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May 1, 2018
Two University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson students—Anthony Maltagliati and John Lee—have been awarded Medical Student Training in Aging Research (MSTAR) Program scholarships from the American Federation for Aging Research sponsored by the National Institute on Aging. Maltagliati heads to Harvard and Lee to Johns Hopkins for the summer for research projects in geriatric medicine…
April 30, 2018
The University of Arizona Division of Hematology & Oncology and UA Cancer Center opened and closed April, which is National Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Month, appropriately with a focus on improved head and neck cancer awareness. This included a Healthy Dose Blog post with Dr. Julie Bauman, a free Public Throat Cancer Screening Event and, in between, a special seminar on HPV-related cancers hosted by the UA College of Public Health…
April 27, 2018
Sleep medicine at the University of Arizona got its fourth splash in the spotlight this month with release of “Tired in Tucson,” an article posted in the May issue of The Desert Leaf, a free monthly publication founded in 1987 and distributed by mail to the Catalina Foothills and Tanque Verde valley communities of Tucson, Ariz. Dr. Sai Parthasarathy, director of the UA Health Sciences Center for Sleep and Circadian Sciences, is quoted extensively throughout…
April 26, 2018
Banner – University Medical Group Tucson, the physician practice plan for Banner – University Medicine doctors affiliated with the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson, has named the UA Department of Medicine’s Dr. Tammy Clark Ojo as its executive medical director for ambulatory care in Tucson. In other news, Drs. Tejo Vemulapalli and Sireesha Koppula have been named to the shared post as department associate chair for quality and safety—him for inpatient and her for outpatient operations…
April 26, 2018
Dave Heeke, UA vice president for athletics, will be the guest speaker at the event that benefits research to identify the causes and improve the diagnosis and treatment of the more than 100 forms of arthritis.
April 25, 2018
Fred DuVal, son of the founding dean of the UA College of Medicine – Tucson, will keynote the 2018 Doctor of Medicine convocation ceremony. The event in UA Centennial Hall, 7 p.m., Thursday, May 10, will be livestreamed via the college’s Facebook webpage…
April 24, 2018
The UA Department of Medicine’s Dr. Rebecca Vanderpool, research investigator, Division of Translational and Regenerative Medicine, and Dr. Ken Knox, former pulmonary chief, were recently awarded three-year grants from the Arizona Biomedical Research Commission—among 14 given to the University of Arizona. Her study involves a molecular link in development of right ventricular heart failure in pulmonary hypertension patients. His involves “tissue bioengineering” of a spinach leaf to serve as a model to study lung inflammation. See their co-investigators and funded research list…
April 23, 2018
In an article posted to its website Monday, April 23, U.S. News & World Report quotes University of Arizona professor of medicine, Dr. Sairam Parthasarathy, on the practicalities of proper sleep for your health and how today’s hyper-connected globe works against that, affecting your wellbeing in more ways than just sleep…
April 23, 2018
The UA Division of Dermatology outpatient offices at Casas Adobes Plaza are moving in six weeks to coincide with consolidated clinical and administrative operations for the division within Banner – University Medical Group at a new location at 7165 N. Pima Canyon Drive. The new site will open to patients in June. Look for details on a grand opening soon…
April 23, 2018
The University of Arizona Internal Medicine Student Association is hosting the regional American College of Physicians Journal Club on Tuesday, April 24, 6-8 p.m., in a participatory telecast to be viewable in the UA College of Medicine – Tucson (Room 3230) and Phoenix (B 402). A light meal will be served…
April 23, 2018
The UA Cancer Center is enlisting dental professionals to incorporate head and neck cancer screenings into routine checkups.
April 23, 2018
Megha Padi, PhD, harnesses the computational power of bioinformatics to learn more about cancer and how best to treat it — and empowers other cancer researchers to do the same.
April 20, 2018
More than 1,000 University of Arizona employees were honored for reaching service milestones of up to 45 years at the annual Service Awards ceremony on April 19 at the UA Student Union Memorial Center Grand Ballroom. Among them were about 30 faculty and staff from the Department of Medicine—including Drs. David Johnson and Andrew Weil with 40 years each. See who else was recognized…
April 20, 2018
Free and open to the public, the lecture by Drs. Mohab M. Ibrahim and Todd W. Vanderah—members of one of the largest groups in the world studying chronic pain and treatment alternatives—will explore their exciting research on medications and therapies designed to inhibit chronic pain without unwanted side effects, including addiction.
April 17, 2018
The University of Cincinnati transplantation director Dr. E. Steve Woodle will speak on “Innovative Approaches for Prevention and Treatment of Rejection: The Cincinnati Experience” in a special guest lecture hosted by the University of Arizona Division of Nephrology on Friday, April 20, 12-1 p.m., UAHS Room 8403. In addition, Dr. Rita R. Alloway, University of Cincinnati director of transplant clinical research, will give an industry-sponsored talk April 19, 6:30 p.m., at Tavalino's Restaurant on "A Unique Tacrolimus Treatment Option." RSVP now…
April 16, 2018
Two researchers with cross-disciplinary roots are lined up for an in-depth look at the genetics and proteomics of precision medicine solutions at the University of Arizona Health Sciences for the next UA Department of Medicine Research Seminar on May 10. Dr. Christina Laukaitis will discuss Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and joint hypermobility, and Dr. Paul Langlais will talk about microtubule-associated proteins and insulin…
April 16, 2018
Dr. Sai Parthasarathy’s research on sleep disorders, a peer-buddy approach to mentoring and care coordination for better adherence is the subject of two videos posted to the Washington, DC-based Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) website and viewable at this past weekend’s Health Journalism 2018 conference and expo in Phoenix. PCORI also included the research in its annual magazine as a “Featured Project”…
April 13, 2018
Doctors can misdiagnose Valley fever, a fungal disease that lurks behind such common symptoms as coughs, headaches and fatigue, because they’re not familiar with the respiratory disease. That could prolong patient suffering and even result in death, Cronkite News reports as a precursor to a panel discussion at the Association of Health Care Journalists national conference hosted April 12-15 in Phoenix. Among the panelists, Dr. John Galgiani, director of the UA Valley Fever Center for Excellence and a professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases. See the video, read the article...
April 13, 2018
In his new University of Arizona position, Dr. Dake will lead the integration of undergraduate and graduate education, research and clinical activities among the UA Health Sciences colleges and their clinical partners. Internationally recognized in the field of interventional radiology, he comes to the UA from Stanford University and will start on June 4…
April 13, 2018
People with a rare dementia—primary progressive aphasia—that initially attacks the language center of the brain can recruit other areas of the brain to decipher sentences, according to new research led by a University of Arizona cognitive scientist. A paper on the subject was published in March 2018 in the journal NeuroImage: Clinical…