TUCSON, Ariz. – The University of Arizona Cancer Center is one of two new centers to join the Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network (CPCRN) and has received an initial $1.4 million to advance cancer prevention and control science, with particular focus on the health needs of Hispanic cancer survivors.
Are you one of the more than 100 million Americans and 1.5 billion worldwide under a shelter in place or stay at home order due to the coronavirus pandemic? Is being made to stay close to home stressing you out?
"Management of pancreatic cysts: Current status and future directions"
Hemanth Gavini, MD
The University of Arizona Health Sciences Biorepository, a team of scientists, has secured the materials to produce 7,000 coronavirus specimen collection kits this week. A significant shortage of kits nationally and regionally has limited the ability to test patients for the virus.
Presenter: Michel Villatoro Villar, MD
Title: "Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS) for Rheumatologists"
TUCSON, Ariz. – On Friday, March 20, 115 medical students at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson (COM-T) learned where they will first practice the science and art of medicine as they begin the next phase of their professional journey.
TUCSON, Ariz. – As our state, nation and world confront the emerging COVID-19 pandemic, ever-increasing numbers of individuals and families are self-isolating to help lessen the spread of the dangerous new disease. But these individuals still require access to health-care services, especially if they manifest symptoms of the novel coronavirus.
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TUCSON, Ariz.
TUCSON, Ariz. – Out of an abundance of caution regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, the Sarver Heart Center at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson has canceled its Green Valley Lecture, “Heart Rhythm Disorders: What’s the Role of Medications and Technology,” with Peter Ott, MD, scheduled Thursday, March 19, at 10 a.m.
TUCSON, Ariz. – Hani M. Babiker, MD, renowned for his expertise in new drug development and the treatment of gastrointestinal cancers, has been appointed assistant director of early-phase therapeutics and director of phase I clinical trials at the University of Arizona Cancer Center.
