Medical School's Joy Boissevain is Globally Respected
Fariss Samarrai UVA Today is highlighting the winners of the 2011 Leonard W. Sandridge Outstanding Contribution Awards. Today: Joy Boissevain of U.Va.'s Center for Global Health. To see all of the...
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U.Va. Infectious Disease Expert Named Va. Outstanding Scientist
U.Va. News StaffJanuary 19, 2012 — The University of Virginia Health System's Dr. Richard L. Guerrant, an infectious disease expert who has waged an international campaign against deadly childhood...
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University of Virginia's 'PureMadi' Brings Clean Water to Developing Countries
Fariss SamarraiA ceramic water filtration device that looks like a clay flowerpot may someday play a large role in reducing waterborne infectious diseases in developing countries.Faculty and students...
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Board Members Get First Look at Hospital Bed Expansion
Dan HeuchertFebruary 24, 2012 — During its meeting Thursday, the Medical Center Operating Board had its first look at the University of Virginia Medical Center's hospital bed expansion. The 72 private...
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U.Va. Team Wins Walmart Better Living Business Plan Challenge
Josie PipkinApril 24, 2012 — A team of University of Virginia students aiming to improve water quality and the local economy in a rural South African province won the $20,000 grand prize at the Walmart...
View ArticleStudents Work on Primary Health Care in St. Kitts and Nevis
Anne E. BromleyJune 26, 2012 — The University of Virginia is partnering with the Ministry of Health in St. Kitts and Nevis on two student-led research projects that examine the use of primary and...
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Nursing, Globally: Recent Grads, Professor Offer Care in Malawi, Return...
Christine Phelan KueterDespite the many things they learned in the University of Virginia School of Nursing before they graduated in May, Rebecca Thornton, Megan Veasey and Erin Donnelly never got a...
View ArticleArt Exhibition Sparked by Health Care Training Partnership Opens Oct. 2
Eric SwensenA new exhibit at McGuffey Art Center featuring the work of two Rwandan artists grew out of an effort to improve health care in Rwanda that includes the University of Virginia School of...
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Dalai Lama Exchanges Ideas, Laughter With Health System Clinicians
Christine Phelan KueterThe Dalai Lama joined five University of Virginia Health System clinicians on the Paramount Theater stage for nearly two hours today, the first of two events marking his...
View ArticleDillingham Succeeds Guerrant as Director of U.Va.’s Center for Global Health
Jane KellyThe University of Virginia’s Center for Global Health has a new director.Executive Vice President and Provost John Simon named assistant professor of medicine Dr. Rebecca Dillingham to...
View Article$1.7 Million Grant Funds Battle Against Deadly Childhood Diarrhea
The University of Virginia's Center for Global Health has won a $1.7 million, five-year grant to train researchers to battle the spread of deadly diarrhea among young children in rural South Africa.The...
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U.Va. Center for Global Health Receives Funding for Gut Function Biomarker...
The Center for Global Health at the University of Virginia School of Medicine announced today that it will receive funding through the Biomarkers of Gut Function and Health program within the Grand...
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First Global Health Case Competition Brings Together Diverse Perspectives
Lisa KesslerDrug-resistant strains of tuberculosis are being reported in the Mumbai slum of Dharavi, one of the largest slums in the world and home to an estimated 1 million people. That’s the...
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U.Va. Makes Royal Connections with International Relief Foundation
A visit last fall by Baroness Emma Nicholson of Winterbourne, who came to the University of Virginia to talk about her international relief agency, led to U.Va. Women’s Center Director Sharon Davie...
View ArticleGates Foundation Grants Bolster U.Va.’s Global War on Childhood Malnutrition
Their work takes place in different countries, from Brazil to Pakistan and beyond, but for a group of researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, the mission is the same: to stop the...
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New Center Brings Nurse-Driven Solutions and Assessment to World’s...
Christine Phelan KueterCan Virginia nurses affect the quality of water in South Africa, aid Bahamians in better managing their diabetes, and promote hygienic practices to halt the spread of disease in...
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Class of 2013: Caroline Hackett Uses Engineering Education to Help People,...
Matt KellyAfter she graduates from the University of Virginia’s School of Engineering and Applied Science, Caroline Hackett is embarking on a cruise.It’s no luxury-liner junket, though. She’ll be doing...
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Class of 2013: Amy Curtis Sculpts Her Own Educational Path, and Shares It...
Jane KellyIf anyone ever told 2013 University of Virginia graduate Amy Curtis to choose one thing and to do it well, she ignored them.Consider this: When Curtis was shopping for colleges as a student...
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Two U.Va. Professors to Be Inducted as Fellows in the American Academy of...
Christine Phelan KueterUniversity of Virginia associate nursing professors Marianne Baernholdt and Karen Rose will be initiated as fellows of the American Academy of Nursing in a ceremony this fall at...
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U.Va. Undergraduate’s Research Designed to Aid Surgeons in Rwanda
The University of Virginia Faculty Senate and Center for Undergraduate Excellence recently announced the recipients of the 2014 Harrison Undergraduate Research Awards. To mark the announcement, UVA...
View ArticleWorld Water Day Symposium at U.Va. Features Expert Panels, Keynote Speaker
Water is essential for life and for food production, electricity generation and environmental sustainability, but access to water varies greatly across the globe – abundant in some places, scarce in...
View ArticleExperts at U.Va. Will Discuss Ebola Tuesday, as First Case is Reported In U.S.
Several experts on the Ebola virus, including a physician from hard-struck Liberia, will convene Tuesday at the University of Virginia for a panel discussion on the challenges posed by the outbreak,...
View ArticleU.Va. Center Offers New International Research Opportunity for Minority Students
The University of Virginia is offering new, international research opportunities to students from underrepresented minorities through a five-year, $1.25 million grant from the National Institute of...
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Hannah Graham’s Parents Create Memorial Award to Honor Her Passions
Jane KellyThe family of late University of Virginia student Hannah Graham on Friday announced the creation of a memorial award to honor her memory.Speaking at a somber launch event at U.Va.’s...
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New Grant Supports New Grad’s Love of Public Health Work in South Africa
Jane KellyMaya Wright is a rarity: a woman in the STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) field. Rarer still, she is an African-American woman in the STEM field.In 2014, the National Science...
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