Symptom Science scholars offer relief from pain, isolation, chronic illness, and disease progression through screening, exercise, and connectivity. Dive into the science of . . . solace.
"I remember when I saw that banner go up on the building that things were changing," said prof. Cathy Campbell. "Our values were on display for all to see."
Professor Lee Ann Johnson got the call in the middle of the night. What do clinicians say when a loved one is dying? And how is that different from what friends say?
The Tabitha Grier Fund was founded in 1944 to help nursing students who got sick with their medical bills. With COVID, the fund had received a valuable new update.
Patients with Huntington's disease often report that anxiety is their chief concern. Professor Jessie Gibson aims to brain-train HD patients into a better frame of mind.
Professor Emma Mitchell's tailored approach to cervical cancer screening, follow-up, and treatment is a powerful retort to one-size-fits-all approaches [VIDEO}.
Professor Pam DeGuzman examines systems and policies to augment the quality and connectivity of healthcare, from libraries as telemedicine sites to virtually connecting nurses with cancer survivors.
It's hard to get sleep in a hospital, but UVA School of Nursing scientist Meghan Mattos is teaming up with engineers and psychiatrists to find ways to improve patients' ability to get their 40 winks [VIDEO].
Lung cancer struck Professor Lee Ann Johnson's mother and grandfather, and she knows well the blunt instrument used to treat it and many patients' reticence to seek the aggressive palliative care they need.
Four new FAANs. Two new deans. An Advanced Oncology NP of the Year (yay, Theresa Pluth Yeo!) and a Washington Nurses' Hall of Fame inductee (go, Donna Poole!).
Sandy Reed-Bryant has made a few changes to refresh, reinvent, and revitalize her own nursing practice. The Alumni Association is mixing things up, too.
