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May 25, 2021

UVA Health names new chief external affairs officer

UVA Health has hired Inova Health Systems executive Jennifer W. Siciliano as its new chief external affairs officer, starting Aug. 11. In her new role, Siciliano will build relationships with elected officials and their staff members at local, state and federal levels. “I am excited to join one of the nation’s leading academic health systems,” […]

Apr 29, 2021

UVA Health taps chief ambulatory operations officer

UVA Health has named John C. Bennett its new chief ambulatory operations officer, overseeing all UVA Health clinical outpatient operations effective July 1. Bennett comes from PeaceHealth, a nonprofit health care system with facilities in Alaska, Oregon and Washington, where he was chief executive of ambulatory services. “UVA Health provides significant outpatient services throughout the [&helli[...]

Apr 12, 2021

UVA Health hires chief diversity & community engagement officers

Charlottesville-based UVA Health has named Dr. Tracy M. Downs as the health system‘s inaugural chief diversity & community engagement officer, effective July 1. A urologist who specializes in the surgical treatment of urologic cancers, Downs previously served as associate dean for diversity and multicultural affairs and as a professor of urologic oncology for the University […]

Mar 24, 2021

U.Va.-Va. Tech researchers develop promising coronavirus vaccines

Athletic rivals Virginia Tech and the University of Virginia are working together on two new coronavirus vaccines, and their research has shown early promise in protecting people from existing and future variants of COVID-19, according to the universities. Created by U.Va. Health Professor Steven L. Zeichner and Virginia Tech Distinguished Professor X.J. Meng, one vaccine […]

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Feb 18, 2021

U.Va. Health System to buy out Novant Health in NoVa partnership

The University of Virginia Health System has signed a letter of intent to buy out Novant Health U.Va. Health System, a Northern Virginia regional health system owned by the two institutions through a joint operating company that formed in 2016. Financial terms of the proposed acquisition have not been disclosed. Winston-Salem, North Carolina-based Novant Health […]

Feb 4, 2021

New drug cocktail appears to block COVID among people exposed to virus

The University of Virginia Health System is testing an antibody cocktail that so far has blocked 100% of symptomatic COVID-19 cases among people who were exposed to the coronavirus, U.Va. Health announced this week. New York-based Regeneron Pharmaceuticals produces the treatment, which is being tested at several facilities, and also has proven to be effective […]

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