University of Arizona Professor Sairam Parthasarathy, MD, is among three recipients announced recently as winners of American Sleep Medicine Foundation (ASMF) Strategic Research Awards to evaluate how telemedicine can play a role in the delivery of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I).
From left: Drs. Wina Yousman and Nirmal Singh; Drs. Balaji Natarajan, Supreet Khare, Francisco Mora, Rhonda Alkatib, Bujji Ainapurapu (IM Residency South Campus assistant program director), Roberto Swazo, Chief Resident John Sandoval and Wei Xiang Wong; Dr. Jessica August; and GME South's Jeanne Deinert and Assistant Dean Dr. Victoria Murrain
COM – Tucson Dean Dr. Charles Cairns (center) thanked Drs. Taljanovic, Tardiff (third from left), Ellis, Mosier (not pictured), Porreca and Rice for their leadership via Twitter.
Look for new faces soon in the UA Division of Inpatient Medicine. Along with some recent departures come arrivals as well.
Lynn Gerald, PhD, Canyon Ranch Endowed Chair and professor of health promotion sciences at the UA Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health and associate director for clinical research for the UA Health Sciences Asthma and Airway Disease Research
UA College of Medicine – Phoenix Class of 2017:
Tabarik Al-Abbadi, Ken Zurcher, Akua Minta
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MONDAY, MAY 8:
The University of Arizona's 2017 graduating class includes a U.S. Air Force veteran who saved lives in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and is working to become a dermatologist, and a mining engineer devoted to improving safety in her field.
The class also includes a researcher who has been studying how Buddhist monks connect traditional knowledge with Western scientific research to explain mental functions, and a highly accomplished percussionist who has performed nationally and internationally.
Here are some of the students who will receive their degrees on Friday:
