Platts-Mills

C-Ville Weekly’s Cover Story Highlights UVA Research That Saves Lives

C-Ville Weekly’s cover story on May 28, 2025, highlights the University of Virginia Medical Center as one of Newsweek’s top 50 hospitals in the country (and No. 1 in the…

C-Ville Weekly’s Cover Story Highlights UVA Research That Saves Lives

Faculty Needed to Provide Shadowing Opportunities for Pre-Med Students

The Summer Medical Leadership Program (SMLP) welcomed the 2025 cohort on June 2 and is seeking faculty to provide clinical shadowing opportunities for the scholars. SMLP is a medical enrichment…

Faculty Needed to Provide Shadowing Opportunities for Pre-Med Students

Christopher Kramer, MD, Named President of the American College of Cardiology, Testifies Before Congress

Christopher M. Kramer, MD, recently assumed the role of president of the American College of Cardiology (ACC), an almost 60,000-member global cardiovascular organization working to transform cardiovascular care and improve…

Christopher M. Kramer, MD

UVA Health Launching Comprehensive, National Program for Connective Tissue Disorders

UVA Health is opening a national program specializing in comprehensive care for Ehlers-Danlos syndromes and other hypermobility disorders, a difficult-to-diagnose collection of connective tissue disorders that cause pain and medical…

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