Translational and Regenerative Medicine
UA Infectious Diseases Experts to Collaborate on National Effort to Develop HIV Cure
The University of Arizona is among 18 institutions participating in a $28 million, five-year Martin Delaney Collaboratory grant awarded today to George Washington University by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to marshal various immunotherapy advances to create a novel HIV cure strategy.
UA Health Sciences and Banner Health Receive Historic Funding as part of Landmark Precision Medicine Initiative® Cohort Program
The University of Arizona Health Sciences and Banner Health have been awarded a $4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to participate in the Precision Medicine Initiative® Cohort Program, which aims to enroll 1 million or more U.S. participants to improve prevention and treatment of disease based on individual differences in lifestyle, environment and genetics.
Are We Giving Up on Cardiac Arrest Patients Too Soon? – New UA Study Suggests Physicians Need to Give Comatose Cardiac Arrest Survivors Adequate Time before Predicting Outcomes
The day after his son’s twins were born in 2012, Gary Brauchla, 68, went into cardiac arrest as he slept in his home in Pearce, Ariz.
Local Cancer Moonshot Summit Draws Crowd, Media
Nearly a hundred people participated in the regional summit hosted June 29 by the University of Arizona Cancer Center as part of the nationwide Cancer Moonshot events sponsored by the White House as part of an initiative to marshal resources to cure cancer.
Cardiology Fellows Arrivals, Destinations Announced
The University of Arizona Division of Cardiology and UA Sarver Heart Center announced their full list of incoming as well as graduating fellows from their two fellowship programs.
Banner Unveils New Website – UAHealth.com is no more
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Banner Health’s new website was unveiled today at 10:45 a.m.
Tucson Lifestyle ‘Features’ Janardhanan, Yeager among UA Top Doctors in 2016
“Top Doctors” affiliated with the University of Arizona Department of Medicine who got special full-page features—as well as listings—in the July issue of Tucson Lifestyle magazine include Cardiology’s Raj Janardhanan, MD, and Hematology & Oncology’s
Petersen Clinics meet-your-pharmacist event offers answers to HIV/AIDs medication questions, July 22
The Petersen HIV Clinics pharmacy team will provide a brief presentation and Q&A on Friday, July 22, about new and future treatments for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and AIDS at the Leon Levy Cancer Center building, located in front of the Banner – University Medical Center Tucson hospital.
UA Cancer Center Open House to Focus on Clinical Trials, July 28
“Clinical Trials” is the theme of the next Open House at the UA Cancer Center – North Campus, 3838 N. Campbell Ave., on Thursday, July 28, 5-7 p.m.
Daruka Mahadevan, MD, PhD, new director of the UA Cancer Center’s Phase I Clinical Trials Program and Experimental Therapeutics co-director, and his team will present on options and opportunities in our clinical trials program.