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The UVA School of Medicine website's News & Stories section covers student milestones, faculty leadership appointments, and research leadership changes. Based on the current homepage, the featured stories cluster around three themes: students entering or completing their medical education, named chairs of clinical and basic science departments, and research leadership appointments. If you want to track who leads which department or when major student ceremonies happen, this section is the place to look.
Student milestones
The site highlights ceremonial points in the medical education timeline, particularly for the MD program.
- White Coat Ceremony — The Class of 2030 was celebrated as 155 new medical students received their white coats, marking the formal start of their medical education.
- Final Exercises — The School of Medicine celebrated the Class of 2026 at Final Exercises, marking the end of their medical school training.
- Graduate program milestones — First-year students in the Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program received lab coats at a separate ceremony, showing that milestone coverage extends beyond the MD program.
These stories typically include a class year, a student count, and a short description of what the ceremony symbolizes, so you can quickly identify which cohort is being recognized.
Faculty leadership appointments
Department chair appointments are a recurring category, spanning both clinical and basic science departments.
| Appointment | Department | Notes from the announcement |
|---|---|---|
| Nassima Ait-Daoud Tiouririne, MD | Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences | Board-certified in psychiatry and addiction medicine; research focuses on treatments for substance use disorders, including neuromodulation and pharmacotherapy |
| Bettina Winckler, PhD | Cell Biology | Described as a nationally recognized leader in cellular neuroscience |
The announcements generally identify the appointee's credentials, the department, and a brief summary of their research or clinical focus. This makes them useful if you are trying to learn who currently chairs a given department or what direction that department's leadership emphasizes.
Research leadership news
Research leadership appointments appear alongside clinical chair announcements. The Department of Cell Biology chair appointment is an example: the story frames the appointee as a cellular neuroscience leader, connecting the leadership change to the department's research identity rather than treating it as an administrative note.
How the News section is organized
The News & Stories area aggregates stories across education, research, and faculty, rather than separating them into isolated feeds. On the homepage, featured items appear as headline-plus-summary blocks with a "Read More" or "Read About" link. The navigation also points to broader categories — Education, Research, Clinical, Faculty, and About — so you can move from a news item into the relevant program or department page.
If you are looking for something specific, the practical approach is:
- Start at the News & Stories section for recent announcements.
- Use the department pages under Clinical or Research if you need standing information (faculty directories, department leadership) rather than news.
- Check the Education section for program-level details behind student milestone stories, such as the MD program or the Biomedical Sciences PhD Program.
One limitation worth noting: the homepage evidence shows only the currently featured stories, so older announcements may require browsing or searching within the news section rather than appearing on the front page.