Public Health Sciences
News Archive
2006
- Reynolds named Acting Director of Biostat & Epi
- Stukenborg named Exceptional Reviewer by Medical Care
- Welcome to Andrew Post, our newest Assistant Professor of Clinical Informatics
- Welcome to Guofen Yan, our new Assistant Professor of Biostatistics
- Slawson and Shaughnessy publish in Academic Medicine
- Harrison Named Director of Clinical Informatics Division
- New Division of Public Health Policy & Practice created under Ruth Gaare Bernheim, JD, MPH
- CTO working with HIC to produce Training Program for Clinical Research Coordinators and Investigators
- Davenport, Wheatley Publish in SOCRA Source
- Faculty members' publication in JNMA cited in AHRQ Newsletter
- New name points to Department's future
- Reynolds returns to PHS as Acting Chair for '06-'07
- Petroni, Cohn Promoted
- Bovbjerg recognized by Society for Behavioral Medicine in Outlook, (page 18)
- Division of Biostatistics & Epidemiology moves to new quarters
- McGarvey, Linares and Williams join Public Health Sciences
- Masters of Public Health accredited by CEPH
- Lee receives 5-year NIH grant to study genome-wide pathway mechanisms in diabetic atherosclerosis
- New PhD training program in Biomedical Informatics funded by the NLM
2007
- John O'Quigley joins Biostatistics and Epidemiology
- Carolyn Engelhard and Dean Tim Garson publish book on health policy; signing August 4th at B&N
- Theodorescu, Lee publish breakthrough work on new chemotherapy profiling algorithm
- Dr. Lei Liu receives grant from AHRQ to study statistical methods for analyzing medical costs
- PHS' Johnston Named Chair of UVa Neurology
- MPH Students Attend Community Health Resource Lab at UVa Symposium on Race and Society
- El-Amin, Givens receive first MPH Community Impact Award
2008
- Brookman named new Academic Programs Administrator
- Matthew Gurka receives NIH grant to study impact of chronic illness on developmental health of children
- Garson and Engelhard Prepare Briefing Paper for National Health Care Debate
- Harrison dedicates book to UVa's Bob Reynolds
- New CTO Ruffin Presents Visionary Look at Medicine in the Digital Age
- Reynolds Retires; Knaus Acting Director of Biostatistics & Epidemiology
- Matthew Gurka, PhD, elected to the Academy of Distinguished Educators
- Video of health care reform plans of presidential candidates by Carolyn Engelhard on UVA housestaff website.
- Engelhard and Garson go on-line with Health Policy column
2009
- Engelhard and Garson publish study on taxing fattening foods
- Engelhard Talks Health Care Reform on UVa Today
- PHS begins search for new Chair
- Enrollment increases to 49 students in the MS in Clinical Research and MPH Programs
- Dr. Stukenborg awarded R01 from AHRQ
- Bernheim & Peake tout undergrad public health activities in AACU’s “Peer Review”
- Bernheim Appointed to CDC Ethics Panel
- Conaway, Engelhard elected to Academy of Distinguished Educators
- Bernheim leads Richmond conference on "Advancing Health Equity"
- Liu, O’Quigley receive Research Challenge Grant funding
- Knaus, Cohn receive GO Challenge Grant 1RC2CA150911-01