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UVA Comprehensive Cancer Center
Virginia's first NCI comprehensive centre (2021), a leader in melanoma peptide vaccines and therapeutic focused ultrasound.
Also called: University of Virginia Cancer Center
Overview
NCI-designated in 1987, UVA became Virginia's first comprehensive cancer centre in 2021 and serves Charlottesville and the Appalachian south-west of the state. Craig Slingluff's decades of melanoma peptide vaccine trials made UVA a reference site for cancer vaccine immunology, complemented by Timothy Bullock's T-cell work. UVA is one of the world's leading centres for therapeutic focused ultrasound, with the Focused Ultrasound Foundation based in Charlottesville and trials in tumour ablation and immune priming. Director Thomas Loughran is the leading authority on large granular lymphocytic leukaemia, and the centre has a busy transplant and haematology service.
Location
Charlottesville, VA, US
Type
cancer center · University of Virginia
Newsweek 2026 oncology rank
Not in top 300 listing used
NCI designation
comprehensive
OnCo score
#134 · 35 points (0 Newsweek + 15 NCI + 20 from 10 linked objects) · ranking
Research output
From OpenAlex, oncology works in the last five years (2022 to 2026, current year in progress); counted on 2026-09-17.
Matched to The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute, including child institutions. 603 works · 10,036 citations · 66% open access · 18% clinical trials · 1% reviews.
Oncology works per year
1002022
1252023
1382024
1302025
1102026
Most works
- David M. O’Malley55 works
- Narendranath Epperla37 works
- Robert A. Baiocchi34 works
- Dwight H. Owen33 works
- Timothy Voorhees32 works
- Carolyn J. Presley28 works
- David P. Carbone27 works
- Reem Karmali26 works
- Lindsey Fitzgerald25 works
- Electra D. Paskett24 works
Most cited
- Melanoma vaccines
- Focused ultrasound
- Haematologic malignancies
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