Report summary

The 2024-2026 picture for University of Virginia Department of Public Health Sciences is a 18-PI network with 11 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Medicine as the leading field (40% of slots across 16 PIs; 16 labels), General Health Professions as the leading subfield (13% of slots across 6 PIs; 6 labels), and Mobile Health and mHealth Applications as the leading topic (6% of slots across 3 PIs; 3 labels). This is a solid, readable collaboration map: group-level fit matters more than a single department-wide label. The top weighted PIs are Rebecca A. Krukowski (10.9 weighted works; Gestational Diabetes Research and Management, Smoking Behavior and Cessation). The strongest pairings are Hua Zhao and Jie Shen (4 shared works, weight 2.6). The standout breakdown groups are group 1 with 5 PIs, 4 internal connections, weight 1.8, around Nephrology, Surgery, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, led by Julia J. Scialla, Jennifer M. Lobo, Rajesh Balkrishnan; group 2 with 4 PIs, 4 internal connections, weight 3.1, around Physiology, General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, led by Rebecca A. Krukowski, Jamie Zoellner, Kara P. Wiseman.