Why are some people barely affected by Valley fever while others are admitted to intensive care?
The search for answers to those questions is on, thanks to a $2.27 million grant awarded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of the National Institutes of Health to the University of Arizona Valley Fever Center for Excellence.
Local startup Avery Therapeutics Inc. has licensed a beating heart graft technology invented at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson. Pre-clinical studies have already shown that the technology, called MyCardia™, improves heart function.
Two faculty members from the UA Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology will be presenters at the next DOM Research Seminar Series lecture on Thursday, May 11, noon-1 p.m., in the Room 5403 auditorium of the UA College of Medicine – Tucson.
The families of Southern Arizonans who donated organs or tissue over the past four years will join Banner – University Medical Center physicians, staff and transplant recipients to remember and honor their loved ones at a tribute ceremony Sunday afternoon.
TOPIC: Barriers and Motivators to Physical Activity in Older Mexican American Men
SPEAKER: Evangeline Ortiz-Dowling, PhD, MSN/Ed., RN Clinical Instructor, College of Nursing
WHEN: Monday, May 8, 2017 Noon-1 p.m. – light lunch will be served
WHERE: University of Arizona Cancer Center, Kiewit Auditorium Cancer Center
Students in the University of Arizona Health Sciences colleges will benefit from a recent gift from Chicanos Por La Causa.
The Pima County Fair will host a joint public outreach effort by Pima County Health and the University of Arizona Petersen HIV Clinics—the latter’s focus being on raising awareness about HIV and AIDS prevention.
According to the National Council on Aging, one-quarter of Americans age 65 and over fall each year. That translates to an older adult seeking treatment in an emergency room for a fall every 11 seconds.
Wednesday, May 3, 2017
The Healing Power of Sleep ... Chief Nourisher of the Body, Mind and Heart
Sairam Parthasarathy, MD
Director, UA Center for Sleep Disorders
Program Director, UA Sleep Medicine Fellowship Program
Professor of Medicine, the University of Arizona College of Medicine
Interim Chief, UA Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Banner – University Medicine marked its second anniversary recently with release of a video of physicians and staff stating what they’re proud of in the two years since the merger of Banner Health and University of Arizona Health Network created the new UA partne
