UVA Master of Public Health Students Present at Virginia Public Health Association 2021 Annual Conference

4/13/2021

UVA Master of Public Health students presented at the Virginia Public Health Association’s 2021 Annual Conference & Student Research Day.  The theme of this year’s conference was “Virginia’s Public Health…

MPH Student Caroline Conrad Helps Lead Interdisciplinary UVA Team to Top Three Finish in National Competition

4/13/2021

MPH Student Caroline Conrad helped lead UVA’s interdisciplinary "Team Spindalis," which won third place last weekend in the University of Minnesota's 2021 Clarion Case Competition for their program “Per Pares…

Colorectal Cancer Screening Lagging Among Rural Women

4/12/2021

Balkrishnan, Colleagues Discover Promising Link Between Common Blood Pressure Drugs and Colorectal Cancer Survival

4/12/2021

Valdez Appointed To Two National Panels, Honored for Creation of New Field of Patient Ergonomics, and Named Editor of Journal

4/11/2021

Dr. Rupa Valdez, an associate professor in Public Health Sciences and Engineering Systems and Environment, has been honored with two national appointments. She will serve on the Board of Directors for the…

Balkrishnan Appointed Professor Extraordinary of Public Health at South African University

3/13/2021

Valdez Leading Efforts to Organize Vaccine Events for Disability Community

3/12/2021

Dr. Rupa Valdez has been leading efforts to create vaccination events focused on the disability community -- in partnership with many members of the UVA Health System, Virginia Department of…

Balkrishnan research group finds significant disparities in pediatric vaccinations in the United States

3/11/2021

New research led by Rajesh Balkrishnan, PhD, Professor of Public Health Sciences at UVA School of Medicine, finds that significant disparities still exist in protecting infants from preventable chronic diseases…

Guertin, McQuade, McMurry Part of Study That Finds Virginians Still Largely Vulnerable to COVID-19

2/16/2021

Webb Named White House Senior Policy Adviser for COVID-19 Equity

1/19/2021

The Office of President-Elect Biden has appointed Cameron Webb, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Public Health Science, as a Senior Policy Advisor for COVID-19 Equity on the White House COVID-19…