A large group of environmental scientists collaborated to form the Long-Term Ecological Research project in order to integrate long-term observations and experiments on seagrass ecosystems to track how they change over time and predict future vulnerabilities.
COVID-19 has restricted access to key professional and social experiences that often define the pre-health journey at the University, including Madison House hospital volunteer shifts and late-night study sessions at Clemons Library.
Fauci, who is also a member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, touched on six main topics regarding the virus in his talk — epidemiology, virology, transmission, clinical manifestations, therapeutics and vaccines.
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, professors have struggled to bring the same amount of interest in scientific topics through online activities.
Participants of the study include service members who experienced repetitive low-level exposure — meaning who were repeatedly in close proximity to an explosive during detonation — that may lead to manifestation of issues within the brain over time.
The Patient Student Partnership program officially began at the School of Medicine in 2018 and functions by pairing each medical student in the entering class with a patient undergoing long-term care within the U.Va. Health System.
This fall, the University Health System received over 38,000 N95 masks from the National Strategic Stockpile — a national holding of critical medical supplies managed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. However, the 38,000 masks often had unusable straps that broke when stretched.
Two researchers in the School of Medicine recently discovered a convenient and efficient method to red-shift fluorescent protein-based biosensors using the amino acid 3-aminotyrosine.
Given the prevalence of disability and chronic illness in the United States, the coronavirus pandemic has magnified the inequalities in accessibility that persist in our society.
The research done in the Department of Public Health Sciences, and that of other public health departments, is important in providing analyses and guidance to those making policy decisions. The department’s teaching role has mobilized to help students get a better understanding of public health as well as the COVID-19 pandemic.
Pollsters have identified where the 2016 election polls went short, including the underweighting of location and education, and are implementing changes to hopefully deliver more accurate polls this year.
Science literacy is the ability to gather information, from sources like Facebook or the news, do homework on that information and then decide to agree or disagree.
The University has managed an increasing demand for testing supplies by utilizing multiple forms of testing that require different materials — however, shortages at U.Va. Health still remain according to physicians in the U.Va. Health System.
Having to conduct programming virtually has actually opened up many opportunities for students and allowed the U.Va. Career Center to add new programs, with the number of students visiting the career center doubling over the summer.
Despite COVID-19 protocols for the daily use of disposable masks, to-go containers and cleaning supplies, the University is producing half as much trash as in the fall of 2019.
According to University physicians, there are risks associated with using dexamethasone to treat mild COVID-19 cases and that it should mainly be reserved for those with severe cases as the steroid can cause the immune system to overwork, which can be fatal.
Not only could colder weather perpetuate the virus by increasing indoor congregation and naturally weakening the immune system, but identical viral symptoms seen in COVID-19 and influenza may cause confusion in diagnoses.
Reaching successful infection control is heavily dependent on the compliance of students with procedures. These procedures include informing staff about contact, promptly testing for the virus and agreeing to quarantine or isolate if requested.
In the midst of a semester altered by the COVID-19 pandemic, students may find their mental health changing due to a combination of school and pandemic-related stressors.
As racial minorites are underrepresented in the STEM field, University doctors have been hard at work on projects to fight underlying systemic barriers that contribute to this lack of diversity.
