Recent Articles by
Christine Phelan Kueter
December 07, 2020
The nursing professor is developing and testing a decision-making tool to help men understand the risks and benefits of their prostate cancer treatment. He discusses how it works – and why it’s especially important for Black men.
November 11, 2020
In her research and teaching, public health nursing professor Emma Mitchell studies the interplay between women’s health, economy, climate and disease.
August 27, 2020
Vickie Southall, an assistant professor in the School of Nursing, talks about why it’s critical that nurses – on the COVID-19 front lines as children return to classrooms – be on staff at every Virginia school.
August 10, 2020
New York City ER physician Dr. Lorna Breen committed suicide after months of working on the coronavirus front lines. In the wake of her death, her family and colleagues assert that the stigma clinicians experience when seeking mental health help must stop.
July 10, 2020
A nursing professor studying the effects of a virtual exercise and education pilot program she developed for rural heart failure patients finds that Zoom helps build community.
July 07, 2020
A UVA pilot study found that administering blood platelets faster posed no complications, which means kids with cancer can spend less time hooked to IV poles.
May 26, 2020
Nursing students are eager to get on the front lines of the COVID-19 crisis, confident that they can make a difference.
May 11, 2020
The couple, who immigrated from the Democratic Republic of Congo, are about to earn master’s degrees from UVA’s Clinical Nurse Leader program.
April 30, 2020
After graduation, she will be an ICU nurse at UVA Health, where she is already helping COVID-19 victims as a patient care assistant.
April 17, 2020
Nursing professor Kathryn Laughon, who studies intimate partner violence, discusses how stay-at-home orders could affect domestic violence in the U.S and what can be done.