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(07/13/15 10:18pm)
Scientists from the lab of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics Prof. Edward H. Egelman, Ph.D., have found a novel interaction between the protein capsule and DNA of the SIRV2 virus that allows the virus to survive when moving from cell to cell within populations of Sulfolobus islandicus, a bacterial species that live in conditions such as boiling acid.
(03/24/15 4:20am)
The University Health System is currently seeking to form a partnership with Novant Health, a nonprofit healthcare provider which operates community hospitals, clinics and facilities in Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia.
(02/23/15 9:32am)
MD/PhD student Sachin Gadani, from the Kipnis Lab, recently discovered a protein, Interleukin-33 (IL-33), found to be significant in the central nervous system’s response to injury.
(02/16/15 5:26am)
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(01/26/15 7:30am)
Mental health is on the forefront of dialogue at the University — following a tumultuous semester punctuated by three student suicides. Visits to Counseling and Psychological Services last semester increased 11 percent from the semester before.
(12/04/14 5:46am)
Computer science Prof. Mary Lou Soffa has been recognized with the Association for Computing Machinery’s Special Interest Group on Software Engineering Influential Educator Award for “a sustained record of mentoring of women at all ranks in the field of computing, especially software engineering,” according to the SIGSOFT website.
(11/17/14 6:23am)
The computer science department is working to offer a greater number of bachelor’s degrees to students in keeping with increasing departmental popularity.
(09/16/14 4:48am)
Rising sea levels as predicted by current data could prove detrimental in the next 100 years — a narrative which is being examined by Environmental Sciences Prof. Karen McGlathery of the University’s Marine Ecology Lab, who is leading an investigation of the impacts of rising sea levels on coastal wetlands in Virginia.
(08/18/14 11:45pm)
The Medical Center’s Office of Telemedicine recently added nine new partner health facilities, including two located within the University, to its practice. The expansion comes courtesy of a $253,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, according to a Health System press release.
(06/26/14 2:11am)
The Emily Couric Clinical Cancer Center of the University Health System has expanded its access to bone marrow and hematopoietic stem cell transplant donors. Now a member of the National Marrow Donor Program, the Health System will have access to the Be The Match Registry, the world’s largest and most diverse bone marrow registry. The expansion offers Health System patients with blood cancers like leukemia improved access to life-saving treatments.
(06/08/14 8:10pm)
Type II diabetes is commonly associated with poor lifestyle choices — principally a high sugar and fat diet or a lack of regular exercise. But recent studies have found an individual’s genes can also play a large role.
(05/24/14 11:50pm)
Type 2 diabetes remains one of the most prevalent medical conditions in the United States, with 25.8 million Americans listed as diabetic and 79 million identifying as prediabetic in 2013, according to the American Diabetes Association. The Virginia Department of Health estimated in a 2012 report that 8.7 percent of adults across the state have diabetes. And unfortunately, these numbers are on the rise.
(04/21/14 12:07am)
In modern medicine, the improvement of drugs, surgical techniques and treatment methods encourage a mindset that almost every condition is treatable.
(04/17/14 4:05pm)
Karen Moss learned the importance of nursing in health care at age 13, when she visited her grandmother every day after school during her hospital stay. Seeing the nurses’ interactions motivated James to want to pursue nursing and help underserved people.
Moss pursued nursing vigorously, starting by earning her associate degree in Nursing in the Bahamas, where she was born and grew up. Currently at UVa, she is completing her Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing (BSN) to PhD program, a rigorous program of study.
“Academic and clinical nursing may seem as two separate worlds, however clinical nursing requires significant teaching. In the clinical setting, nurses have to teach patients, their families and train other nurses,” said Moss.
Moss’s work within the BSN to PhD program has led to her selection for the Jonas Scholars program. This program seeks to prepare PhD candidates in specialized care like managing, co-morbidities; chronic illnesses and providing culturally competent care, according the foundation’s webpage.
Moss offered some additional insight on why she stood out as a scholarship candidate.
“Because of my BSN to PhD, I was around longer. I got to be involved in a lot of activities. I did a good job of participating in the UVa community, and disseminated my work at the local and national levels. I was a well rounded student,” said Moss.
Moss’ research centers on determining how best to provide end of life care to older adults. Her data is based on extensive interviews with health care providers and patient. So far, Moss has found that quality of life of not only the patient, but also the family members most directly caring for the patient are big factors in confidence while making end of life decisions.
The scholarship gives Moss an opportunity to continue and further her research.
“I am grateful and honored to be a recipient of the Jonas Scholarship. I would like to thank my advisors and mentors, and the leadership at the School of Nursing. I hope to help empower patients and families to have more positive healthcare experiences through my work,” said Moss.
(11/18/13 4:12am)
Mike McConnell and his research team at the Medical School’s Center for Brain Immunology and Glia have developed a new way of understanding the brain: the Mosaic Model.
(11/04/13 7:22am)
In 1913, Danish physicist Niels Bohr published a series of papers titled “On the Constitution of Atoms and Molecules” which revolutionized our understanding of the nature of atoms. This month marks the 100th anniversary of Bohr’s final study.