News Archive: 2016

UA College of Medicine – Tucson and Banner – University Medical Center Co-Sponsor Inaugural Desert Lung Disease Conference, April 15-16
March 28, 2016

Continuing medical education credits are available to as many as 150 clinical practitioners expected to attend the two-day event to learn more about advanced lung disease treatment options.


Internal Medicine First Choice for Match Day Surprises
March 21, 2016

Shawn Ong was first to announce winning his top pick for Match Day at the UA College of Medicine - Tucson. Among 99 local students participating in the national event, he's headed for Yale-New Haven for an internal medicine residency. Many chose to stay in Tucson for their resident physician training...


Primary Care Wins the Largest Share of Students in the UA College of Medicine – Tucson Class of 2016
March 19, 2016

The students opened Match Day envelopes Friday that revealed where they will go for residency training: nearly 40 percent of the class – 39 of 99 students – will pursue primary care, the most critical physician shortage in Arizona.


Total Body Imaging to Take Better Care of the Body's Largest Organ
March 18, 2016

Dr. Clara Curiel-Lewandrowski cofounds an enterprise to develop a total body digital skin imaging system that modernizes the way physicians visually capture and compare skin irregularities by providing quick objective, high-definition images to aid in early detection of skin cancers and to diagnose and monitor other critical skin conditions.


Breathing New Life into the Study of Asthma
March 18, 2016

The UA's Dr. Fernando Martinez wants to know why children on Amish farms are healthier, and his research could have far-reaching implications for asthma sufferers of all ages. Asthma affects 24 million Americans and causes breathlessness, chest tightness, wheezing, coughing and, in extreme cases, death...


UA Part of National Team Picked to Lead Flexible Electronics Research
March 18, 2016

The FlexTech Alliance team—which includes the University of Arizona Center on Aging, Interdisciplinary Consortium on Advanced Motion Performance (iCAMP) and Southern Arizona Limb Salvage Alliance (SALSA)—will be working to improve devices for the electronic wearable technology market...


Studying Turmeric's Effects on Arthritis, Cancer & Stroke
March 17, 2016

Dr. Janet Funk leads an NIH-funded cross-disciplinary translational research program investigating the pathogenesis and treatment of resorptive bone diseases including breast cancer bone metastases and rheumatoid arthritis...


MATCH DAY 2016
March 17, 2016

The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson Class of 2016 and medical graduates across the country learn where they will go for residency training during National Residency Matching Program ceremonies coordinated to occur at the same time.


Discovering the Genomic Roots of Lymphoma
March 15, 2016

Dr. Andrew Kraft's lab has been a leader in studying the Pim, a protein kinase that enhanced ability of the c-Myc gene to induce lymphomas. Over expression of Pim enhances the growth of human prostate cancer...


Management of Gastrointestinal Cancers
March 15, 2016

Dr. Emad Elquza specializes in cancers of the gastrointestinal tract, which include colon cancer, rectal cancer, esophageal cancer, stomach cancer, liver cancer, and cancer of the pancreas. He is actively involved in research and development of novel treatment options for patients with pancreatic cancer...


Infection Prevention in Valley Fever and Transplant Patients
March 15, 2016

Dr. Tirdad Zangeneh's research interests focus on HIV management, Valley Fever and prevention of infection in heart, kidney and liver transplant patients...


Lung Immunology and Biomarker Discovery
March 15, 2016

Dr. Ken Knox's research includes correlating the lung microbiome/virome and inflammatory responses to clinical phenotypes in HIV as part of the NIH-funded INHALD consortium...


Leading Alzheimer’s Researcher Dr. Roberta Diaz Brinton Appointed Director of New Center for Innovation in Brain Science at the UA Health Sciences
March 15, 2016
Internationally renowned neuroscientist to lead efforts to accelerate the advancement of evidence-based clinical care of brain disorders caused by disease, genetics or trauma.

Alternate Healing Approaches for Mainstream Medicine
March 14, 2016

We are developing methods and devices to measure stress and immune biomarkers non-invasively in sweat , and methods to link human physiological, behavioral and psychological responses to environmental attribute exposures in real-time...


Hospitalists Focus on QI for Inpatient Medicine
March 14, 2016

In the Division of Inpatient Medicine, Dr. Tejo Vemulapalli's team is actively involved in multiple process improvement projects, outcomes research and educational innovation, in addition to supporting other divisions with their enrollment of patients as we come across patients suitable for related research projects...


Imaging, Endoscopy and Digestive Disorders
March 14, 2016

A common theme in Dr. Bhaskar Banerjee's research is to develop methods of disease detection in real-time and at the point of care, without the use of dyes or stains (label-free)...


Congressional Agent Orange Review Committee Announces Update Led by UA Health Sciences Physician-Scientist Dr. Kenneth S. Ramos
March 11, 2016
Dr. Kenneth Ramos calls for continuity in the monitoring of the health status of Vietnam veterans, further research into the biology of service-connected diseases and the integration of efforts with ongoing research initiatives designed to create large-scale medical databases and archiving of biological specimens and health information.

University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center Presents ‘Healthy Heart Day 2016: Food for Heart’
March 10, 2016
Hear updates, have your questions answered by experts, get health screenings, and enjoy a boxed lunch and cooking demonstration.

UA College of Medicine – Tucson Building Gender Equity for Women in Academic Medicine
March 8, 2016
Fifteen years after the results of the groundbreaking GRACE Project were released to the media by a group of women faculty at the UA College of Medicine in Tucson, 25 percent of the College’s departments are headed by women and progress continues in creating an environment that enables success for all.

UA’s Dr. Scott Klewer Receives Congenital Heart Surveillance Grant from the March of Dimes
March 3, 2016

The Arizona CHSTRONG project will provide a more complete understanding of the social and quality-of-life issues facing individuals with congenital heart disease from throughout the state as they transition into adulthood.


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