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
Media contact: April Fischer, 602-827-2595, aprilfischer@email.arizona.edu
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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:
Headed for an internal medicine internship and dermatology residency training program as a physician after graduation, Jose “Anthony” Cervantes has had a lot of “enablers” in his life—but, for him, that’s a good thing.
The Georgetown University School of Medicine will award Gordon A. Ewy, MD, a University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson professor emeritus in the Division of Cardiology and director emeritus of the UA Sarver Heart Center, a Doctor of Science (DSc) degree at its graduation ceremonies on May 26.
At his May 8 retirement celebration, the University of Arizona Cancer Center (UACC) honored the career David S. Alberts, MD, Regents Professor of Medicine, Pharmacology, Nutritional Science, Public Health and BIO5 at The University of Arizona College of Medicine, and UACC Director Emeritus.
MEDICAL WRITERS/ASSIGNMENT EDITORS NOTE: Media are welcome to cover these events, which are open to graduates and their families and friends only, not the general public. Please note that media are asked to remain in the audience area. More details about the ceremonies and graduates will be posted on the UAHS Office of Public Affairs website, http://opa.ahsc.arizona.edu, as they become available.
Robert C. Johnson, PhD, has been appointed research professor in the Institute for Cellular Transplantation in the Department of Surgery at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson.
LECTURE: Right Treatment, Right Person, Right Time: Progress in Precision Cardiovascular Care
“Imagine if the pills you took for heart disease were designed for you personally,” said Nancy K. Sweitzer, MD, PhD, director of the UA Sarver Heart Center, chief of cardiology and professor of medicine at the UA College of Medicine – Tucson.
