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![[Dr. Janet Campion and student have photo taken after Dr. Campion presents student with first white coat of career.]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/2015-08-07_uacom-t_white-coat_119_90x110px-96dpi.png?itok=lrMzG064×tamp=1457045749 "Dr. Janet Campion and student have photo taken after Dr. Campion presents student with first white coat of career.")
August 14, 2015
Arizona Public Media looks at efforts by AHSC to increase diversity among our health-care workforce; UACOM and CDC global health experts talk about lessons learned from the Ebola outbreak; and family, friends and faculty cheer 117 new med students as they get their white coats at Centennial Hall...
August 13, 2015
Geriatric physician Paul Gee, MD, speaks at noon on "Diagnostic Error: How Patients Can Help Us Make the Right Diagnosis" at Behavioral Health Pavilion, Rm 1233a/b, Banner - UMC South
August 11, 2015
Missed the Aug. 10 panel discussion featuring CDC and UA experts who have been on the frontlines of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa? Watch it now at the AHSC webcast archive webpage…
August 7, 2015
A "Science Fiction TV Dinner" podcast based on issues raised in a TV episode of “House, M.D.” offer opportunity to explore genomics questions with the AHSC associate vice president of Precision Health Services and UA professor of medicine…
August 5, 2015
August 4, 2015
National and UA College of Medicine – Tucson experts will address this public health challenge in a panel discussion open to the public and health professionals. Dr. Craig Spencer, an emergency medicine physician who made national news after contracting—and surviving—the deadly disease, will report via a pre-taped presentation.
August 3, 2015
An implantable oxygen generator could one day revolutionize islet cell transplantation in patients with diabetes, a UA surgeon says.
July 28, 2015
Jennifer J. Smith, MD, PharmD, assistant professor of emergency medicine and Cameron Hypes, MD, assistant professor of emergency medicine.
July 24, 2015
The University of Arizona Center on Aging is among 44 organizations in 29 states that will receive a three-year grant as part of a new Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP) announced by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell during the recent White House Conference on Aging.
July 22, 2015
The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) this week published significant findings in two studies noting improved patient outcomes for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) victims, influenced by bystander CPR interventions and the use of automated external defibrillators (AEDs).
July 21, 2015
Banner-University Medical Center Phoenix and Banner-University Medical Center Tucson have each been named to U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospital ranking, and nationally recognized for specialty services.
July 17, 2015
NIH has awarded $1.77 million to The Gregorio Lab in the University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center’s Molecular and Cardiovascular Research Program (MCRP), led by Carol C. Gregorio, PhD, for a study on “Deciphering the Role of Lmod2 in Thin Filament Length Regulation and Dilated Cardiomyopathy”…
July 9, 2015
Ranked No. 3 in the nation out of 142 academic hospitals with similar programs for excellence in the care of HIV patients, the Banner – University Medical Center Tucson was recognized for its clinical outcomes in the treatment of HIV, led by the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson’s Division of Infectious Diseases.
July 9, 2015
University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center researchers are seeking community input on a clinical trial that requires qualified patients to be enrolled when they are unconscious and unable to give consent. This study may improve care for all cardiac arrest patients.
July 7, 2015
UA researchers have identified the connection between thin-filament length and cardiac function, as well as the role thin-filament length dysregulation plays in cardiomyopathies. The new NIH grant will help to uncover insights into novel therapeutic targets for dilated cardiomyopathy.
June 12, 2015
Enjoy this profile of Sarver Heart Center co-director Dr. Karl Kern, who was named a CPR Giant by the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation – the third member of the UA Division of Cardiology to receive the honor...
May 15, 2015
A UA study among the Departments of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, and Psychology – with participation of Geriatrics in the Department of Medicine – received approval to begin accepting human subjects to determine if older adults with prolonged hearing loss get a cognitive boost after cochlear implant surgery...
March 27, 2015
Pulmonary's Dr. Janet Campion has been recognized as the adult cystic fibrosis program director for the UA Cystic Fibrosis Center. She also received an $81,000, 3-year PACE Award from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation to support her work to strengthen the adult program...
March 27, 2015
UA Vice President for Athletics Greg Byrne and UA head football Coach Rich Rodriguez will be guest speakers at the event, which benefits research to identify the causes, improve the diagnosis and treatment and find cures for the more than 100 forms of arthritis.
![[Dr. Gordon Carr]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/carrteaser_0_0.jpg?itok=bsTkBT6L×tamp=1443743225 "Dr. Gordon Carr")
February 26, 2015
The UA interdisciplinary research and clinical care program joins 20 other U.S. academic institutions with specific expertise in treating pulmonary fibrosis (PF), a group of lung disorders that occur when lung tissue becomes damaged and scarred.