Stories of Care & Discovery

Unseen Infections Harming World's Children, Research Reveals

Unseen Infections Harming World’s Children, Research Reveals

Children around the world are suffering from unnoticed infections that are stunting their growth and mental development, new research from an international coalition of scientists reveals.

UVA Health Newsroom

Unseen Infections Harming World's Children, Research Reveals
Addie Kingery stands with her surgeon, UVA's Dr. John Jane, at her wedding.

Life After A Pediatric Brain Tumor: Addie Kingery’s Story

Addie was living a normal high schooler’s life. She had great friends, succeeded in sports and was preparing for college. In the winter of her senior year, she started getting headaches. Doctors found a tumor on her cerebellum.

YouTube

Life After A Pediatric Brain Tumor: Addie Kingery’s Story
Dr. Karen Fairchild, a neonatologist at UVA, stands in the neonatal intensive care unit.

Q&A with Neonatologist Karen Fairchild, MD

UVA’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) cares for some of our smallest and medically complex patients. At the same time, neonatologists at UVA are leading a number of large, multicenter research collaborations with the goal of improving outcomes…

PULSE

Q&A with Neonatologist Karen Fairchild, MD
Dr. Daniel "Trey" Lee in the lab

UVA in the News

Daniel “Trey” Lee, MD, a pediatric oncologist and researcher at UVA, has been developing a new gene therapy to battle treatment-resistant pediatric leukemia.

Investing in Hope

UVA in the News
Neuroscientist John Lukens, clinical psychologist Micah Mazurek, and developmental pediatrician Rich Stevenson (l to r)

Rethinking Autism—From All Angles

An astounding 126,000 Virginians are affected by autism spectrum disorder, a complex developmental condition often marked by repetitive behaviors and challenges in social interactions and communication. Approximately one in 68 Americans fall…

Rethinking Autism—From All Angles