Category: News and Updates

Women In Medicine Month Recognizes Mary Faith Marshall, Ph.D., FCCM, HEC-C

11/10/2022

#WomenInMedicineMonth may be over but we believe that women should be celebrated all year long. Starting this month we're going to highlight one outstanding woman in medicine and science every…

Interview: How Two Physicians Make Climate Justice Part of Patient Care with Irène Mathieu and Neelu Tummala

1/10/2022

Interview: How Two Physicians Make Climate Justice Part of Patient Care with Irène Mathieu and Neelu Tummala Neelu Tummala, MD and Irène Mathieu, MD are physicians and climate health activists,…

Dr. Rochelle Walensky, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Speaks for Medical Center Hour

1/7/2022

Dr. Walensky will discuss the importance of action-oriented public health response, including the latest on the COVID-19 pandemic and how CDC is preparing for future public health threats. Watch Medical…

Pediatric Ethics: Theory and Practice

12/17/2021

This new book assists health care providers to understand the specific interplay of the roles and relationships currently forming the debates in pediatric clinical ethics. It builds on the fact…

Eating Disorders in Youth Rose During COVID — But the Signs Aren’t What Parents Might Expect

11/3/2021

A peer-reviewed study out of the British Journal of Psychiatry suggests that eating disorder diagnoses increased 15% in 2020 among people under 30 compared to previous years. Researchers believe the increase is…

Medical Center Hour Named as a Top Five Pick of Things to Do In Charlottesville by UVA Alumni Association

2/4/2021

  Our Picks: February 5–18 1) KEN BURNS AND LONNIE BUNCH DISCUSS THE MAKING OF CULTURAL MEMORY Join Filmmaker Ken Burns and Smithsonian Institution Secretary Lonnie Bunch for “History is now:…

Former Center Director, Daniel Becker, MD, Publishes Debut Book of Poetry

12/8/2020

Dr. Becker's 2nd Chance The Center congratulates former director, Dr. Daniel Becker, on the publication of his debut book of poetry, 2nd Chance. A nod to his first chapbook length…

Medical Center Hour is Moving to Zoom

8/27/2020

Medical Center Hour is moving to Zoom. Our 2020-2021 season—Medical Center Hour's 50th!—starts on Wednesday, 16 September 2020. Join our Zoom webinars on Wednesdays, 12:00-1:00 pm, from the Zooming device…

AMA Journal of Ethics essay by James Childress and Marcia Day Childress

8/6/2020

In its May 2020 issue, the AMA Journal of Ethics carried an essay by James Childress and Marcia Day Childress, "What Does the Evolution from Informed Consent to Shared Decision…