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Inova Genome News: We’ve Come a Long Way
January 2016 The First 1000 Days of Life…and Beyond Study We’ve Come a Long Way Hello Families of the Inova Translational Medicine Institute (ITMI) “The First 1000 Days of Life…and Beyond” study. This newsletter is the first to celebrate the enrollment of 2,500 families and the third birthdays of our oldest participants. We will be…
Read MoreGovernor McAuliffe Announces Strategic Partnership Between Inova and George Mason University to Advance Personalized Medicine Translational Research
FALLS CHURCH, VA – Today Governor Terry McAuliffe announced a strategic partnership between Inova, the largest health system in Northern Virginia, and George Mason University, the largest public research university in Virginia, to conduct translational research and share resources for the benefit of patients, the community and the region. This collaboration will advance Inova’s personalized…
Read MoreFairfax Neonatal Associates and Inova Translational Medicine Institute announce partnership to Study the Causes of Preterm Birth
FALLS CHURCH, Virginia – October 9, 2015 – Fairfax Neonatal Associates (FNA) and the Inova Translational Medicine Institute (ITMI) today announced a partnership to study the causes of preterm birth. This partnership combines FNA’s expertise in neonatology, specifically including the clinical care of infants admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of Inova Children’s Hospital…
Read MoreInova Milestone: Keys to the Personalized Health Campus
Today, Inova marks another milestone on its journey into the future of health. At 12:01 a.m., we received the keys to and took possession of the property that is the future home to the new Inova Center for Personalized Health. This day has been years in the making, and it is gratifying to see our…
Read MoreInova’s CEO Knox Singleton Appears on CNBC’s “Squawk Box”, about Future of Health Care
Inova CEO Knox Singleton appeared on CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” September 18, 2015. Knox joined Mark Bertolini, CEO of Aetna, and George Barrett, Chairman and CEO of Cardinal Health, one of the nation’s most prominent healthcare supply chain organizations. These three thought leaders discussed the transformation of healthcare, the development of personalized therapies, the importance of…
Read MoreInova Names Todd Stottlemyer as CEO, Inova Center for Personalized Health
FALLS CHURCH, VA – June 30, 2015 – Inova today announced that Todd Stottlemyer has been named Chief Executive Officer, Inova Center for Personalized Health (ICPH). In this role, Stottlemyer will be responsible for developing and growing all activities on the 117-acre ICPH campus (formerly the ExxonMobil site in Falls Church) which includes the Inova Dwight…
Read MoreReduce sun exposure to lessen your risk of skin cancer
Don’t Feel the Burn There are many factors that determine the likelihood that you will develop skin cancer, including your genetics and family history of the disease. However, one of the main risk factors — exposure to the sun’s UV rays — can be mitigated if you take the proper preventive steps. One of them…
Read MorePersonalized medicine could mean big business for D.C.-area companies, The Washington Post, May 31, 2015
The American health-care industry’s pivot to personalized medicine has attracted the interest of an unlikely group of companies — government contractors. As health-care providers explore this new model of treatment, which involves the study of the human genome to provide personalized care, they face a problem with which many in government are familiar: analyzing an…
Read MoreInova’s cancer center receives major gift from prominent homebuilder, AmericanTowns.com, May 18, 2015
$50 Million Gift Boosts Planned Virginia Cancer Institute, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, May 18, 2015
Northern Virginia’s Inova Health System has received a $50 million gift from building mogul Dwight Schar and his wife, Martha, to establish a center for cancer research, The Washington Post reports. Read more.
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