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![[Medical student Ryan Wong excited about finding out his destination on Match Day 2016.]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/whitecoatteaser_2.jpg?itok=R5e17Rns×tamp=1458251661 "Medical student Ryan Wong excited about finding out his destination on Match Day 2016.")
March 17, 2016
The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson Class of 2016 and medical graduates across the country learn where they will go for residency training during National Residency Matching Program ceremonies coordinated to occur at the same time.
![[Scott Klewer, MD]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/klewerslide_0_0.jpg?itok=vmXSuCjh×tamp=1710187350 "Scott Klewer, MD")
March 3, 2016
The Arizona CHSTRONG project will provide a more complete understanding of the social and quality-of-life issues facing individuals with congenital heart disease from throughout the state as they transition into adulthood.
![[Blue image illustrating double helix of genetic coding]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/dnateaser.jpg?itok=f5L_0abo×tamp=1457721877 "Blue image illustrating double helix of genetic coding")
February 25, 2016
The University of Arizona Health Sciences will commit significant resources to precision medicine – translating large-scale clinical and genomic data to accelerate disease prevention, early detection and treatment – through the UA Center for Biomedical Informatics and Biostatistics and the UA Center for Applied Genetics and Genomic Medicine.
![[Jorge Gomez, MD, PhD]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/gomezslide_0.jpg?itok=8dOrxmxO×tamp=1710182632 "Jorge Gomez, MD, PhD")
February 24, 2016
Jorge Gomez, MD, PhD, a global health cancer research leader, translational researcher and health disparities expert, formerly with the National Cancer Institute, joins the University of Arizona Health Sciences.
![[Param Dedhia, MD]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/param_dedhia_90x110_1_0.jpg?itok=6TGyhyuG×tamp=1456963182 "Param Dedhia, MD")
February 22, 2016
Free and open to the public, the lecture by Canyon Ranch Health Resort’s Param Dedhia, MD, will address practical approaches to weight management and exercise, and the benefits for joint disease and other chronic conditions.
![[Michael Grandner, PhD, and Amy B. Athey, PsyD, with NCAA symbol]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/ncaagrantslide_0_0_0.jpg?itok=5e_Ev6Cs×tamp=1710180411 "Michael Grandner, PhD, and Amy B. Athey, PsyD, with NCAA symbol")
February 17, 2016
A team of University of Arizona researchers has been awarded a National Collegiate Athletic Association grant to study student-athletes’ circadian rhythms and sleep to enhance their psychosocial well-being and mental health.
![[Akinlolu O. Ojo, MD, MPH, PhD, MBA]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/ojoslide_0_0_0.jpg?itok=9VVJ98ii×tamp=1710177861 "Akinlolu O. Ojo, MD, MPH, PhD, MBA")
February 10, 2016
An international leader in chronic kidney disease and kidney transplantation research and clinical care with a focus on health disparities, Dr. Ojo brings extensive experience in the development and management of multicenter clinical trials and global health research.
![[Zika]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/zika_em_cdc_280116_199x150px-96dpi_0.jpg?itok=xdiwWjnu×tamp=1710172887 "Zika")
February 2, 2016
Speaking Thursday, Feb. 4, at noon in Room 8403, Dr. Gene Bleecker, director of Wake Forest University’s Center for Genomics and Personalized Medicine Research, has been added to the line-up of presenters for the 2015-16 Winter Series Lung Conference, co-sponsored by PACCS and the Arizona Respiratory Center…
January 29, 2016
Final Applicant Visit Day events preceding the 2016-17 Resident Match Day ceremonies took place in January. In all, nearly 3,500 applications were received for each UA Internal Medicine Residency Program—at Tucson and South campus—and more than 400 candidates interviewed for about 40 positions. The Dermatology Residency Program got more than 450 applications and interviewed about 45 candidates...
![[Dr. Donna Zhang and Dr. Georg Wondrak collaborate on several projects.]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/georgdonnateaser.jpg?itok=KYuIjIhB×tamp=1453922763 "Dr. Donna Zhang and Dr. Georg Wondrak collaborate on several projects.")
January 21, 2016
Unlike sunscreen, the nutritional compound protects skin from the inside out.
January 20, 2016
The University of Colorado – Denver’s Dr. Elizabeth Connick will succeed Dr. Stephen Klotz in April as chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases, bringing a broad research portfolio on HIV and AIDS prevention to the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson.
![[Merri L. Pendergrass, MD, PhD]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/pendergrassteaser_0_0.jpg?itok=74CkX9ya×tamp=1453404638 "Merri L. Pendergrass, MD, PhD")
January 12, 2016
The head of the Adult Diabetes Program at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson will be among a dozen to be honored Thursday at annual awards dinner in Phoenix.
![[Drs. Victoria Maizes and Andrew Weil, executive director and founding director of University of Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/weilmaizesteaser.jpg?itok=bR8CnDK7×tamp=1452546637 "Drs. Victoria Maizes and Andrew Weil, executive director and founding director of University of Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine")
January 11, 2016
13th conference by the University of Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine reaches out to health-care providers
January 8, 2016
The free event, presented by the University of Arizona Health Sciences, UA College of Medicine – Tucson and Banner – University Medical Center Tucson, is open to UA faculty, staff and students as well as health professionals and the public.
January 8, 2016
Conference features keynote speaker Dr. David M. Labiner, head of the UA Department of Neurology; a lunch roundtable and breakout sessions with doctors and alternative therapy practitioners.
January 8, 2016
The UA Pediatric Pulmonary Center serves as a regional and national resource center for training and educating the next generation of leaders who care for children with chronic pulmonary disorders within the disciplines of medicine, nursing, nutrition, social work, pharmacy and family advocacy.
December 22, 2015
Funds will support research at the UA Steele Center that is examining novel immunotherapy strategies against pediatric cancer.
December 21, 2015
Cardiology brings in Case Western's Daniel Simon, MD, in the "Hunt for Acute MI Genes"; GI's Sasha Taleban, MD, talks "Inflammatory Bowel Disease & the Elderly"; Translational & Regenerative Medicine announces Jan. 30 all-day symposium, and BCD Colloquium spring schedule includes Dr. Jil Tardiff...