Research

Basic, translational, clinical, and epidemiologic investigations are vital in the UVA Department of Medicine.

More than a third of the 281 faculty in the Department of Medicine are heavily involved in research and investigative research tracks. In FY 2015, total grant support for department faculty exceeded $41 million, with roughly 54% coming from the National Institutes of Health, 26% from foundations (notably several large awards from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to the Division of Infectious Diseases), 13% from industry, and 7% from other government sources. DOM investigators had 69 NIH-funded grants in FY15, including 33 R01s, 9 K (career development) awards, and 6 training grants.

Every May, the Department of Medicine hosts the Carey-Marshall-Thorner Research & Scholars Day (named for three eminent physician-researchers at UVA), which provides DOM residents and fellows with a forum for sharing research and ideas and making interdisciplinary and cross-specialty connections. Go here to learn more.

Several UVA institutional resources facilitate the Department of Medicine’s commitment to research that advances the medical and biomedical sciences. These include the School of Medicine’s Office of Research Core Administration, which supports more than 15 research cores. The cores provide SOM investigators access to various technical and analytical services and sophisticated instrumentation. A list of equipment available in the research cores is available here.

Some of the other institutional resources include:

• Office of Grants & Contracts, School of Medicine
• Institutional Review Board for Health Sciences Research
• Institutional Biosafety Committee
• School of Medicine Clinical Trials Office
• School of Medicine Biostatistics Consulting Service
• UVA Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee
• UVA Office of Sponsored Programs
• Women in Internal Medicine Network