Dr. Dawn Coletta featured in Health Sciences video on insulin resistance
![[Video screenshot for “Expert Insights: Why Study Insulin Resistance?” by the UArizona Health Sciences]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/expert_insights_video_on_insulin_resistance_card.jpg?itok=WCqG7GKg "Video screenshot for “Expert Insights: Why Study Insulin Resistance?” by the UArizona Health Sciences")
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Former COM-T vice dean, DOM division chief, residency program director dies
![[Jay Wesley Smith, MD]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/smith_jay_w-md_bxw_600x400px.jpg?itok=PlbI9rP- "Jay Wesley Smith, MD")
![[Jay Wesley Smith, MD]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/smith_jay_w-md_bxw_400x600px.jpg "Jay Wesley Smith, MD")
Former University of Arizona Department of Medicine faculty member Jay Wesley Smith, MD, died on Feb. 2, 2024, at his home in Tucson at the age of 87.
Mini Medical School: Mental Health 101
![[Banner image for Mini Medical School for March 9, 2024, on Mental Health]](/sites/default/files/flyer_-_mini_medical_school_mental_health_101-02.png "Banner image for Mini Medical School for March 9, 2024, on Mental Health")
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Ledford Named Co-director of UArizona Health Sciences Clinical Translational Sciences Graduate Program
Aging Experts to Address UArizona Living Healthy With Arthritis Virtual Conference
Winners Announced for 2019-20 Faculty Teaching Awards
![[Images of Joao Paulo "JP" Ferreira, MD, and Elizabeth Juneman, MD]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/ferreira-n-juneman-png_1920x1282px_1.jpg?itok=L5Tmh9s0 "Joao Paulo \"JP\" Ferreira, MD, and Elizabeth Juneman, MD")
The list below of honorees for the 2019-2020 University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson teaching awards can also be found at this link.
NIH funding increases lead to impressive performance in Blue Ridge rankings
![[Infographic illustrating National Institutes of Health funding per the Blue Ridge rankings for the UArizona Health Sciences in 2023]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2024-02.16_blue_ridge_rankings_2024.png?itok=bMx4N2_c "Infographic illustrating National Institutes of Health funding per the Blue Ridge rankings for the UArizona Health Sciences in 2023")
Several colleges at the University of Arizona Health Sciences increased their National Institutes of Health funding in 2022-2023, leading to a strong showing overall in the annual Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research rankings.
UArizona Health Sciences Post Gains in Blue Ridge Rankings
![[Infographic for National Institutes of Health funding for the five UArizona Health Sciences colleges]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2023.02.21_nih-infographic-022123_card.jpg?itok=iOnLq1SY "Infographic for National Institutes of Health funding for the five UArizona Health Sciences colleges")
The University of Arizona Health Sciences received nearly $137 million in National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding in 2021-2022 and advanced in several categories in the recently released Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research national rankings.
UArizona Health Sciences Colleges Climb in Blue Ridge Rankings of NIH Funding
The National Institutes of Health awarded more than $133 million in grants to University of Arizona Health Sciences researchers in 2020-2021.
Leading Valley fever expert shares ‘state-of-the-art’ knowledge about fungal disease
![[Portrait of John Galgiani, MD, in a lush Sonoran desert location]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/galgiani-03_ofa2023_081822-112-card.jpg?itok=ZeFbn9K1 "John Galgiani, MD, a professor of medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson and director of the college’s Valley Fever Center for Excellence, was recognized for his expertise by the New England Journal of Medicine.")
![[Portrait of John Galgiani, MD, in a lush Sonoran desert location]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/galgiani-03_ofa2023_081822-112-hero.jpg "John Galgiani, MD, a professor of medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson and director of the college’s Valley Fever Center for Excellence, was recognized for his expertise by the New England Journal of Medicine.")
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