UVA’s First Robotic Cardiac Surgery Marks Major Milestone and Program Launch
UVA's first robotic cardiac surgery case was successfully performed at University Medical Center on July 31, 2026, marking a major milestone for UVA Health and the launch of a dedicated…
Jie Yang, PhD, Secures $3.8 Million NIH Grant to Study Mitochondrial Stress Signaling
Jie Yang, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, has received a five-year, $3.8 million R01 award from…
New AI Imaging Platform Aims to Open Epilepsy Surgery to More Patients
A team led by Bijoy Kundu, PhD, a professor in the Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging, has developed iD-PET, an artificial intelligence-driven dynamic PET imaging software platform designed to…
Yaohua Yang, PhD, Receives $3.5 Million NIH R37 MERIT Award
Yaohua Yang, PhD, an assistant professor in the Department of Genome Sciences and a member of the University of Virginia Comprehensive Cancer Center, has received a five-year, nearly $3.5 million…
Honors and Awards: School of Medicine Faculty and Trainee Recognized For Excellence
The School of Medicine is pleased to share some of the honors and awards that our accomplished faculty and trainees have received in recent months. The American Academy of Microbiology…
New research from the UVA Department of Surgery's Tsung Research Group, published in JAMA Network Open and selected as an Editor's Pick, provides a national evaluation of the use of…
