Enriching educational experiences
Our faculty are instructors, mentors and scholars, working closely with students and developing innovations in education. We foster a foundational knowledge of the anatomical sciences and an understanding of the pathology of disease through intense and interactive teaching techniques.
Faculty members have received grants to develop a comprehensive ultrasound curriculum for medical students, which has gained national recognition.
Our educational offerings
Pathologists' Assistant (M.S.H.P.A)
Training skilled practicing pathologists' assistants to provide surgical, autopsy and forensic pathology services.
Anatomical Science (M.A.S.)
Marrying traditional sciences and classic anatomy coursework with emerging technologies, such as virtual dissection, 3D printing and plastination.
Medical & Health Professions Education (Ph.D./Ed.D.)
Developing medical and health professions educator-scholars prepared to lead in the classroom and lab.
Fundamental courses
Teaching anatomy, neuroscience, pathology and basic sciences to medical and graduate students.
Our translational research
Our investigators are working to understand health conditions that plague our community and discover ways to prevent and treat these issues. Current research focuses on epilepsy, sleep neurobiology, post-traumatic stress disorder, stress and neuroimmune interactions and the effects of ionizing radiation on brain function.
Our distinguished biorepository
This is the only academic health center in Virginia with a biorepository accredited by the College of American Pathologists.
Our biorepository meets the industry's highest standards. Clinicians and researchers can take advantage of the biorepository's 70,000+ human samples along with a comprehensive clinical data repository.