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…
UVA Health, Southwest Virginia Coalition Expand Virtual Access to Healthcare
1/30/2023
UVA Health and a coalition of Southwest Virginia healthcare groups are partnering to better combat health problems related to the COVID-19 pandemic, backed by a $5.1 million federal grant that…
UVA, Community Health Centers Expand Cancer Screenings for Underserved
1/10/2023
To expand access to cancer screenings for underserved groups in Central, Southside and Southwest Virginia, UVA Cancer Center is establishing partnerships with community health centers serving those regions. One partnership…
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…