Hematology and Oncology

Medical student receives COM-T’s first four-year, full-tuition scholarship

[Rocio Gastelum-Castillo is the inaugural recipient of the Mosharrafa Family Scholarship, which is funded by Beauty for Good, a charity created by plastic surgeons Ali and Tamir Mosharrafa, owners of Mosharrafa Plastic Surgery.]

Inspired by her mother’s battle with breast cancer, Rocio Gastelum-Castillo, a first-year medical student who grew up in Nogales, Mexico, aspires to give hope to future patients and help them stay healthy.

Gastelum-Castillo is the inaugural recipient of the Mosharrafa Family Scholarship, which is funded by Beauty for Good, a charity created by plastic surgeons Ali and Tamir Mosharrafa, MD, owners of Mosharrafa Plastic Surgery.

CMM Seminar Series: ‘Heterogeneity in breast cancers and their microenvironment’

College of Medicine – Tucson Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine

When

Noon to 1 p.m., March 27, 2024

Where

Sarver Heart Center, Room 4137 
1501 N. Campbell Ave., Tucson, AZ 85724

Event Description

Cellular and Molecular Medicine Seminar Series. Katherine Hoadley, PhD, will present, “Heterogeneity in breast cancers and their microenvironment.”

Cancer Biology GIDP Seminar: ‘Initiating centrosome assembly and hypoxia-induced centrosome disassembly’

The Cancer Biology Graduate Interdisciplinary Program presents the following guest speaker for the Cancer Biology GIDP Seminar Series:

John Ryniawec, PhD | Postdoctoral Research Associate, Rogers Lab, University of Arizona Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine

Translational Medicine Symposium refocuses research on practical remedies

[Jennifer Carew, PhD, welcomes Translational Medicine Symposium attendees and introduces opening keynote speaker Northwestern University’s Devalingam Mahalingam, MD, PhD, who spoke on oncolytic virotherapy.]

The inaugural Translational Medicine Symposium enjoyed a smaller but rapt audience Friday, March 22, at the HSIB Forum in the Health Sciences Innovation Building on the University of Arizona Health Sciences Tucson campus.

See a mini-photo gallery and video of the event below. The symposium's program can be found here as a PDF, including 11 poster presentations.

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