While general faculty, fellow and resident physicians within the UA Department of Medicine have been actively pursuing publication of their research, our leadership team has also made great strides in getting word out to the world about the many innovative advancements in medical knowledge they have been working on as well.
Battling childhood obesity and early onset Type 2 diabetes one bite at a time is the theme of the next Endocrinology Grand Rounds lecture Dec. 13 with speaker Melanie Hingle, PhD, MPH, RD, a registered dietitian and assistant professor in the Department of Nutritional Sciences at the UA College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS).
SPEAKERS: Kenneth Ramos, MD, PhD, PharmB; and Rick Silva, PhD
Dr. Ramos is associate vice president for precision health sciences, University of Arizona Health Sciences; interim dean, UA College of Medicine - Phoenix; and director, Center for Applied Genetics and Genomic Medicine, UA Health Sciences.
Dr. Silva is executive director, biomedical corporate alliances, UA Health Sciences, where he develops and manages UA-industry partnerships in biomedical research.
SPEAKER: Akinlolu O. Ojo, MD, MPH, PhD, MBA, Associate Vice President for Clinical Research and Global Health Initiatives
Insulin resistance in Type 2 diabetes and lung function trajectories in the Tucson Children’s Respiratory Study as a predictor in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are the subjects for the next lecture in the DOM Research Seminar Series.
Both the 21st Annual Farness Lecture, Nov. 16, and the Annual Founders Day Lecture, Nov. 17, were well attended and well spoken.
Flu pandemics occur when virus strains circulating predominantly in animals acquire mutations that allow them to jump into and spread among humans more readily. Here, subway riders in Mexico City wear face masks during the 2009 H1N1 swine flu pandemic (Photo: Eneas De Troya/Wikimedia Commons).
Employee Health at Banner – University Medical Center Tucson (BUMCT) and South (BUMCS) issued another reminder this past week about the deadline for flu season compliance. For faculty and staff in a clinical setting, that date is Monday, Dec. 5—a little more than two weeks away.
In addition to a post earlier this week about the inclusion of University of Arizona gastroenterologist John Cunningham, MD
, a Tucson Lifestyle article about digestive ailments and what to do about them, several other articles in the magazine have featured physicians from the UA Department of Medicine this year that haven’t been reported about 'til now.
This year the University of Arizona Valley Fever Center for Excellence celebrates its 20th anniversary since its establishment in 1996. The center was created by the Arizona Board of Regents to further advance the research and eradication of Valley Fever as well as to develop public awareness for the disease. The incapacitating, sometimes-fatal respiratory illness is caused by the Coccidioides species of fungus, endemic primarily to soils of the U.S. Southwest and border states in Mexico.
