{"id":1774,"date":"2016-02-19T16:21:40","date_gmt":"2016-02-19T21:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/infectious-diseases\/?page_id=1774"},"modified":"2025-11-14T10:33:58","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T15:33:58","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/infectious-diseases\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Division"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 25%;float: left\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 70%;float: left\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #135280\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/infectious-diseases\/\">UVA\u00a0Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health<\/a><\/strong> has a long tradition of excellence in research, patient care and education. Today, division faculty are extending that tradition into new frontiers of research, and training a new generation of physician-scientists to meet the challenges of infectious diseases in an increasingly \u201cflat\u201d global community.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #135280\">Research is supported by more than $29 million in annual extramural funding in 8 departments and 4 divisions in the School of Medicine, including global health initiatives supported by the Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation and the NIH, and carried out with partners in countries around the world, among them Bangladesh, Brazil, Haiti, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #135280\">There has never been a more challenging &#8212; or exciting &#8212; time for students, clinicians, teachers and researchers in our field. Explore the website to learn more about our programs, and feel free to contact us with your questions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;text-align: right\"><strong><em><span style=\"color: #000080\">Eric Houpt, M.D.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #000080\"><strong>\u00a0Division Chief<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UVA\u00a0Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health has a long tradition of excellence in research, patient care and education. Today, division faculty are extending that tradition into new frontiers of research, and training a new generation of physician-scientists to meet the challenges of infectious diseases in an increasingly \u201cflat\u201d global community. 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