The Arizona Telemedicine Program (ATP) has labored for two decades to bring innovative telemedicine services into the mainstream as a health-care delivery system in Arizona and around the world. “We’re finally hitting paydirt, the so-called ‘upslope’ of the S-curve for innovation,” said Ronald S. Weinstein, MD, ATP co-founding director.
ADVANCES IN AGING LECTURE SERIES
SPEAKER: Cheri Wells, LPC, Private Practice Counselor
TOPIC: "A Guide to Understanding Worldview in Elder American Indian Clients: Cross-cultural considerations in older adult mental health"
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Scenes from the DOM Town Hall Meeting on the Precision Medicine Initiative® Cohort Program—rebranded as the All of Us℠ Research Program—on Dec. 7.
University of Arizona President Ann Weaver Hart has named Dr. Leigh Neumayer as interim senior vice president for health sciences. Her appointment will be effective Jan. 1, 2017, following Dr. Joe G.N. "Skip" Garcia's decision to resign his administrative role and step back to faculty.
Just in time for Crohn’s & Colitis Awareness Week (Dec. 1-7, 2016), Tucson News Now anchor Craig Thomas did a feature item Dec. 6 on his personal battle with Crohn’s disease.
The University of Arizona Health Sciences (UAHS) will host its second annual Local CLARION Interprofessional Case Competition on Feb. 28, 2017. The competition will include interprofessional teams of up to four students, with at least two different disciplines represented.
BizTucson magazine has featured several articles throughout 2016 on topics of note to the University of Arizona Health Sciences and the UA Department of Medicine, most recently a Fall Issue spotlight on Banner – University Medical Center’s construction projects in Tucson.
The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix announced last week the appointment of nationally recognized physician-scientist Kenneth S. Knox, MD, as the associate dean of faculty affairs.
