The School’s first strategic plan in more than a decade is charting its path for the next 10 years. What does that roadway look like?

Rural Nelson County, Va., is home to a new nutritional support program for older residents, thanks to a Humana Foundation grant earned by prof. Kelley Anderson

What happens when clinicians don't address relationship violence in patients with disability?

'A staggering lack of research on sexual health near the end of life' prompted hospice expert and sex educator Acquaviva's new Hillman Foundation-funded study.

With a new three-year, $450,000 fellowship grant, LeBaron and team will expand, refine, and test a smartwatch prototype that assesses clinicians' conversations.

The School is ranked No. 33 in the nation for NIH funding, leaping ten spots since 2022.

The grant will help establish an “AI blueprint” for health care monitoring systems that serve a wider diversity of patient populations.

How might mattering, intentionally cultivated during nursing and medical school, bolster students' educational experience and professional longevity?

Led by nurse scientist and professor Virginia LeBaron, researchers have developed a smartwatch prototype they hope will improve bedside care and communication.

'AI informed by data from homogenous populations poorly generalize,' said Williams. 'That's why diverse approaches in healthcare, AI included, are so critical.'

In an effort to reduce rates of intimate partner violence, researchers are exploring the influences and contexts of romantic relationships for Black girls.

The new AHRQ grant is the latest accolade for Keim-Malpass, who is refining the use of predictive software's role in the care of acutely ill heart patients.

A new $1.2M NIH grant will allow Mitchell to expand her cervical cancer screening and treatment protocol in Nicaragua where mortality from the disease is high.

Up to half of older patients with dementia have insomnia. With a $1.22M NIH grant, prof. Meghan Mattos will test an online intervention that aims to help.

Disabled, pregnant people are at 2 1/2 times more likely to be victims of violence than their non-disabled, pregnant peers, a new study finds.

A new short, animated film reveals what happens when Alzheimer’s strikes so people can understand 'the humanity piece of it,' explains Prof. Ishan Williams.

A $2.14M grant will enable profs Westphal and Plews-Ogan to expand their Wisdom & Wellbeing and peer support training program for exhausted healthcare staff.

Assistant Professor Lee Ann Johnson studies the impact that stigma and comorbidities have on the treatments and care patients with advanced lung cancer seek.

Sleep for hospital patients can be maddeningly elusive. But studying indoor environmental quality is key, says prof. Meghan Mattos, to getting those 40 winks.

On Nicaragua's Caribbean coast, prof. Emma Mitchell and her partners are creating a powerful screening, follow-up, and treatment pathway.

Missing regular well-child visits, especially key early appointments, leads to significant delays in diagnosing children with autism spectrum disorder.

In addition to tremors, patients with Huntington's disease often experience debilitating anxiety and negativity. Prof. Jessie Gibson's study aims to help.

Non-whites suffer disproportionately from vascular problems and dementia, one reason why culturally-tailored support is so critical.

When nursing and medical students experience mattering - feeling they add value and are valued - they're less likely to be depressed and burned out.

With funding from the W.T. Grant Foundation, prof. Katrina Debnam and Youth-Nex director Nancy Deutsch will serve as mixed-methods consultants to researchers.

More than 1/3 of the disabled women prof. Jeanne Alhusen interviewed got pregnant after experiencing sexual violence. Her NIH grant will position nurses to help

With an Engineering in Medicine seed grant, UVA engineers and nurse scientists are testing how environmental sensors might improve patients' sleep and recovery.

A $3.4 million NIH grant will improve understanding of cancer pain and help patients and their family caregivers both anticipate and ease it.

Nurse scientist Jessica Keim-Malpass is researching software that monitors patients to predict clinical problems in COVID patients before they happen.

It takes courage to cross a stranger's threshold and offer care and comfort and support. Let us appreciate the essential services home-visiting nurses provide.

Nurse scientist Randy Jones is developing and testing a decision-making tool to help men understand the risks and benefits of their prostate cancer treatment.

How often do home-visiting nurses face violence from their patients?

In her research and teaching, public health nursing professor Emma Mitchell studies the interplay between women’s health, economy, climate and disease.

Pilot VIRGINIA AT HOME will offer rural, homebound seniors a new kind of in-home care. Nursing prof. Meghan Mattos will evaluate its impact - and path forward.

How can clinicians better support caregivers tending the health needs of loved ones with end-stage kidney disease? Prof. Maureen Metzger investigates.

Libraries may be key to connecting rural patients with telemedicine visits, according to new research published by associate professor Pamela DeGuzman.

Even nurse scientist Jill Howie-Esquivel is surprised by the depth of connections in her virtual exercise class for patients with heart failure.

With a $450K Moore Fellowship and three years, prof. Jessica Keim Malpass will create modeling to help clinicians understand the path of sepsis in children.

COVID means cervical cancer screenings aren't happening. Prof. Emma Mitchell on the simple test that can detect HPV - and why the FDA must approve it for use.

It's never been more critical for cancer survivors to have a nurse's virtual care. A new pilot study by prof. Pam DeGuzman offers connection - and hope.

'It helps them just be kids again,' said assistant prof. Beth Quatrara, who, with nurse Susan Steck, led the pilot study that's changed UVA Health protocol.

Incidence of violence and abuse are climbing during the quarantine. What women should know about dealing with violence during times of quarantine

An important pediatric cancer drug is in critically short supply, but math models developed by nursing prof. Jessica Keim-Malpass will make allocation easier.

You've survived cancer. But for many, a 15-20 minute telehealth intervention with a nurse after treatment ends can make surviving survivable, a new pilot finds.

With an NIH grant, prof LeBaron and global health colleagues, will develop a bedside app to help cancer patients globally to get the pain meds they need.

New study by professor Wiencek published in the American Journal of Critical Care shows progress being made to reduce unnecessary tests, treatments.

When chronic and life-limiting illness strike, decision aids - like those developed by UVA nurse scholars - help us live well and without regret.

Specially trained peers, armed with HPV self-collection kits, are an effective means of addressing disparities in screening and treatment for cervical cancer.

New research finds a significant association between palliative care and nurses’ levels of “moral distress,” a driving factor in RN attrition and burnout.

UVA nurse historians stole the show at the American Association for the History of Nursing annual conference, in Dallas, TX

Shuttering mental institutions in the 1960s and 1970s forced families to become the primary caregivers of children with profound physical and mental disability

About 40 percent of breast cancer patients experience mental health issues; new research finds this group is more likely to use, and die from opioid use.

Untreated perinatal mood and anxiety disorders can have long-term impacts, but education and screening can help, explains grantee and nursing prof Sharon Veith.

In some countries, HPV rates are 7X higher than in industrialized countries. With innovative tech, nursing prof. Emma Mitchell's work aims to close that gap.

With a new $110K grant, prof. Howie-Esquivel will test a live, iPad-delivered intervention to help rural heart patients' strength, and ability to stay home.

A new $2.7M study investigates what influences Hispanic children’s propensity to become obese by peering into mothers’ habits well before pregnancy.

With an NIH grant, prof. Virginia LeBaron will develop a bedside app to help cancer patients and clinicians in developing nations get the pain meds they need.

A new $726,000 Department of Justice grant will improve how strangulation in the context of intimate partner violence is identified, and prosecuted in court.

A $444K NIH grant will gather narratives from hundreds Virginians caring for severely disabled children, and develop an app to aid in their coping and care.

Could teaching individuals with mild cognitive impairment how to sleep better actually stave off their descent into dementia? Prof. Meghan Mattos investigates

A nurse scholar, engineer, and palliative care doc developed wearable tech to monitor cancer pain, environmental stressors, and ensure safe use of pain meds.

Imagine it: An ordinary freezer with hundreds of test tubes that may offer clues about the interplay between a pregnant woman’s biology and her baby's.

Could teaching mindfulness to obese pregnant women lead to healthier moms and babies?

Siega-Riz, a scholar in nutrition, maternal and child health, has garnered more than $9 million in research funding over her career

In parts of the world where palliative care is often learned 'on the fly' Fulbright Scholar Cathy Campbell is teaching best practices.

With a $313K grant to integrate nurses' observations into statistical analyses, prof. Keim-Malpass on RNs' crucial role in driving big data forward.

Cathy Campbell has seen palliative care find its place in American medicine. Now she’s seeking to bring it to some of the world’s poorest, most rural regions.

A new tool helps prostate cancer patients ask a bevy of questions: Is incontinence inevitable? When is the catheter is removed? Will I ever have sex again?

Debnam - with joint appointments in education and nursing - is working to create a novel app for teens to identify and help with relationship violence

Are there simple, effective ways to loosen arteries that have become stiff with age?

'Measuring domestic violence is messy,' admits researcher Linda Bullock, 'but what we do know is that women who received DOVE got better.'

Nursing prof examines both sides of the coin: Untreated pain and opioid abuse and diversion

Access to health care can be a real barrier for women living in rural Virginia. Can at-home testing detect cervical cancer while it's still treatable?

UVA nursing professor Jeongok Logan aims to measure how much the stiffening in one’s arteries might start in one’s head.

Alhusen, who has more than $2 million in current funded grants, was lauded with AWHONN's 'Excellence in Research' award.

Nine summer interns lent their energy and enthusiasm to UVA Nursing faculty waist-deep in funded research studies.

Are disabled women getting the reproductive care they need?

Prof. Kathryn Laughon is researching existing dyes to see what best captures rape victims’ injuries while not interfering with DNA analyses.

Prof. Epstein's 'Angel Eyes' intervention connects parents living at a distance to nurses caring for their babies in the NICU.