In her research, psychiatrist Janet Warren, of the Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy at the University of Virginia, says she has never encountered a ...
We often think of change as either flowing from the top down or from the grass roots up. But according to James Davison Hunter, a University of Virginia professor and Executive Director of the Institute for the Advanced Study of Culture, success in engaging the middle of an organization is what truly activates change. By engaging the middle, leaders can harness lasting shifts in thinking and behavior. When change is championed from the top down and the center out, companies maximize their innovation momentum.
American Society for Radiation Oncology announced a partnership with American Association of Neurological Surgeons in a press release on Sunday. The partnership was created to develop a stereotactic radiosurgery patient registry. The associations have been working on this project for two years, according to Brian Kavanagh..."Dr. Jason Sheehan, a professor of neurosurgery at the University of Virginia, is our chief liaison with the American Association of Neurological Surgeons," Kavanagh told DOTmed News in an email. "Jason and I first connected during the 2012 ASTRO Annual Meeti...
A 2007 study led by University of Virginia researchers found that 85 percent of adolescents say they were slapped or spanked during their childhoods and 51 percent said they were whipped by their mothers with a belt.
A team at the University of Virginia (UVA), USA, led by Dr Dan Engel, a virologist, and Dr Zygmunt Derewenda, a structural biologist, has obtained the crystal structure of a key protein involved in Ebola virus replication, in the nucleoprotein (NP) of the Zaire strain of Ebola virus.The team explained that their structure reveals a novel tertiary fold that is expected to lead to insights into how the viral nucleocapsid is assembled in infected cells. The team said the structure could also provide a basis for the design of drugs to halt infection in humans, saying it is unique in the RNA virus ...
A research team that hails from the University of Virginia has come up with a 3D printed UAV drone that will see action over at the Department of Defense. This is a labor of love that has been in the making for a good three years, and the UAV drone is no larger in size compared to a remote-controlled plane, and it is capable of carrying a 1.5-pound payload to boot.
On the Senate side, Sen. William M. Stanley Jr., R-Franklin, is trying to introduce a half-dozen bills to address various aspects of the health system -- accountable care organizations, tax credits for hospitals that lose Medicare reimbursements, a medical home advisory council, private health exchanges, a pilot program for telemedicine, and broadening use of medical school grants beyond VCU, the University of Virginia, and Eastern Virginia Medical School.His proposals are aimed at substituting for Medicaid expansion to provide health care more efficiently for poor people in rural Virgin...
... Estimates for this year indicate that at least 11,304 man-hours of work were done during the day by 1,884 volunteers from more than 60 businesses working on 193 projects for 101 agencies.Charity officials said the University of Virginia and UVa Health Systems alone provide almost nearly half of the volunteers.Lisa Brown, of the UVa Endoscopy Unit, gathered family to help with unit volunteers, including husband Greg Brown and relatives Gary and Ben Shifflett.Along with Dr. Jeanetta Frye and Jeff Frye, Rene Rader and Jackie Holiday, the crew was planning on painting at Camp Holiday Tra...
One of the biggest employers in the Charlottesville area is the University of Virginia and Wednesday, as is the case every year during the United Way’s Day of Caring, orange shirts were out and about in the community lending a lot of elbow grease. "I love the sound of saws and hammers and people pulling weeds and just seeing this work get done,” said Camp Holiday Trails Executive Director Tina LaRoche. “It's actually really energizing!" LaRoche said the camp and UVa. have a nice, long history when it comes to the United Way's annual volunteer event.
Graham's close friends say her disappearance just 'doesn't feel real'.
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Several University of Virginia students we spoke to say they plan to be even more vigilant and aware because of the disappearance of fellow student Hannah Graham.
The University of Virginia is emphasizing the counseling available to any student having a tough time dealing with Hannah Graham's disappearance.University Dean of Students Allen Groves sent out a letter Monday night to parents and students about resources and safety. The office of the dean of students wants to assist students as much as possible. Its main office is in Peabody Hall and the professional housing and residence life staff can be found in the Kent-Dabney dorms.The Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) department in Student Health also has clinicians available 24 hours a ...
Charlottesville Police Chief Timothy became emotional on Wednesday as he reported on the latest developments in their search for missing University of Virginia student Hannah Graham. (Reuters)
Police investigating the disappearance of a University of Virginia student have focused their search in an area of downtown Charlottesville where she was last seen on surveillance video walking alone in the early morning hours Saturday. ... At one point, video shows Graham walking near railroad tracks that cut through Charlottesville. Norfolk Southern spokesman Robin Chapman said the rail line owns the tracks and that between 20 and 25 trains, including four Amtrak trains, use the line in a 24-hour period. ...
The parents of a missing University of Virginia student said Wednesday they fear she is the victim of "foul play," and police released two new surveillance videos showing the 18-year-old walking past a pub and, minutes later, running past a service station.Charlottesville Police Chief Timothy Longo said the videos have been extremely helpful as investigators try to piece together what happened to Hannah E. Graham early Saturday morning but said police still need to hear from anyone who might have any information about Graham, no matter how insignificant it might seem.