Experts at UVA’s Biocomplexity Institute previously said omicron doesn’t present as severe of an impact on average compared to other strains. UVA also notes that vaccinations hold the key to that. “Evidence suggests a three-dose vaccine regime is more protective against hospitalization and death than the initial two dose series,” researchers wrote in an abbreviated report Friday, referencing booster doses. “It may also offer longer lasting, more durable immunity.”
Timely depression screening increased about 20% among patients after a quality improvement initiative was implemented at their primary care practices, according to findings published in the Journal of Community Health. “Systematic depression screening was successfully incorporated into a primary care setting,” Sarah R. Blackstone, a research program adviser at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, and colleagues wrote.
The Center for Politics at the University of Virginia has come up with another way to rank the states in terms of their partisan leans -- and it comes down to this longtime political maxim: Demography is destiny.
Name, image, and likeness deals not only support student-athletes with the University of Virginia, it also gives a boost to area businesses. “It’s really a three-way partnership with the licensee, Blue Ridge Graphics, the student-athletes and the retail partner,” Hook Sports Marketing co-founder Todd Goodale said. The firm helps UVA student-athletes navigate NIL.
Doctors with the University of Virginia Medical Center say COVID-19 case counts and hospitalizations are down after an explosive post-holiday surge due to the omicron variant.
University of Virginia Health System officials said we’ve hit the Omicron peak, but the decline in COVID-19 case counts is not a reason to let up.
Schools typically offer three types of scholarship: competitive, merit-based and needs-based. The first type is awarded at the end of a competitive application process. The University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business, for example, offers seven competitive scholarship programs. “They are designed to identify MBA candidates who demonstrate outstanding academic achievement, professional accomplishments and high promise as responsible leaders with the potential to contribute to the life of the Darden community and the world at large,” says Whitney Kestner, Darden’s senior director of admiss...
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania is home to the world’s best MBA program, according to the 2022 Financial Times MBA Ranking. (UVA’s Darden School of Business ranked No. 20.)
A use-of-force expert testified Monday against three former Minneapolis police officers who are charged with violating George Floyd’s civil rights, saying their conduct was “inconsistent” with generally accepted policing practices. Tim Longo, the police chief at the University of Virginia, said he reviewed videos, Minneapolis Police Department policies, training materials and other items to evaluate the conduct of the defendants.
USA Swimming today announced that Anthony Nesty and [UVA coach] Todd DeSorbo will be the head coaches of for the U.S. men’s and women’s swim teams, respectively, competing at the 2022 FINA World Championships. The competition will take place June 18 through July 3 in Budapest, Hungary.
The UVA Medical Center is making changes to its visitation policy. Beginning Tuesday, additional visitation will be allowed at the inpatient units, emergency department, outpatient clinics and outpatient procedural areas. The relaxed guidelines come in response to lower COVID-19 case counts.
On 12 December 2021, John Hawley lost his brave two-year battle with colorectal cancer, and the field of numerical astrophysics lost one of its great trailblazers. John’s legacy continues to be felt strongly today by way of his work, and the many leading numerical astrophysicists who have been mentored and influenced by him.
Of 12 schools with a total of 555,372 student athletes and their 3,482,845 nonathlete counterparts, nine had lower COVID-19 test positivity among athletes than nonathletes. They were the University of Arkansas (0.01% vs 3.52%), University of Minnesota (0.63% vs 5.96%), Penn State (0.74% vs 6.58%), Clemson (0.40% vs 1.88%), University of Louisville (0.75% vs 3.05%), Purdue (0.79% vs 2.97%), University of Michigan (0.40% vs 1.12%), University of Illinois (0.17% vs 0.40%), and University of Virginia (0.64% vs 1.04%).
The Stukes family from Hampton Roads hopes to put themselves in the history books a second time with a Los Angeles Rams win on Sunday. Virginia Sports Hall of Famer and Chesapeake native Charles Stukes started his career at cornerback for the Baltimore Colts, which won Super Bowl V against the Dallas Cowboys in 1971, cementing his legacy for the family. Now, Charles Stukes’ son, [UVA alumnus] Dwayne Stukes [an assistant coach for the Rams], has an opportunity to be the second person in the Stukes family to win a Super Bowl — and he is focused on achieving that goal.
Getting funding from experienced entrepreneurs is excellent, but actually making money from stock options before an IPO is even better. That's what Velvet co-founders Carlos Naupari [a UVA alumnus] and Edouard de Montmort believe in, and they told LABS all about it.
Sneha Medappa Maruvanda grew up in India, and [UVA alumnus] Dr. Mark Ross Edelstein, in Virginia. But in getting to know one another, they discovered their backgrounds were strikingly similar.
Spanberger announced she was running for re-election after the new congressional maps were finalized. She's considered one of the more vulnerable candidates heading into the fall after redistricting slightly changed the political makeup. “She has a pretty clear shot at the Democratic nomination now under the new map and she’ll have no less than a 50/50 shot at the general election,” said J. Miles Coleman with UVA’s Center for Politics.
For the moment, experts see the Democrats losing ground in November. Republicans need a net gain of just five House seats to take control of that chamber, and only one seat to regain the reins in a Senate now split 50-50 between the political parties. “Ultimately the environment dictates so much,” said Kyle Kondik, managing editor of Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball, a non-partisan election newsletter run by the University of Virginia Center for Politics. “Democrats need something to change to hold one or both chambers.”
“The generalizability fails on both clauses in the end,” said Mark R. Conaway of the University of Virginia. “Even if this was a study that was done on [a] study population that matched the U.S. population – which it didn’t – the choice of the comparator group made it not generalizable to U.S. practice.”
Preparation is a key component of any crisis leadership strategy. According to Steve Soltis, a lecturer at University of Virginia Darden School of Business, it’s best practice for an organization to have annual crisis preparation meetings.