Translational and Regenerative Medicine

FemTech I-Corps Cohort Info Session

Are You Ready to Shape the Future of Tech Solutions for Women?

When:

1 to 2 p.m., Sept. 6, 2024

CMM Seminar Series: ‘Unlocking the role of sMyBP-C in sarcomere function, structure & congenital muscle disorders’

College of Medicine – Tucson Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine presents:

Meet Your College of Medicine – Tucson Faculty Innovation Ambassador, Julie Ledford, PhD

When

Noon to 1 p.m., Sept. 30, 2024

Where

Arizona Health Sciences Center, Room 2500 | COM-T Social Hall

Asthma study tracks Tucsonans from birth into adulthood

[Young child using inhaler with a spacer device.]

The Tucson Children’s Respiratory Study has generated multiple research projects that have uncovered new information about the early-life origins of asthma. (Photo by SBenitez via Getty Images)

Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, are potentially life-threatening lung conditions that make it difficult to breathe. Around 40 years ago, there were theories that asthma and COPD could have causes originating in early life, but they were just that – theories.

U.S.-Mexico Asthma Study Examines Hygiene Hypothesis Amid Pandemic

[Children on playground: The hygiene hypothesis, the idea that children exposed to more germs early on in life develop greater immunity and are less likely to get asthma and other diseases, will be explored in a UArizona-led cross-border study.]

Attacking Asthma: 50 Years of Life-changing Discovery

[The UArizona Health Sciences Asthma & Airway Disease Research Center has spent decades researching the origins of adult respiratory diseases, including asthma and COPD, which often begin in the wheezing and lower respiratory infections of youth.]

Undernourished Infants at Risk for Lung Restriction, Weaker Health as Adults, UAHS Study Finds

[A new study found that adult lung health can be influenced by nutritional problems during pregnancy, low birth weights for gestational age and being underweight in childhood. (Getty Images)]

Three from DOM among nominees for COM-T Lura Hanekamp Dedicated Staff Award

[Dr. Michael Abecassis, dean of the College of Medicine – Tucson (center), joins all the college's staff award of excellence nominees for a group photo, showing their Wildcat pride.]

Infectious Disease Grand Rounds: 'Tissue allograft associated infections'

Five DOM faculty in first class of COM-T, Eller Advanced Healthcare Leadership Academy

[Photo collage of DOM faculty in first cohort for Advanced Healthcare Leadership Academy: Drs. Tara Carr, Janet Funk, Elizabeth Juneman, Serena Scott and Tejo Vemulapalli]

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