How treatable is postpartum depression?
The condition is the most common birth complication, but a UVA expert says treatments are available.
Jeanne Alhusen Receives $2.6M NIH Grant to Study Reproductive Health Among Women With Disabilities
UVA School of Nursing Interim Dean Jeanne Alhusen has received a $2.6 million, five-year NICHD grant to study reproductive health outcomes among women with disabilities. The research will examine access to care, socioeconomic factors, and structural inequities from pre-pregnancy through postpartum, aiming to inform more accessible, responsive care and better outcomes for women with disabilities.
Q&A: How can new heart attack definitions improve care for women?
UVA Health cardiologist Dr. Patricia Rodriguez-Lozano explains how revised definitions could guide more personalized care.
UVA Philosopher Challenges a Common Argument for Vaccine Mandates
UVA philosopher Justin Bernstein questions whether Mill’s harm principle truly justifies vaccine mandates, especially when herd immunity limits an individual’s impact on others. In a new paper, he argues justice-based reasoning—weighing competing entitlements rather than direct harm—may offer a stronger philosophical foundation for mandates covering diseases like measles and COVID-19.
Studying Impact, Saving Lives
VideoUVA’s Center for Applied Biomechanics researches how the human body sustains injury—and how to prevent it—in both car crashes and combat. Jason Forman leads automotive safety work with NHTSA, while Robert Salzar develops military protective equipment, including the Warrior Injury Assessment Manikin, born from studying blast injuries in MRAP vehicles.
AI facial recognition software automatically detects and classifies pain
VideoMeasuring pain in clinical settings is challenging, especially for patients who cannot self-report. Cori Espelien, a postdoctoral researcher at UVA’s Department of Public Health Sciences, is developing AI facial recognition software that automatically detects and classifies pain.
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New Sepsis Guidelines Seek to Reduce Infection’s Deadly Toll
UVA Health’s Taison Bell, MD, joined national experts to develop new sepsis care guidelines through the Infectious Diseases Society of America and seven other organizations. Published in Clinical Infectious Diseases, the recommendations cover rapid diagnostic testing, immediate antibiotics for septic shock, electronic surveillance, and infection prevention measures aimed at standardizing hospital care and reducing sepsis’s deadly annual toll.
Q&A: How does UVA Health treat addiction without judgment?
An addiction specialist explains the warning signs, treatment options and why listening, not lecturing, is key to effective care.
Is diet culture fueling a new wave of eating disorders?
A UVA Health expert explains why today’s renewed focus on thinness may put people at greater risk for eating disorders.
A UVA nutrition expert tested AI diet-tracking apps. Here’s what she found
Snapping a photo of your meal can make healthy eating easier, but the results aren’t always reliable.
Q&A: How do genes and environment shape the probability of autism?
A UVA researcher explains how a new tool could help scientists better understand the complex connections among children, their parents and their environment.
VoBI: The Forecast I Didn’t Trust
PodcastIn this Voices of Biocomplexity episode, BI researcher Aniruddha Adiga discusses the science of influenza forecasting through the CDC’s FluSight network. He explains why models often disagree, how ensembles help manage uncertainty, and why past performance doesn’t guarantee future accuracy, offering insight into forecasting’s broader challenges in computational science.