Translational and Regenerative Medicine
UA Researcher Receives Award from St. Baldrick’s Foundation to Fight Childhood Cancer
Justina McEvoy, PhD, a research member at the University of Arizona Cancer Center and assistant professor in the UA Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, has been named a St.
UA Researcher Earns $450,000 Grant to Advance Clinical Study on Alzheimer’s
Roberta Diaz Brinton, PhD, director of the Center for Innovation in Brain Science at the University of Arizona Health Sciences, received a $450,000 grant to advance her groundbreaking clinical development of the first regenerative therapeutic for Alzheimer’s disease.
SAVAHCS to Host VA-UA College of Medicine – Tucson Research Fair, Sept. 14
The Southern Arizona VA Health Care System (SAVAHCS) will host a research fair on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017, from 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
This event will focus on the history of collaboration between the SAVAHCS and the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson.
"Repairing Hearts, Improving Lives: Bringing the UA-Invented Beating Heart Graft to Market"
Speakers will include:
Two Projects to Promote Translational Research Win $100K UA Cancer Center Support Grants
Two projects underscoring basic/clinical partnerships in translational research have been awarded the two-year, $100,000 grants from the University of Arizona Cancer Center.
Join Us on Sept. 9 for ‘Beyond Cancer: Finding Spirit’
Cancer survivors, family, friends, caregivers and the Tucson community are invited to attend Beyond Cancer: Finding Spirit, presented by Community Cancer Connections at the University of Arizona College of Nursing, in partnership with the UA Cancer Center.
Latest UA Cancer Center Hero Awards Goes to Miranti, Dendler
UAHS Healthy Dose Blog Focuses on Your Brain, Healing Ceremonies, Lung Cancer & Sun Safety
If you haven’t been keeping up with the UA Health Sciences’ Healthy Dose Blog, you might be missing some interesting stories on and by colleagues in the Department of Medicine, related business units and other UAHS colleges.
Here’s a few:
Infectious Diseases Clinician Hooshang Nematollahi Passes Away
Leaders in the University of Arizona Division of Infectious Diseases wish to express their sadness at the death of Hooshang Nematollahi, MSN, FNP-C, MBA, 62, who passed away Friday, Aug. 25, 2017, after a long battle with thyroid cancer.
His memorial services were held at East Lawn Palms Mortuary in Tucson on Monday, Aug. 28.