Sarver Heart Center Grand Rounds Guest Speaker Series
SPEAKER: Jorge Escobedo, MD
TOPIC: "Cardiovascular Diseases in Mexico: Occurrence, Research and Future."
Cardiology
Sarver Heart Center Grand Rounds Guest Speaker Series
Speaker: David A. Morrow, MD
Topic: The Evolution of Cardiovascular Care: What happened to my CCU?
Learn How to Help Kids Battle Type 2 Diabetes at Endocrinology Grand Rounds, Dec. 13
Battling childhood obesity and early onset Type 2 diabetes one bite at a time is the theme of the next Endocrinology Grand Rounds lecture Dec. 13 with speaker Melanie Hingle, PhD, MPH, RD, a registered dietitian and assistant professor in the Department of Nutritional Sciences at the UA College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS).
Regulatory Science Lecture: 'Precision Medicine'
SPEAKERS: Kenneth Ramos, MD, PhD, PharmB; and Rick Silva, PhD
Dr. Ramos is associate vice president for precision health sciences, University of Arizona Health Sciences; interim dean, UA College of Medicine - Phoenix; and director, Center for Applied Genetics and Genomic Medicine, UA Health Sciences.
Dr. Silva is executive director, biomedical corporate alliances, UA Health Sciences, where he develops and manages UA-industry partnerships in biomedical research.
'The NIH Precision Medicine Initiative in Arizona'
SPEAKER: Akinlolu O. Ojo, MD, MPH, PhD, MBA, Associate Vice President for Clinical Research and Global Health Initiatives
Insulin Resistance, COPD Next Topics in DOM Research Seminars, Dec. 8
Insulin resistance in Type 2 diabetes and lung function trajectories in the Tucson Children’s Respiratory Study as a predictor in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are the subjects for the next lecture in the DOM Research Seminar Series.
Annual Farness, Founders Lectures Focus on Fungal Diseases, Medical Imaging
Both the 21st Annual Farness Lecture, Nov. 16, and the Annual Founders Day Lecture, Nov. 17, were well attended and well spoken.
Year You’re Born Can Predict Your Odds in a Flu Pandemic
Flu pandemics occur when virus strains circulating predominantly in animals acquire mutations that allow them to jump into and spread among humans more readily. Here, subway riders in Mexico City wear face masks during the 2009 H1N1 swine flu pandemic (Photo: Eneas De Troya/Wikimedia Commons).
Banner Flu Season Compliance Deadline Approaches, Get Shot or Exemption by Dec. 5
Employee Health at Banner – University Medical Center Tucson (BUMCT) and South (BUMCS) issued another reminder this past week about the deadline for flu season compliance. For faculty and staff in a clinical setting, that date is Monday, Dec. 5—a little more than two weeks away.
Department of Medicine Docs Grab Ink Throughout 2016 in Tucson Lifestyle
In addition to a post earlier this week about the inclusion of University of Arizona gastroenterologist John Cunningham, MD
, a Tucson Lifestyle article about digestive ailments and what to do about them, several other articles in the magazine have featured physicians from the UA Department of Medicine this year that haven’t been reported about 'til now.
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