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UA Sarver Heart Center and the Heart Series Present, ‘Preventing Heart Disease for 25 Years: What We’ve Learned,’ August 13

LECTURE: Preventing Heart Disease for 25 Years: What We’ve Learned

Discover the seven most important actions you can take to improve your health and prevent heart disease from developing or advancing with Charles Katzenberg, MD, co-founder of The Heart Series and clinical professor of medicine in general cardiology at the UA Sarver Heart Center and Banner – University Medical Center North Hills.

UA Cancer Center Presents ‘Bear Down. Beat Cancer. Top 5 Strategies for Reducing Skin Cancer Risk’

Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer in the world, and is caused mainly by exposure to the sun’s ultraviolet rays. Phoenix and Tucson get 310 sunny days a year – a blessing and a curse.

Pulmonary & Critical Care Conference

SPEAKER: Rahul Nanchal, MD, MS, FACP, FCCP, FCCM, associate professor of medicine and neurology; director, Medical Intensive Care Unit; director, Critical Care Fellowship Program, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin; and editor of Hepatology and Critical Care, An Issue of Critical Care Clinics
TOPIC: "Sepsis: The Changing Face of the Hidden Epidemic"

WHERE: Room 8403, Chase Bank Auditorium, UA College of Medicine - Tucson
WHEN: 1:40 - 2:20 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017

Tech Blog: Peptides Developed at UA College of Medicine - Tucson Prove Promising in Treatment of Asthma

Asthma, which effects three million people in the United States each year, involves the swelling and narrowing of airways along with the production of additional mucus, which causes coughing and difficulty breathing.

Infectious Diseases Grand Rounds

Speaker: Michael D. L. Johnson, PhD
Title: "Harnessing the Power of Copper to Kill Streptococcus pneumoniae"
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UA Mobile App Tracks Zika Virus For Summer Travelers

Just because Zika isn’t in the news as much lately, doesn’t mean the mosquito-borne infection no longer is a health threat. Researchers at the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health and public health officials continue to seek a better understanding of how Zika may spread and if and where it may become endemic.

UA Geriatrician Receives Award to Improve Health Outcomes of Seriously Ill Elders

UA Center on Aging member Monica Vandivort, MD, will use a $50,000 start-up grant from the Arizona Area Health Education Centers (AzAHEC) for a clinical research initiative to improve health outcomes of seriously ill elders in Sierra Vista.

Grant will Help UA Evaluate if Telemedicine Effective for Insomnia Patients

Sairam Parthasarathy, MD, director of the UA Health Sciences Center for Sleep and Circadian Sciences, has received a $250,000 grant from the American Sleep Medicine Foundation to evaluate how telemedicine can assist in the delivery of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia.

UA’s Dr. Monica Kraft Elected Fellow of European Respiratory Society

Monica Kraft, MD, chair of the University of Arizona Department of Medicine, has been elected as a fellow of the prestigious European Respiratory Society. She is one of only 17 people (and two Americans) to receive the honor this year.

White Coat Ceremony, Class of 2021 at the UA College of Medicine - Tucson

The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson welcomes 120 students into the Class of 2021 during the College’s 23rd annual White Coat Ceremony on Friday, July 21, 5 to 7 p.m., in Centennial Hall, 1020 E. University Blvd., on the UA Main Campus.

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