News
September 15, 2015
By looking at the connection of the two, a UA-led project headed by Michelle Perfect, PhD, an associate professor in the UA College of Education has significant implications for STEM recruitment and retention, as well as family engagement and teacher development. Her team’s efforts are reinforced by a $1.2 million National Science Foundation grant and additional funding from the American Diabetes Association to look at the impact of sleep woes on diabetic children…
September 11, 2015
UA lupus and osteoarthritis research were the subject of articles in Lupus Science & Medicine, Arthritis and Rheumatology, and MedPage Today, while center director Dr. Kent Kwoh heads to China and California for several speaking engagements…
September 9, 2015
New nursing associate dean’s research focuses on early cancer detection for the underserved, Tufts pulmonary chief discusses 'Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension' at DOM Grand Rounds, interprofessional emergency preparedness exercise announced – Oct. 16…
September 9, 2015
As the new UA, Banner kidney specialist leader in Tucson, Dr. Prabir Roy-Chaudhury brings his lab from the University of Cincinnati where the NIH-funded physician scientist was director of the Dialysis Vascular Access Research Group and embraces the UA’s academic, community and industry collaborative approach.
![[Pooja Rajguru]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/poojateaser_0.jpg?itok=pQ99qZj5×tamp=1443743225 "Pooja Rajguru")
September 8, 2015
The UA Center on Aging presents the scholarship each year to outstanding UA graduate health professions students who are pursuing studies or have an interest in aging, health care administration or gerontology.
September 8, 2015
Clinicians’ multidisciplinary approach at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson has earned Banner – University Medical Center Tucson the designation as the only NPF Center in Arizona and recognition for its ability to handle complex care of patients suffering from pancreatitis, pancreatic cancer and related diseases.
September 4, 2015
Tucson Lifestyle’s “Top Doctors” issue is out, the UA Center for Integrative Medicine gets nod from White House on participation in FlexTech Alliance, and Southern Arizona Limb Salvage Alliance calls out disparity in amputations for low-income and rural type 2 diabetes patients…
![[Michael Grandner, PhD, MTR, CBSM, FAASM]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/grandnerteaser_1.jpg?itok=cj8MDcMt×tamp=1443743225 "Michael Grandner, PhD, MTR, CBSM, FAASM")
September 1, 2015
Advancing research and education in the study of healthy sleep for well-being and the relationship sleep has with cardiovascular health, obesity, diabetes and psychological health, the University of Arizona Department of Psychiatry welcomes internationally recognized sleep expert, Dr. Michael Grandner.
![[David G. Armstrong, DPM, MD, PhD]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/armstrongteaser_0_0.jpg?itok=YaU_NneR×tamp=1443743225 "David G. Armstrong, DPM, MD, PhD")
August 31, 2015
Study co-author Dr. David Armstrong suggests a three-tiered system to provide earlier coordinated care that could help reduce the disparity in outcomes for patients in outlying communities and for low-income patients with Type 2 diabetes.
August 27, 2015
The 2-year project, funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, will allow Symic Biomedical – working in collaboration with UA Nephrology Division Chief Prabir Roy-Chaudhury, MD, PhD, to perform additional preclinical efficacy studies on a therapeutic agent to reduce arteriovenous fistula failures in patients with end-stage renal disease undergoing hemodialysis…
![[Lee D. Cranmer, MD, PhD]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/cranmer_azcc_skin_cancer_90_110_0.jpg?itok=XW-ix8tV×tamp=1443743225 "Lee D. Cranmer, MD, PhD")
August 21, 2015
Former President Jimmy Carter’s diagnosis of skin cancer, specifically melanoma, resonates in Arizona, where skin cancer rates rank among the highest in the world.
August 21, 2015
Read this profile from Lo Que Pasa, a UA@Work newsletter, of Dr. Julia Indik and her journey from the UA's Steward Observatory and Lunar & Planetary Laboratory to the Medical Student Research Program and Sarver Heart Center in the Department of Medicine's Divison of Cardiology...
![[Woman walking on a trail in the desert]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/trail-running_90_110_0.jpg?itok=pIthLFqI×tamp=1443743225 "Woman walking on a trail in the desert")
August 20, 2015
Free lecture, open to the public, providing an inside look into the latest research on osteoporosis and prevention of excess bone and muscle loss as we age, by Jeffrey Lisse, MD, international expert and medical director, University of Arizona Arthritis Center’s Osteoporosis Program.
![[Ann Marie Chiasson, MD, MPH]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/chiasson_foto_90_110_0.jpg?itok=5pF2ZK_D×tamp=1443743225 "Ann Marie Chiasson, MD, MPH")
August 20, 2015
Dr. Ann Marie Chiasson brings a deep understanding of University of Arizona programs, hospice, palliative care and integrative medicine.
August 19, 2015
Better Than Ever, a UA Cancer Center community fitness and fundraising program, kicks off of the program’s 16th season, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 5:30-7 p.m., in Kiewit Auditorium. The event, which features food, prizes and more, is free and open to the public...
August 19, 2015
Among recent headlines of interest to or featuring Department of Medicine divisions, programs and staff are the following news items…
![[Dr. Janet Campion and student have photo taken after Dr. Campion presents student with first white coat of career.]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/2015-08-07_uacom-t_white-coat_119_90x110px-96dpi.png?itok=lrMzG064×tamp=1457045749 "Dr. Janet Campion and student have photo taken after Dr. Campion presents student with first white coat of career.")
August 14, 2015
Arizona Public Media looks at efforts by AHSC to increase diversity among our health-care workforce; UACOM and CDC global health experts talk about lessons learned from the Ebola outbreak; and family, friends and faculty cheer 117 new med students as they get their white coats at Centennial Hall...
August 14, 2015
Hundreds of first-year med students were greeted by second-year students for the UA College of Medicine Club Fair, hosted in Kiewit Auditorium on Wednesday, Aug. 12, by the UACOM - Tucson Student Government...
August 13, 2015
Geriatric physician Paul Gee, MD, speaks at noon on "Diagnostic Error: How Patients Can Help Us Make the Right Diagnosis" at Behavioral Health Pavilion, Rm 1233a/b, Banner - UMC South
August 11, 2015
Missed the Aug. 10 panel discussion featuring CDC and UA experts who have been on the frontlines of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa? Watch it now at the AHSC webcast archive webpage…