Dr. Brock Libby awarded for work with LGBTQ youth
Pediatric resident Dr. Brock Libby received this year’s Nancy Walton Pugh Child Advocacy Award for his work in LGBTQ youth outreach and education.
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Pediatric resident Dr. Brock Libby received this year’s Nancy Walton Pugh Child Advocacy Award for his work in LGBTQ youth outreach and education.
The University announced Friday the appointment of Dr. David S. Wilkes as the new dean of the School of Medicine.
Commonwealth Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam (D) addressed the University Medical School’s pediatric department last Thursday morning on a range of topics including how a bill becomes a law, the dangers of smoking and how to best evaluate concussed high-school athletes.
The Engineering School announced plans to build additional women’s bathrooms yesterday in response to accusations that enough female bathrooms are not currently provided. Construction will begin in May on a three-story building which will contain only women’s bathrooms in the courtyard outside Rice Hall.
Power is in a constant state of flux. A graduate student TA explaining concepts they consider simple and giving instructions or deadlines to undergraduate students may feel like the most powerful person around. However, when that same graduate students stands in front of a grant review board and attempts to defend their research and keep their funding, they may feel like the most powerless person in the world.
Unlike college acceptance letters, residency program acceptance letters are not directly sent to individuals — instead, they are sent to medical schools. Graduating Medical students gathered in the McLeod Auditorium Friday morning, where their deans handed out residency acceptances as part of an annual ceremony known as Match Day.
Professor Renee Baillargeon of the University of Illinois spoke at the University last week about her research into morality in infants — work that challenges the model set forth in just about every introductory or child psychology class.
Third-year student Claire Banowsky loves talking about sex. She is one of approximately 45 Peer Health Educators that work for the Student Health Center to educate fellow students on a variety of topics including mental wellness, sleep, drugs and alcohol and, of course, safe sex.
Supporters and staff of the University’s Children’s Hospital gathered in Keswick Hall at Monticello for the annual charity gala last Friday night. The event raised thousands of dollars for the Child Health Research Center through ticket sales, donations, a silent auction and a massive game of Clue.
A joint effort by researchers at the University along with those at Indiana University, the University of Colorado and Yale University, has led to the discovery of a compound capable of inhibiting a key step in the growth of cancer tumors. This discovery may lead to novel therapies for lung, bladder, prostate, colon and pancreas cancers — most of which were not previously known to be related.
On the heels of the legalization of same-sex marriage in Virginia, the University is now offering insurance coverage to employees’ same-sex partners and their children.
Last week, the University chapter of To Write Love on Her Arms hosted a series of events as part of National Suicide Prevention Week.
Next to the University Hospital, the Elson Student Health Center looks small and inconspicuous. But the squat brick building located at 400 Brandon Avenue is home to a wealth of resources and departments aimed to meet student needs. One of these is Counseling and Psychological Services, which offers students a wide variety of free mental health resources.
The University Cancer Center’s Patients & Friends Committee hosted a presentation Thursday to promote new developments in research and treatment.
In 1980, PBS launched “Cosmos: A Personal Journey,” a 13-part show featuring astronomer Carl Sagan that would become the most watched in the network’s history. On Mar. 9, Fox and Natural Geographic re-launched the show as “Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey,” with Neil deGrasse Tyson presenting and Seth MacFarlane and Sagan’s widow Ann Druyan as executive producers.
The Food and Drug Administration announced Nov. 13 its approval of Imbruvica, an expensive drug designed to treat Mantle Cell Lymphoma in patients who have previously undergone at least one type of treatment already. Jesse McGreivy, chief medical officer of Pharmacyclics, Inc., said Imbruvica — generically known as ibrutinib — is the first drug for which the company has received FDA approval.
The University Health System has introduced a new procedure that changes the way patients recover from certain surgeries. In the past, going into the hospital for colorectal surgery meant staying in the hospital for five or six days. But with a new procedure the University Health System has introduced, patients return home in three days or fewer.