![[People load bags of donations into a small airplane while the pilot sits in the front seat.]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/navajo_airlift_liver_institute_dsc_1646-hero-card.jpg?itok=DekN59fD "(From left) Liz Bonorand, executive assistant for the University of Arizona Thomas Boyer Liver Institute, and Carina Mendoza, outreach coordinator for the institute, hand donations to Geoffrey Block, MD, MSc, FACP, who delivered them to the Navajo Nation earlier this month.")
(From left) Liz Bonorand, executive assistant for the University of Arizona Thomas Boyer Liver Institute, and Carina Mendoza, outreach coordinator for the institute, hand donations to Geoffrey Block, MD, MSc, FACP, who delivered them to the Navajo Nation earlier this month.
![[A technician peers into a microscope in a laboratory]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/mjff_and_parkinsons_shutterstock_586637258_zpswz2hmtby_card.jpg?itok=44_SB6m5 "Research in the Madhavan Lab concentrates on stem cells and their applications to neurological diseases, particularly Parkinson’s disease. The ultimate goal of these studies is to use this research to devise brain repair strategies for neurological disorders, based on the manipulation of stem cells and also in combination with other alternates approaches.")
![[A technician peers into a microscope in a laboratory]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/mjff_and_parkinsons_shutterstock_586637258_zpswz2hmtby_450x300px.jpg "Research in the Madhavan Lab concentrates on stem cells and their applications to neurological diseases, particularly Parkinson’s disease.</body></html>")
![[Three women working in a University of Arizona Health Sciences research laboratory]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/madhavan_lab-cells_in_flask_khp_0820-card.jpg?itok=uvemJv3X "Dr. Lalitha Madhavan and her research team used induced pluripotent stem cell technology to reprogram adult skin cells into brain cells to study Parkinson’s disease. The Madhavan Lab hopes their discoveries lead to improved diagnostics and treatments for the disease. (Photo courtesy of Kris Hanning, University of Arizona Health Sciences)")
Dr. Lalitha Madhavan’s College of Medicine – Tucson research team used induced pluripotent stem cell technology to reprogram adult skin cells into brain cells to study Parkinson’s disease. The Madhavan Lab hopes their discoveries lead to improved diagnostics and treatments for the disease. (Photos courtesy of Kris Hanning, University of Arizona Health Sciences)
Presented by the University of Arizona Center on Aging and the Division of General Internal Medicine, Geriatrics & Palliative Medicine:
![[Dr. Geoffrey Block will participate in the Navajo Christmas Airlift, flying donations collected in Tucson across the state in time for holiday celebrations.]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/navajo_nation_klh8942-card_1.jpg?itok=79UcVdfA "Dr. Geoffrey Block will participate in the Navajo Christmas Airlift, flying donations collected in Tucson across the state in time for holiday celebrations.")
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![[College of Medicine – Tucson Veterans Day flag-raising and blessing ceremony, Nov. 9, at Banner – University Medical Center Tucson.]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/vetsday_img_3922_card.jpg?itok=bC3dZ3ZP "College of Medicine – Tucson Veterans Day flag-raising and blessing ceremony, Nov. 9, at Banner – University Medical Center Tucson.")
![[College of Medicine – Tucson Veterans Day flag-raising and blessing ceremony, Nov. 9, at Banner – University Medical Center Tucson.]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/img_3922_600x325px.jpg "College of Medicine – Tucson Veterans Day flag-raising and blessing ceremony, Nov.</body></html>")
The Department of Medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson presents:
