Volume 2, No. 2 Summer '08

Steven T. DeKosky Chosen as New Dean
Leading Alzheimer’s Researcher is School of Medicine’s 13th Dean

Improving Rural Stroke Care
Pilot Program Using Telemedicine to Link Stroke Patients with UVA Experts

Eyes on the Prize
UVA-Led Consortium Hopes to Develop Treatment for Dry Eyes

Better Understanding Heart Disease
UVA Engineering, Medical Researchers Create Atherosclerosis Model

Researchers Find Bacteria Mutation
UVA Team’s Discovery Could Improve Diarrhea Treatment

Battling a Killer Parasite
Researchers Seek Vaccine for Parasite that Kills 100,000 Annually

Lifelong Learning in the Digital Age
UVA Physician Ted Burns Educates Through Podcasts

Why All Cells Matter
John Herr, Ph.D., Shows Human Egg Cells’ Pre-Patterning Impacts Embryo Development

Making the Translation from Bench to Bedside
John Herr’s Basic Research Leads to Vasectomy Test

Breakthrough Post-Vasectomy Test Developed
FDA Approves UVA Researcher's Home Test for Over-The-Counter Sale

Helping Future Doctors Believe in Themselves
By Moses K. A. Woode, Ph.D., DIC, FAI