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UA Pharmacy Professor Wins 2 NIH Grants of $3.6M to Study Arsenic, Lung Cancer
UA College of Pharmacy professor Donna Zhang, PhD, is the principal investigator on two new R01 grants from the National Institutes of Health that will provide more than $3 million for her research into how arsenic causes lung cancer...
UA Cancer Center Open House to Focus on Bone Marrow Transplants, Aug. 15
Two members of the BMT-Leukemia Multidisciplinary Clinic team, Drs. Faiz Anwer and Amit Agarwal, will be presenters at the next UA Cancer Center North Campus Open House on Monday, Aug. 15, at the Peter and Paula Fasseas Cancer Clinic — aka, Banner – UMC North, at 3838 N. Campbell Ave. Another on "Clinical Trials" with Dr. Daruka Mahadevan, MD, PhD, is scheduled for Thursday, July 28…
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The University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center welcomes Mathew D. Hutchinson, MD, as the new director of the Cardiac Electrophysiology Program in the Division of Cardiology at the UA College of Medicine - Tucson. Board certified in cardiovascular disease
The University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center welcomes Mathew D. Hutchinson, MD, as the new director of the Cardiac Electrophysiology Program in the Division of Cardiology at the UA College of Medicine - Tucson.
UA Health Sciences Study of Devastating Lung Disorders in the Critically Ill Receives $11.4 Million Boost
Five-year National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute program project grant led by UA Vice President for Health Sciences Dr. Joe G.N. “Skip” Garcia
New Physicians-in-Training Get Oriented at Marriott Event, June 30
Incoming interns, residents and fellows at the UA College of Medicine get briefed on patient care, enhancing the patient experience and what’s expected of them as physicians in training at the Banner – UMC Tucson and South hospitals. See photos from the event, held June 30 at the Tucson Marriott University Park…
UA Infectious Diseases Experts to Collaborate on National Effort to Develop HIV Cure
Researchers at the University of Arizona will receive about $650,000 as part of the “BELIEVE” team, led by George Washington University, which received a $28 million, five-year Martin Delaney Collaboratory grant from the National Institutes of Health to find a cure for HIV.
Rheumatology Roundup: ARHP Presidents of UA Recognized, Inaugural SCARI Lecture, and Bear Down Luncheon Results
Since they couldn’t attend San Francisco’s annual meeting, a reception at the home of Division of Rheumatology Chief Kent Kwoh, MD, served to honor the three former ARHP presidents from Tucson. Other news focuses on the Inaugural Southwestern Clinic and Research Institute (SCARI) Lecture and the Bear Down Luncheon…
American Cancer Society Recognizes Promising Research Capabilities at the UA Cancer Center
The American Cancer Society has awarded the University of Arizona Cancer Center $360,000 to provide “seed money” for the initiation of projects by promising junior investigators. These start-up funds can yield large returns in future research funding and outcomes.
SAVE THE DATE: Department of Medicine Fellows Retreat, Aug. 11
A special evening “retreat” for all of the Clinical Fellows in the Department of Medicine has been scheduled to introduce our fellows—current and new—to all the academic opportunities we offer and to give them insight regarding how to pursue an investigative career...
New Treatment Approaches, Grateful Survivors At Annual Trauma Conference, Aug. 4-5
27th Annual Southwest Regional Trauma Conference
UA Health Sciences and Banner Health Receive Historic Funding as part of Landmark Precision Medicine Initiative® Cohort Program
Newly formed network of health-care provider organizations tasked with enrolling U.S. volunteers in a nationwide precision medicine program.
Upcoming Lectures and Wellness Fair at the University of Arizona Health Sciences
Free Presentation, Diabetes and Wellness Fair and Open House and Presentation.
Local Cancer Moonshot Summit Draws Crowd, Media
Nearly 100 people participated in the regional summit hosted June 29 by the University of Arizona Cancer Center as part of the nationwide Cancer Moonshot events sponsored by the White House as part of an initiative to marshal resources to cure cancer. See photos and links to media coverage…
Cardiology Fellows Arrivals, Destinations Announced
The UA Sarver Heart Center announced that there will be seven new faces among incoming fellows in the Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship tomorrow. Six other fellows in the program are moving on having graduated along with two more from the Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program...
Are We Giving Up on Cardiac Arrest Patients Too Soon? – New UA Study Suggests Physicians Need to Give Comatose Cardiac Arrest Survivors Adequate Time before Predicting Outcomes
The multicenter study showed the time it takes for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients to regain consciousness varies widely and is longer than many had thought. Thousands of lives each year across the country could be saved by simply giving cardiac arrest victims more time to awaken in the hospital.
Banner Unveils New Website – UAHealth.com is no more
The newly designed, mobile- and customer-friendly public website, www.BannerHealth.com, replaces UAHealth.com — left over from prior to Banner’s merger with the University of Arizona Health Network last year. Banner requests assistance with information updates, broken links...
Tucson Lifestyle ‘Features’ Janardhanan, Yeager Among UA Top Doctors in 2016
“Top Doctors” affiliated with the University of Arizona Department of Medicine with special full-page features—as well as listings—in the just-released July issue of Tucson Lifestyle include Cardiology’s Raj Janardhanan, MD, and Hematology & Oncology’s Andrew Yeager, MD...
UA to Participate in Cancer Moonshot Summit on Wednesday
The UA Cancer Center is taking part in Vice President Joe Biden's push to double the rate of progress in cancer treatment, diagnosis and prevention over the next five years.
Petersen Clinics meet your pharmacist event offers answers to HIV/AIDs medication questions
The Petersen HIV Clinics pharmacy team provides a brief presentation and Q&A on Friday, July 22, about new and future treatments for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and AIDS at the Leon Levy Cancer Center building, located in front of the Banner – University Medical Center Tucson hospital.
UA Cancer Center Open House to Focus on Clinical Trials, July 28
Renowned physician-scientist Dr. Daruka Mahadevan, director of the UA Cancer Center’s Phase I Clinical Trials Program and Experimental Therapeutics co-director, will discuss options and opportunities at the next Open House at the UA Cancer Center – North Campus, 3838 N. Campbell Ave., Thursday, July 28, 5-7 p.m…
UA Cancer Center to Host Regional Summit for White House Cancer Moonshot
The UA Cancer Center has been invited to participate as a regional host site for a nationwide Cancer Moonshot Summit being convened June 29 at the White House by U.S. Vice President Joe Biden that includes “conversations” in communities across the country. Prospective participants with a professional or personal interest in finding a cure for cancer should RSVP to attend the local “conversation”—connected via live feed to the White House event...
Dept. of Medicine Puts Its Mark on Inaugural CDA Research Symposium
About half the presenters and half the session chairs at the first UA Health Sciences Career Development Award Research Symposium were from the Department of Medicine, giving the event a good grounding in research initiatives from internal medicine junior faculty recognized for their contributions in advancing medical science over the past two years…
Pulmonary Fellows Earn UA Program a Top-Three Spot in National CHEST Challenge
Three University of Arizona Pulmonary & Critical Care fellows—Naser Mahmoud, MBBS, Muna Omar, MBBS, and Huthayfa Ateeli, MBBS—learned this week they earned the university designation as a “Top 3 Institution” for their fellowship program and the right to compete in the American College of Chest Physicians’ CHEST Challenge Championship in Los Angeles this fall…
UA Nephrology Chief Participates in White House Organ Summit
As co-chair of the national Kidney Health Initiative, Dr. Prabir Roy-Chaudhury was a virtual participant in the conference, which resulted in a nearly $200 million investment commitment from federal agencies, companies, foundations, universities, hospitals and patient groups to save lives and give hope by reducing the organ waiting list...
Boosting Immunity in Older Adults: UA Health Sciences Immunologists Unmask New Infection-Fighting T Cells
Immune-system frailty in adults 65 and older is a widespread public health issue. A study led by the Department of Immunobiology at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson points to new cells that may hold a solution.