Translational and Regenerative Medicine

Thirty New Faculty Begin UA Careers in Department of Medicine since July 1

A total of 30 new faculty members have started their practices, teaching and/or research careers in the UA Department of Medicine since July 1, across our 13 divisions and the Informatics section under the UAHS Center for Biomedical Informatics and Biostatistics. They include a division chief, associate dean for student affairs, ICU medical director, and three investigators for the new UAHS Center for Disparities in Diabetes, Obesity & Metabolism.

CyVerse Explores Complexities of Mapping the Human Immune System

UA researcher Adam Buntzman: "If we were on a treasure hunt, where the cure to many illnesses is the buried treasure, then we’ve just drawn the first map of Treasure Island." (Photo: Roy Wageman/UA BioCommunications)

University of Arizona research assistant professor and immunologist Adam Buntzman, PhD, used CyVerse data sharing and analysis capabilities to lead the first team to comprehensively map the human adaptive immune system.

Lifelong Cancer Fighter Dr. Robert Livingston Passes Away

Robert Livingston, MD, 75, an oncologist at the University of Arizona Cancer Center and a professor of medicine in the UA Division of Hematology and Oncology, died Sept. 8 at his home. Dr. Livingston had been a professor at the UA College of Medicine – Tucson for the past decade.

New UA Geriatrician to Talk ‘Lewy Body Dementia’ at Advances in Aging Lecture, Oct. 10

Lewy bodies are tiny protein deposits in the brain named after a German doctor who first identified them. Researchers don't have a full understanding of why they appear, or how they contribute to dementia. They have linked them to low levels of important chemicals (acetylcholine and dopamine) that carry messages between nerve cells.

Alzheimer's Association Accelerates Research on Potential Sex Differences in Alzheimer's

An estimated 120,000 people age 65 and older in Arizona have Alzheimer’s disease, according to the Alzheimer’s Association, and the number is expected to increase to 200,000 by 2025, a change of more than 66 percent. Women are disproportionately affected.

Cardiologist Dr. Michael A. LaCombe to Present ‘The Importance of Family History,’ Oct. 6

Read All About South Campus Residency Program in Fall Newsletter

The latest issue of the South Campus Pulse, the newsletter of the UA Internal Medicine Residency Program – South Campus at Banner – University Medical Center South came out Friday, Sept. 23.

Hemodialysis, Feline Parasite Subject of Next DOM Research Seminar, Oct. 13

Themes for the two speakers in the next UA Department of Medicine Research Seminar 2016-17 lecture series have been announced.

Grateful Lung Cancer Survivor to Speak at Oct. 5 Living Healthy With Arthritis Lecture

UA-Led Team Receives PCORI Engagement Award for Patient-Centered SLEEP2 Project

About 70 million Americans have sleep problems, according to the National Center on Sleep Disorders Research, but you’d never know it by looking at them. There are many symptoms besides sleepiness that people—or their physicians—might not recognize as signs of sleep disorders.

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