General Internal Medicine, Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Anirudh Tadakamalla, MBBS
Jasmeet Sekhon, MD
Brian Schiffman, DO
Sakher Yousef Mahmoud Sarairah, MD
UArizona COVID-19 Webinars to Help Recognize, Resolve Isolation’s Impact on Mental Health
TUCSON, Ariz. – Humans are social creatures and the isolation caused by sheltering-in-place can impact our mental health. That’s very significant when you consider the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found 36% of the U.S. population is experiencing symptoms of anxiety or depression disorder as a result of social distancing and stay-at-home orders during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Older Adults Share Fewer Memories as They Age
TUCSON, Ariz. – By the time people reach a certain age, they’ve accumulated enough life experience to have plenty of stories to tell about life “back in their day.”
Superfund Research Center Receives $10.6M to Study Mining Waste, Arsenic-Diabetes Link
TUCSON, Ariz. — Working to understand mine waste systems and their relationship to human and environmental health, the University of Arizona Superfund Research Center will explore the link between chronic exposure to arsenic and the development of diabetes, thanks to a $10.6 million grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
Dr. Joann Sweasy Named Director of University of Arizona Cancer Center
TUCSON, Ariz. – Joann Sweasy, PhD, interim director for the past nine months, has been named director of the University of Arizona Cancer Center, and the inaugural holder of the Nancy C. and Craig M. Berge Endowed Chair for the director of the Cancer Center.
UArizona Cardiologist Receives ‘Escalator Award’ from Women as One International Organization
TUCSON, Ariz. – Khadijah Breathett, MD, MS, assistant professor of medicine in the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson, Division of Cardiology, was one of five physicians selected to receive a Women as One Escalator Award.
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