News Archive: 2016
April 6, 2016
Valley Fever Clinic opens in Tucson in April; Banner – University Medical Center thanks and honors its volunteers April 8; head and neck cancer lecture, April 14.
April 6, 2016
UA Vice President for Athletics Greg Byrne and “Voice of the Wildcats” Brian Jeffries will be guest speakers at the event, which benefits research to identify the causes, improve the diagnosis and treatment and find cures for the more than 100 forms of arthritis.
![[University of Arizona Cancer Center in Tucson]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/uacc_0.jpg?itok=TZPpcoOQ×tamp=1710191763 "University of Arizona Cancer Center in Tucson")
March 31, 2016
Overall implications for this new approach suggest that low energy X-rays or electron beams have a high therapeutic ratio in relieving the limiting symptoms of “Scleredema of Buschke” and in improving the quality of life of the patients afflicted by it.
![[Iconographic illustration of anatomy of cardiopulmonary vasculature]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/lungteaser_0.jpg?itok=GKXV1IFX×tamp=1472675385 "Iconographic illustration of anatomy of cardiopulmonary vasculature")
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.
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...
![[Medical student Shawn Ong shares Match Day excitement at learning where he'll practice medicine after graduating this spring.]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/shawn_ong_90x110_3_0.jpg?itok=l-mbrt0T×tamp=1458659884 "Medical student Shawn Ong shares Match Day excitement at learning where he'll practice medicine after graduating this spring.")
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.
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.
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...
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...
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...
![[Medical student Ryan Wong excited about finding out his destination on Match Day 2016.]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/whitecoatteaser_2.jpg?itok=R5e17Rns×tamp=1458251661 "Medical student Ryan Wong excited about finding out his destination on 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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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)...
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.