On June 4, Scott White, the commissioner of insurance for the SCC, sent a letter of guidance to insurers. The new legislation is compliant with state and federal laws, and will take effect on July 1, he said – despite requests from companies to consider a later date, or to allow limited signup periods. White’s statement and the Richmond guidance might help keep prices down, said Carolyn Engelhard, an associate professor at the University of Virginia and director of its health policy program. Still, she said, the premiums in Charlottesville will remain high, and the age of people in the area ma...
Type 1 diabetes is not a preventable disease, but it's one that can hit at any time in a person's life and forever change the course of it. That's what happened to Marshall McIntyre, a Charlottesville man who was forced to start life over. UVA Orthopedic Trauma Director Dr. David Weiss did part of his residency as a flight surgeon. He was trained for what happens in the Air Force in cases like McIntyre's. “There are certain positions that are considered disqualifying, and how disqualifying depends a little bit on what your job is,” said the doctor.
(Commentary by James A. Coan, a UVA psychology professor) I study how the brain transforms social connection into better mental and physical health. My research suggests that maintaining close ties to trusted loved ones is a vital buffer against the external stressors we all face. But not being an expert on how this affects children, I recently invited five internationally recognized developmental scientists to chat with me on a science podcast I host.
People with a rare red meat allergy may have a higher risk of heart disease, a new study suggests. The lone star tick's saliva may contain alpha-gal, said lead study author Dr. Jeff Wilson, an allergy research fellow at the UVA Health System. So, when the tick bites a person, it exposes the individual to the alpha-gal and may trigger an immune response in the body. Then, when that person eats red meat and some dairy products, the body responds by producing antibodies to alpha-gal, Wilson said.
UVA’s Darden School of Business has announced a new competitive scholarship program designed to support MBA students who are focused on entrepreneurship, innovation and technology.
The University of Delaware Press and the University of Virginia Press have announced a collaboration. The Delaware press will maintain editorial offices and its editorial board, but the UVA Press will provide manuscript editorial, design and production services.
(Podcast with Ben Converse, assistant professor of public policy and psychology) Slow-motion replays are ubiquitous in the world of sports, but may be problematic when used in courts of law.
UVA will move forward this summer with the installation of wheelchair ramps that would allow, for the first time, disabled visitors, students, staff and faculty to move the length of the Lawn.
Larry Sabato, director of UVA’s Center for Politics, said Tuesday night on Twitter that “if the race goes as expected — IF — and Kaine wins handily, the undertow for the GOP could produce 2 or 3 gains for Ds in House seats. That’s a real one-state contribution to the +23 seats (net) Dems need nationally,” he said.
Delivering time- and life-saving telehealth solutions during the West African Ebola crisis of 2014-16 and in the aftermath of the Charlottesville protests of 2017 required leveraging Cisco's Jabber and WebEx, the University of Virginia has said. Brian Gunnell, transformative technology strategist at the UVA Health System, said UVA initially became involved in the Ebola crisis in Africa because of its existing outreach programs with physicians traveling to developing nations.
Pineda-Madrid was praised for her scholarship, her clear and prophetic voice, and her many ministries with and on behalf of women, specifically her ground-breaking work on women's suffering and ritualistic killing in Ciudad Juárez on the Mexican border. "She lifts up the lowly, empowering those who are on the margins of our society, especially those who are most vulnerable to abuse and violence," said Nichole Flores, a UVA assistant professor of religious studies and a former student of Pineda-Madrid.
What conventional pundits and partisans have to say about that question is entirely predictable. But Yale University Press has made an effort to provide more serious answers through a new series of books overseen by James Davison Hunter and John M. Owen IV—two professors affiliated with the University of Virginia’s Institute for the Advanced Study of Culture.
UVA professor Brian Nosek explained the psychology behind this during a free interactive session Monday evening at the Martin Luther King Performing Arts Center called “Understanding Implicit Bias.” The session discussed how implicit bias can unintentionally influence our judgment and actions through factors that we may not recognize.
And Larry Sabato, the UVA political analyst, said Stewart could prove a drag for Republican House candidates, perhaps costing the party two or three seats. Republicans hold seven of 11 seats in the Virginia delegation. “That’s a real one-state contribution to the +23 seats (net) Democrats need nationally,” Sabato said on Twitter.
A 1995 study which suggested that kids from richer families are exposed to more spoken words than those from poorer families has long been the subject of controversy. Now, a new study fails to replicate its central finding. These scholars are concerned that Sperry’s study might lead people to believe that family income doesn’t have any bearing on a kid’s exposure to vocabulary, or that a language-rich home life isn’t important. For example, Daniel Willingham, a UVA psychology professor and expert on literacy, pointed in his blog post on the controversy to a body of research that, while not bei...
(Commentary by Bernie Carlson, Vaughan Professor of Humanities and chair of the UVA’s Engineering & Society Department) Over the past few weeks, the news about Facebook and social media in general has been quite poor.
For some time now, scientists have believed that allergies, in general, may set off an immunological chain reaction that leads to atherosclerosis, or a buildup of fatty plaque in the arteries that hardens over time, narrowing the blood vessels. However, the mechanisms that underpin this process are not understood. In the new study, researchers at the University of Virginia Health System wanted to dig deeper. So, they devised an experiment to investigate whether individuals with red meat allergies might be more susceptible to atherosclerosis and, if so, why.
“This novel finding from a small group of subjects from Virginia raises the intriguing possibility that allergy to red meat may be an underrecognized factor in heart disease,” said study leader Dr. Coleen McNamara, a professor of medicine in the Cardiovascular Research Center of the UVA Health System. “These preliminary findings underscore the need for further clinical studies in larger populations from diverse geographic regions and additional laboratory work.”
A new draft agreement between the city, county and the Charlottesville Albemarle Convention & Visitors Bureau establishes an executive board and an advisory board, allows for new performance measures to be developed and designates Albemarle as the CACVB’s fiscal agent. The new executive board includes one councilor, one supervisor, the city manager (or a designee), the county executive (or a designee), economic development officials from the city and county, the executive vice president of the University of Virginia (or a designee) and two industry representatives, one each appointed by th...
Ice hockey at the University of Virginia has seen two iterations, from 1973 to 1978 and more recently from 1995 to this season’s final hurrah. Both teams experienced success, but the privately owned ice arenas that were their homes have been repurposed. Four UVA alumni associated with those early years and a former coach of the men’s team want to make sure version three is permanent and sustainable.