Drug Discovery & Developmental Therapeutics Seminar
SPEAKER: Wolfgang Peti, PhD, Professor, University of Arizona, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
TOPIC: "Novel Routes to Drug Design"
Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017
4:00 p.m.
Skaggs 325
Hematology and Oncology
UA Health Sciences Innovation Building ‘Topping Off’ Ceremony Nov. 17: Futuristic Facility Promotes Team-Based Health Professions Education
The University of Arizona Health Sciences Innovation Building, a nine-story, 220,000-square-foot, world-class building designed for clinical-simulation practice, team-based health professions education and
UA Department of Medicine to Host British Asthma Expert for Special Lecture, Nov. 20, Noon
Please block out time in your schedule Monday, Nov. 20, to hear Peter Howarth, BSc (Hons), MBBS, DM, FRCP, a professor of allergy and respiratory medicine and honorary consultant physicians with the University of Southampton Faculty of Medicine in Southampton, England.
2019 Medical Student Leadership Awards
The College of Medicine takes great pride in developing tomorrow’s leaders. Each year, we recognize the accomplishments and contributions made by outstanding student leaders for their exceptional achievements and service. These individuals make great strides toward building a sense of community through their participation in club and organization activities on and off campus. We thank you all for supporting our efforts to recognize these student leaders. Please join us for this celebration of our students. Lunch will be provided.
2019 Solidarity Day
Events to be announced later
Four from DOM among Promotions Announcements at College of Medicine General Faculty Meeting, Nov. 16
Four University of Arizona Department of Medicine faculty will be among those whose promotions and tenure will be announced at the UA College of Medicine – Tucson General Faculty Meeting scheduled for 4:30 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 16, in Kiewit Auditorium.
They include:
UA Study on Impact of Delays in Diagnosing Valley Fever Funded by CDC
A University of Arizona researcher has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to examine how misdiagnosis of Valley fever can lead to unnecessary treatment, more complicated care, higher costs and misuuse of antibiotics.
Is It Obesity or Lipedema? UA Researcher Receives Grant To Study Genetic Risk Factors
A new study at the University of Arizona seeks to determine the genetic risk factors for developing lipedema, a painful, body disfiguring and debilitating condition characterized by excessive fat deposits causing enlargement of the buttocks, hips and legs and a relatively small waist circumference.
$8.5M Grant Awarded to Improve Asthma Care with the Navajo Nation
Contact: Adam Dormuth, National Jewish Health
303-398-1082
dormutha@njhealth.org
An $8.5 million grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute will bring to the Navajo Nation two widely successful programs that will aim to improve asthma care over a six-year period. This is the first large effort to address health disparities in the Navajo Nation where asthma rates are two to three times higher than in the general population.
Regulatory Science Series Lecture: 'Meds & Free Speech: A Medical, Legal & Policy Discussion'
Regulatory Science Series Panel
Friday, Nov. 17, 2017
Noon to 2 p.m.
Tucson (LIVE - UA Health Sciences Library, Room 4150A, 1501 N. Campbell Ave., Tucson, AZ 85724), and
Phoenix (WEBCAST - UA Biomedical Campus Building 3, Room 3374 650 E. Van Buren St., Phoenix, AZ 85004)
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