Resident Emily Ninmer, MD Awarded $25,000 UVA Cancer Center Grant
3/19/2025
Congratulations to the research team led by resident Emily Ninmer, MD (Co PIs: Craig Slingluff, MD and Heman Shakeri, PhD). Dr. Ninmer was recently awarded a $25,000 grant from the UVA…
UVA Surgery’s Blue Ridge Ranking Jumped to #17 Nationwide in FY24
3/19/2025
We are pleased to share that the Blue Ridge Institute of Medical Research released its rankings for FY24. The Blue Ridge rankings are based on U.S. National Institutes of Health…
10/24/2022
Congratulations to Dr. Shayna Showalter, MD, and her collaborators Dr. Tim Showalter, MD, Dr. Trish Mallard, MD, and Dr. Gina Petroni, PhD. They were just informed that their R21 “Patient-Centered…
Bold UVA Research Could End Lung Shortages, Save Lives of Recipients
7/6/2017
The National Institutes of Health are investing more than $8.6 million in several promising areas of UVA research related to lung transplants that could make a major difference in patients’ lives
On the Front Lines of Cancer Research
6/13/2017
Department of Surgery faculty Craig Slingluff, MD and Ileana Mauldin, PhD are undertaking groundbreaking cancer research in immune therapy that is helping to improve the methods by which cancer treatment is approached.
UVA Led Research Teams Publish Medicare Disparity Study
6/5/2017
Expanding Medicaid coverage is associated with better outcomes for heart surgery patients, according to a study led by University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers.
Carter Immunology Center’s Research Moves From Frontier to Front-and-Center
5/21/2017
UVA Today recently featured a story highlight the collaboration between Department of Surgery faculty member, Craig Slingluff and Victor H. Engelhard
This Surgeon is Redefining the Possibilities of Organ Transplant Surgery
3/28/2017
Dr. Jose Oberholzer, the director of UVA’s Charles O. Strickler Transplant Center, explains advances in robotic transplant surgery and his plans for innovative treatment research.
