UVA Cancer Center Seeks Innovative Ideas to Improve Care, Reduce Health Disparities
8/3/2023
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Aug. 3, 2023 – To reduce cancer’s impact and enhance health equity, University of Virginia Cancer Center will award as many as five grants of up to $10,000…
Hope at Work: How Claudette Grant Cultivates Healthy Communities
6/15/2023
This is the latest installment in our Connect article series “Hope at Work” — showcasing inspiring stories about how our team members contribute to UVA Health’s 10-year Strategic Plan: “One Future Together…
A Successful Skin Cancer Screening Event — Plus, Reminders to Keep You Safe This Summer
6/2/2023
An important community service event was recently held for Skin Cancer Awareness Month. On Saturday, May 13, more than 260 patients attended the free skin cancer screening event hosted by…
5/2/2023
WISE — Year two of a project linking UVA Wise and Coeburn Middle School students in a fight against tobacco use came to center court Tuesday. Cody Sanders, associate professor…
UVA Cancer Center Backs 5 Efforts to Address Cancer-Related Health Disparities
3/20/2023
Five community groups from across Virginia have received $10,000 grants from UVA Cancer Center to address cancer-related health disparities. The grant program was created to celebrate UVA’s designation by the…
iTHRIV Backs Community-Based Research Projects with $80K in Seed Grants
12/1/2022
The integrated Translational Health Research Institute of Virginia, or iTHRIV, a National Institutes of Health-funded Clinical and Translational Science Award hub, has awarded almost $80,000 in seed funding to two community-focused projects focused…
$1.2M NIH Grant to Support Cervical Cancer Screening, Treatment, and Follow-up in Nicaragua
11/7/2022
A new $1.2 million NIH grant will support Emma Mitchell, PhD, an associate professor of nursing, in expanding and strengthening cervical cancer screening, treatment, and follow-up using an app called…
11/7/2022
UVA Health Cancer Center is joining more than 50 other top cancer organizations in calling to increase access to and use of low-dose computed tomography (CT) scans for Americans at high risk for lung…
UVA Health, Community Pharmacies Partner to Help Appalachia Residents Quit Smoking
9/20/2022
Fourteen independent community pharmacies will team with UVA Health to help residents of rural Appalachia quit smoking and test the effectiveness of multiple smoking cessation programs, including one based on…
PARTNERSHIP SEEKS TO BOOST SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING RATES
8/10/2022
Building on a successful pilot program that increased colorectal cancer screening rates among its patients, the Community Health Center of the New River Valley is expanding its partnership with the…