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UA receives $2 Million Matching Challenge from Zuckerman Family Foundation
Gift to support scholarships and programming in the UA Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health.
UA Researcher Seeks to Prevent Heart Failure after a Heart Attack
American Heart Association funding will allow UA College of Medicine – Phoenix post-doctoral fellow to target fibroblasts.
UA/Banner Lung, Rheumatology Teams Honored with ‘Scleroderma Research and Treatment Center’ Status
UA physicians won another kudo for care they provide at Banner – University Medical Center Tucson and South with the recent naming of hospital clinical and university research facilities as a “center of excellence” by the Scleroderma Foundation. This chronic connective tissue disease—an autoimmune rheumatic disorder that affects up to 300,000 people in the United States—results in hardening and tightening of skin and connective tissues. It also can affect body organs, including pulmonary fibrosis or scarring in the lungs…
Fourth ‘Pathway to Success’ High School Health Career Fair Makes Impact for Underrepresented
Over 135 participants turned out for the fourth public version of a high school health career fair, inspired by two University of Arizona internal medicine residents at Banner – University Medical Center South campus and designed to offer access to more information for underrepresented groups on the many and varied jobs available in the medical professions. See photo gallery, video and who all attended…
Valley Fever Awareness Poster Winners Announced by ADHS, VFCE
With a series of Facebook posts over the past two weeks, the University of Arizona Valley Fever Center for Excellence has helped promote the Arizona Department of Health Services announcement of winners in last fall’s Valley Fever Awareness Poster Contest. In all 12 children were recognized, ranging in age from 5 to 17. A 9-year-old from Phoenix and 17-year-old from Tucson won the grand prizes…
New Radiosurgery Technique a Boon for Cancer Patients
Vastly shortens treatments for metastatic brain lesions
Latest Anti-retroviral Drug Regimens Provide `Lazarus Effect’ for HIV Patients Suffering from Frailty
Frailty related to HIV infection “is rapidly becoming a specter of the past” and today it “is possible to control HIV infection in all patients,” according to a perspective article authored by a clinical team at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson.
UAHS Announces Roundup: Quarterly Doc Talk to 2019 Convocation Faculty RSVP
Learn about the latest UA Health Sciences events for training, several funding opportunities and collaboration whether for research or educational opportunities. Open to faculty, fellows, residents and students. This list starts with the March 5 UA/Banner Doc Talk with Drs. Mathew Hutchinson and David Bull. It includes March 15’s Match Day festivities, the March 27 Precision Medicine Conference and April 19 Medical Education Research Day. It finishes with Convocation on May 9 – order your regalia today!
New, Minimally Invasive Treatment for Enlarged Prostate Shows Promise
Banner – UMC first to offer PAE in Southern Arizona
Twenty UA Department of Medicine Physicians Make Preview List for 2019 ‘Top Doctors’
Of 247 physicians to be included in the “Top Doctors” issue of Tucson Lifestyle magazine, over 100 have some affiliation with Banner – University Medicine, the primary clinical partner of the University of Arizona Health Sciences colleges—89 have a Banner facility listed as their primary hospital. Twenty of them are from the UA Department of Medicine. Congratulations to our top doctors…
Final African American Heritage Month Talk to Focus Feb. 28 on Disparities in Heart Failure
UA cardiologist Dr. Khadijah Breathett will talk at the third and final lecture Feb. 28 in the African American Heritage Month (AAHM) Speaker Series on the topic: “Racial and Gender Disparities in Advanced Heart Failure: Change Starts with You!” She follows two other speakers in this year’s series, Dr. Michael D.L. Johnson, who spoke Feb. 7, and Dr. Victoria Murrain, COM-T deputy dean for Diversity and Inclusion, who speaks Feb. 21. RSVP today to hear her talk…
Dr. Ken Ramos Accepts Biosciences, Health Posts at Texas A&M University
Dr. Kenneth S. Ramos, UA Health Sciences associate vice president for precision health sciences, has accepted a position as executive director of the Institute of Biosciences and Technology in Houston and assistant vice chancellor for Health Services at the Texas A&M University System. He’ll begin his new duties at the end of March, announced UAHS Senior Vice President Dr. Michael Dake in a memo…
Dr. Louise Hecker among 3 Research Panelists at Tech Launch Arizona ‘Eureka’ Luncheon
The University of Arizona Department of Medicine’s Louise Hecker, PhD, who investigates therapies to combat fibrotic diseases, will be among the panelists for a Tech Launch Arizona-hosted event, “Eureka! Recognizing when Research Gives Rise to Invention,” to be held March 7, noon-1 p.m., at the UA BIO5 Institute, Room 103. She’ll be joined by Drs. Roberta Diaz Brinton and Mohab Ibrahim. RSVP today!...
Research Day 2019 Crowns DOM Asthma Investigators with Shark Tank Prize
The competition was fierce. The pitches of the six research teams hoping to curry favor with the judges were polished. But, in the end, it was the DOM’s Drs. Monica Kraft and Julie Ledford who came out on top in the Shark Day competition that served as the grand finale to Research Day 2019 at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson. See the photos and the video here…
Doc Talks: Atrial Fibrillation, Aortic Disease
Wellness expo, free health lecture by university heart specialists, March 5
UA Study Confirms Self-reported Sleep Duration an Accurate, Useful Health Measure in Children
A new study by researchers at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson shows that sleep duration reports by children and their parents are fairly accurate.
Dr. Meinke Featured in ASTEC Photo on Winning Grad Researchers
Dr. Laura Meinke, director of the University of Arizona Internal Medicine Residency Program – Tucson Campus, was featured in a photo accompanying a story about two UA graduate students and ASTEC research specialists winning a best in show award at the 2019 International Meeting for Simulation in Healthcare (IMSH), held Jan. 26-30 in San Antonio, Texas…
Center on Aging Staffer’s Op-Ed in The Hill Explores Impact of High Cost of Drugs on Elderly
University of Arizona Center on Aging Research and Education Director Dr. Linda Phillips has authored an op-ed picked up by The Hill, a U.S. political newspaper and website published in Washington, D.C., since 1994, where she paints a scary picture of the financial effect high drug prices have on older Americans…
Researchers to Compete in ‘Shark Tank,’ Demo Technology, More at Research Day, Feb. 13
University of Arizona researchers will compete in a Shark Tank-style competition, demonstrate their medical technology and more during Research Day, a first-of-its-kind event coordinated by the UA College of Medicine – Tucson.
Four DOM Faculty Among Six Teams Competing in Shark Tank Talks for Research Day 2019
Tomorrow, Feb. 13, is the big day for the Shark Tank at Research Day 2019 at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson. The list of presenters has been set. Work has been completed to make sure that everyone’s presentation is functional. Presenters include Drs. Eugene Chang, Nathanial Hart, Louise Hecker, Julie Ledford, Monica Kraft, Michael Kuhns and Marvin Slepian. Drs. Robert Robbins and Michael Dake are on the seven-judge panel to determine who wins the $10,000 prize...
Photo Galleries Underscore Busy New Year for UA Department of Medicine
Action at the University of Arizona Department of Medicine began at a brisk pace for 2019. Photo album highlights here include the Third Annual P.I. Poster Session on Jan. 9, distinguished guest speakers, Dr. Ron Poropatich and L.W. Britt on Jan. 22 and Dr. Jim Hogg on Jan. 25, and a 242-photo tour of the soon to be complete new hospital tower for Banner – University Medicine Tucson on Jan. 24. Video links also are available…
UA Sarver Heart Center Presents: ‘Aortic Diseases: Can We Intervene Before They Turn Deadly?,’ Feb. 21 in Green Valley
The free 2019 Green Valley Lecture Series continues with a focus on aortic diseases.
Billboards, Magazine Article Raise Profile for Valley Fever Awareness in March
Public awareness of respiratory risks for Valley fever infection gets a big boost this spring with a billboard campaign in the Phoenix area and a Tucson Lifestyle article. Look for the billboards starting March 4 on I-10 between Elliot and Guadalupe Roads and the AZ-101/AZ-202 Loop interchange. The article, by TL executive editor Anne Kellogg, serves as the March “In Health” feature and puts the spotlight on Drs. John Galgiani and Fariba Donovan's efforts to train physicians on new clinical guidance protocols…
South Campus Internal Medicine Resident Gets Banner Health ‘MVP’ Patient Praise
Dr. Wina P. Yousman, a resident with the University of Arizona Internal Medicine Residency Program – South Campus, was presented this week with an MVP Award from Banner – University Medicine. The “Mission • Values • Purpose” honor involves a patient recognition letter she received calling her “an amazing physician”…
UA College of Nursing Launches Bachelor of Science in Nursing Integrative Health Program in Gilbert, Ariz.
The new program will be the first program nationally to incorporate integrative health content and interventions into a BSN nursing program.