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![[DOM winning faculty members at 2024 University of Arizona College of Medicine Faculty Awards]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/dom_teaching_award_winners_2024_card.jpg?itok=slcM_Xa8×tamp=1709162769 "DOM winning faculty members at 2024 University of Arizona College of Medicine Faculty Awards")
February 28, 2024
Eight Department of Medicine faculty split 10 awards and received additional recognition for Outstanding Achievement in Teaching by the Internal Medicine Clerkship Program at the 2024 Faculty Awards Ceremony. Scroll down for a mini-photo gallery, too.
![[Jay Wesley Smith, MD]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/smith_jay_w-md_bxw_600x400px.jpg?itok=-PfpQaGJ×tamp=1708992595 "Jay Wesley Smith, MD")
February 26, 2024
Dr. Jay Wesley Smith, who served at the college from 1970-1999 as a professor of medicine, General Internal Medicine section chief, Internal Medicine Residency Program director and College of Medicine – Tucson vice dean for academic affairs, died Feb. 2 in Tucson at age 87.
![[Video screenshot for “Expert Insights: Why Study Insulin Resistance?” by the UArizona Health Sciences]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/expert_insights_video_on_insulin_resistance_card.jpg?itok=6jNXZ7GH×tamp=1709057913 "Video screenshot for “Expert Insights: Why Study Insulin Resistance?” by the UArizona Health Sciences")
February 26, 2024
The diabetes researcher in the Division of Endocrinology and Center for Disparities in Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism talks about the importance of studying insulin resistance to advance patient treatment in “Expert Insights” video featured in UArizona HealthSciences Connect newsletter.
![[Portrait of Justin Starren, MD, PhD]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/justin-starren_nu_500x374.jpg?itok=fsMCexEh×tamp=1718645446 "Justin Starren, MD, PhD")
February 26, 2024
Northwestern’s Justin B. Starren was named director of the Center for Biomedical Informatics and Biostatistics at the University of Arizona Health Sciences. He will start March 25.
![[Hesham Sadek, MD, PhD]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/sadek_hesham_md_phd_card.jpg?itok=HI_NPlwG×tamp=1714416094 "Hesham Sadek, MD, PhD")
February 23, 2024
The J. Fred Schoellkopf Jr. Endowed Chair in Cardiology, associate director of the Center for Regenerative Science and Medicine, and professor of medicine, biophysics and molecular biology at Dallas’ UT Southwestern Medical Center will bring a big research portfolio and dynamism to UArizona.
![[Infographic illustrating National Institutes of Health funding per the Blue Ridge rankings for the UArizona Health Sciences in 2023]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/2024-02.16_blue_ridge_rankings_2024.png?itok=YHhlw9bC×tamp=1708130704 "Infographic illustrating National Institutes of Health funding per the Blue Ridge rankings for the UArizona Health Sciences in 2023")
February 16, 2024
Five colleges increased their National Institutes of Health research funding in 2022-2023, leading to higher rankings for some by the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research. See how Department of Medicine researchers placed over 15 years in the rankings.
![[Portrait of John Galgiani, MD, in a lush Sonoran desert location]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/galgiani-03_ofa2023_081822-112-card.jpg?itok=_w9kX7ZS×tamp=1708044249 "John Galgiani, MD, a professor of medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson and director of the college’s Valley Fever Center for Excellence, was recognized for his expertise by the New England Journal of Medicine.")
February 15, 2024
John Galgiani, MD, a professor of medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson and director of the college’s Valley Fever Center for Excellence, was recognized for his expertise by the New England Journal of Medicine.
![[Dr. James Liao presenting 02.09.24 on ‘Rho-associated Kinase (ROCK) as a Therapeutic Target for Fibrotic Diseases’ at Friday Frontiers in Biomedical Science seminar at University of Arizona’s BIO5 Institute.]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/2024.02.09_friday_frontiers_dsc_6056_card.jpg?itok=9nrOtM9B×tamp=1708036837 "Dr. James Liao presenting 02.09.24 on ‘Rho-associated Kinase (ROCK) as a Therapeutic Target for Fibrotic Diseases’ at Friday Frontiers in Biomedical Science seminar at University of Arizona’s BIO5 Institute.")
February 15, 2024
Dr. James Liao, chair of the Department of Medicine, and Department of Neurosurgery Chair Dr. Julie Pilitsis, headline biomedical science seminar series at BIO5 Institute. See the video as well as a mini-photo gallery.
![[Banner image for Translational Medicine Symposium hosted 3.22.2024 by UArizona College of Medicine - Tucson]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/translational_medicine_symposium_banner-plus_750x400px.jpg?itok=LmSG-YnR×tamp=1707595160 "Banner image for Translational Medicine Symposium hosted 3.22.2024 by UArizona College of Medicine - Tucson")
February 6, 2024
Graduate students and postdoctoral fellows from biomedical disciplines across the UArizona Health Sciences can submit research abstracts to the Research Poster Competition of the College of Medicine – Tucson’s Translational Medicine Symposium to be held March 22 in the HSIB Forum.
![[Two researchers in lab coats are in separate portraits side-by-side. The person on the left has dark, short hair parted to the side and the person on the right has long, straight dark hair and turquoise beaded necklace.]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/steffan_nawrocki.n.jennifer_carew_photo_card.jpg?itok=TDTiLZJx×tamp=1709613827 "Steffan T. Nawrocki, PhD, and Jennifer S. Carew, PhD")
February 2, 2024
Through a collaborative study, University of Arizona and USC cancer researchers showed combining several cancer therapies created an effective immune response for patients experiencing relapse or resistance of multiple myeloma, a form of blood cancer.
![[Collage image of Jarrod Mosier, MD, named Vice Chair for Research in Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/mosier_promotion_dem_1245x660px.jpg?itok=hLLd0uyQ×tamp=1706132655 "Jarrod Mosier, MD, named Vice Chair for Research in Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson")
January 23, 2024
The assistant program director for the Critical Care Medicine Track in the Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Fellowship in the Department of Medicine’s Pulmonary division is the second ever vice chair appointment in the Department of Emergency Medicine.
![[James E. Dalen, MD, MPH, ScD, with his wife, Priscilla]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/card_dalen_james_and_priscilla_dsc7804_201307303.jpg?itok=3_9dw9qI×tamp=1705622738 "James E. Dalen, MD, MPH, ScD, with his wife, Priscilla")
January 18, 2024
The College of Medicine – Tucson's sixth dean, Dr. James E. Dalen, died Jan. 16. Long-time DOM and other colleagues note his contributions in a golden era for the college and UArizona Health Sciences, of which he also was vice president. Memorial service set for Mon., Jan. 29, 1 p.m., Vistoso Funeral Home, Oro Valley.
![[Dominoes lined up to split into two rows with red domino falling into them at center]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/2024.01.18_11062023-domino_cell_mutation-klh_1409_hero-card.jpg?itok=sSMAr4hc×tamp=1706632854 "A single domino can send things in a new direction, much like how a gene mutation can initiate a chain reaction in cells and lead to cancer. University of Arizona Health Sciences researchers are using big data to target a particularly challenging gene mutation called KRAS.")
January 18, 2024
UArizona Health Sciences researchers – including Dr. Aaron Scott, of the Division of Hematology & Oncology in the Department of Medicine – are leveraging molecular profiling data to better understand certain cancers and uncover new treatments.
![[Three older adults walk through the University of Arizona Health Sciences campus]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/aging_093021-awe-walk-nhg_6382-hero_card.jpg?itok=n6AIVbif×tamp=1704990611 "A commitment to promote positive and healthy aging, such as through outreach programs that connect older adults to campus programs, led to the University of Arizona’s inclusion in the Age-Friendly University Global Network.")
![[Mindy Fain, MD]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/fain-mindy_nhg_7121-inline_092921_100x150px.jpg?itok=nkfpuyKa×tamp=1704991281 "Mindy Fain, MD")
![[C. Kent Kwoh, MD]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/kwoh_c._kent_md_rheum-headshot_100x150px.jpg?itok=ROGbTq9-×tamp=1704991281 "C. Kent Kwoh, MD")
January 9, 2024
A University of Arizona Health Sciences strategic initiative, research activities, educational opportunities and community events for older adults – including geriatrics and rheumatology programs, the Center on Aging and Arthritis Center – earn recognition.
![[Man wearing white coat stands pointing at a screen. A woman with long blonde hair sits at a desk in front of the computer screen the man is pointing at.]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/center_for_sleep_sai_parthasarathy_klh2147-card_0.jpg?itok=DJYLCjto×tamp=1704757014 "Sairam Parthasarathy, MD, director of the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center for Sleep, Circadian and Neuroscience Research, reviews test data in the control room of the center’s new facility with lead sleep technologist Sicily La Rue. This story is one of the top 10 Health Sciences Connect stories of 2023.")
January 8, 2024
A new café for the HSIB; resources and tips for staying safe on campus; and five Health Sciences faculty profiles were among your favorite stories. Department of Medicine faculty mentioned in stories include Drs. Sairam Parthasarathy, Rachna Shroff, Marvin Slepian and Purnima Madhivanan.
![[Photo of John N. Galgiani, MD, an infectious diseases professor at the UArizona Colleges of Medicine in Tucson and Phoenix, at the Valley Fever Center for Excellence that he directs.]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/vfce_w_john_galgiani_md_1500x1002.jpg?itok=95yUuQbh×tamp=1704753019 "John N. Galgiani, MD, an infectious diseases professor at the UArizona Colleges of Medicine in Tucson and Phoenix, at the Valley Fever Center for Excellence that he directs.")
January 4, 2024
UArizona Health Sciences faculty – including the Department of Medicine’s Dr. John Galgiani, director of the Valley Fever Center for Excellence – made impactful contributions to health care and advanced major projects that are building a healthier future for Arizona and beyond.
![[Division of Gastroenterology staff at holiday photo booth they're hosting Dec. 20-21, 2023, at University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/card_gastro_holiday_photobooth_12-20-23_img_3217.jpg?itok=1CZ3OAQ8×tamp=1703103294 "Division of Gastroenterology staff at holiday photo booth they're hosting Dec. 20-21, 2023, at University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson")
December 20, 2023
In the spirit of the season, the Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology invites all comers to join them in the hallway outside their office (COM-T Room 6402) to shoot selfies of themselves and colleagues at their 2023 GI Holiday Photo Booth display Dec. 20 and Dec. 21, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
![[Stephen Dahmer, MD, in glasses, blue blazer and dress shirt]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/dahmer_stephen-md_awcim_card.jpg?itok=VHOw61_I×tamp=1702683973 "Stephen Dahmer, MD")
December 15, 2023
Mt. Sinai/Icahn School of Medicine’s Dr. Stephen Dahmer agrees to take lead on Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine and new division to be created in Department of Family and Community Medicine. He’ll also serve as assistant dean of wellness at UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson.
![[Portrait of Dr. Marvin J. Slepian wearing a white medical coat and tie.]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/051923-marvin-slepian-nhg_3403-card1.jpg?itok=UhJPiDRi×tamp=1702683175 "Marvin J. Slepian, MD")
December 14, 2023
Dr. Slepian, Regents Professor in the Division of Cardiology and Sarver Heart Center member at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson, will serve on the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office’s Patent Public Advisory Committee through 2026.
![[When Juanita Merchant, MD, PhD, threw a recent dinner party, she recreated a meal she’d made in Sicily, complete with homemade pasta.]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/juanita_merchant_cooking_khp_1357-card.jpg?itok=4qFPcfrv×tamp=1702665552 "When Juanita Merchant, MD, PhD, threw a recent dinner party, she recreated a meal she’d made in Sicily, complete with homemade pasta.")
December 14, 2023
Everyone has to eat, but these UArizona Health Sciences faculty members – including Gastroenterology & Hepatology Division Chief Dr. Juanita Merchant and Dr. Andrew Weil, founder and director of the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine – take their cooking to another level. This story comes with a latke recipe, too!