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hello my name is dr molina kibby i am
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the 17th dean of the uva school of
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medicine and chief health affairs
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officer for uva health i welcome you to
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the school of medicine
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founded in 1819 we're the 10th oldest
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medical school in the united states we
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have nearly a thousand students more
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than 800 residents and fellows and about
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1300 full-time faculty in the school's
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21 clinical and eight basic science
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departments and we have two campuses
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here in charlottesville and in northern
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virginia in fairfax
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at the uva school of medicine our
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primary mission is to educate and train
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physicians and scientists to help people
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achieve healthy
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productive lives while at the same time
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advancing medical science
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we do this by attracting an academically
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accomplished and diverse student body in
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a respectful nurturing environment that
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challenges students to learn
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and to apply science and medicine
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at the most skillful levels our medical
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student curriculum employs a
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system-based learning experience instead
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of the traditional split of basic and
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clinical sciences
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this deeply integrates basic science
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into clinical medicine
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using the best evidence-based models
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we also offer a biomedical sciences
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graduate program
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a medical scientist training program and
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master's degrees in public health and in
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science and clinical research
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our cutting-edge research programs bring
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together basic and clinical scientists
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to pioneer the treatments of tomorrow
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scientific advances such as the
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molecular genetics revolution
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human genome sequencing advanced imaging
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techniques
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and high performance computing make it
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an exciting time to be engaged in
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research at uva
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ultimately
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every discovery we make every student we
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teach
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and each step we take in the school of
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medicine has the same goal
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providing better patient care
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we are innovators in offering new
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treatments
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bringing research breakthroughs to the
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bedside and harnessing technology to
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reach underserved populations
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at the uva school of medicine we strive
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to be the provider of choice for our
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local community working collaboratively
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to improve community health and to
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decrease health disparities amongst
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those at risk or currently underserved
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we hope you'll spend time on our website
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learning more about the uva school of
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medicine and our people thank you