News Archive: 2016
March 2, 2016
Diabetic foot ulcers are more costly to treat than the five leading cancers. In response, UAHS physician-scientists David Armstrong, DPM, MD, PhD, and Marvin Slepian, MD, have begun discussions with Cuban researchers to steward the FDA approval for a diabetic foot ulcer healing drug for use in the United States.
February 29, 2016
Dr. Heidi Mansour and her team investigate and design innovative treatments, including new drugs and advanced delivery mechanisms, for lung diseases with unmet medical needs. Their work on lung surfactants translates to therapeutic inhalation aerosols that led to advanced dry powder inhalers.
![[Blue image illustrating double helix of genetic coding]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/dnateaser.jpg?itok=f5L_0abo×tamp=1457721877 "Blue image illustrating double helix of genetic coding")
February 25, 2016
The University of Arizona Health Sciences will commit significant resources to precision medicine – translating large-scale clinical and genomic data to accelerate disease prevention, early detection and treatment – through the UA Center for Biomedical Informatics and Biostatistics and the UA Center for Applied Genetics and Genomic Medicine.
![[Jorge Gomez, MD, PhD]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/gomezslide_0.jpg?itok=8dOrxmxO×tamp=1710182632 "Jorge Gomez, MD, PhD")
February 24, 2016
Jorge Gomez, MD, PhD, a global health cancer research leader, translational researcher and health disparities expert, formerly with the National Cancer Institute, joins the University of Arizona Health Sciences.
February 23, 2016
The Society’s highest award recognizes lifelong major contributions to the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of lung disease through leadership in research, education and clinical care.
![[Param Dedhia, MD]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/param_dedhia_90x110_1_0.jpg?itok=6TGyhyuG×tamp=1456963182 "Param Dedhia, MD")
February 22, 2016
Free and open to the public, the lecture by Canyon Ranch Health Resort’s Param Dedhia, MD, will address practical approaches to weight management and exercise, and the benefits for joint disease and other chronic conditions.
![[Michael Grandner, PhD, and Amy B. Athey, PsyD, with NCAA symbol]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/ncaagrantslide_0_0_0.jpg?itok=5e_Ev6Cs×tamp=1710180411 "Michael Grandner, PhD, and Amy B. Athey, PsyD, with NCAA symbol")
February 17, 2016
A team of University of Arizona researchers has been awarded a National Collegiate Athletic Association grant to study student-athletes’ circadian rhythms and sleep to enhance their psychosocial well-being and mental health.
![[Akinlolu O. Ojo, MD, MPH, PhD, MBA]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/ojoslide_0_0_0.jpg?itok=9VVJ98ii×tamp=1710177861 "Akinlolu O. Ojo, MD, MPH, PhD, MBA")
February 10, 2016
An international leader in chronic kidney disease and kidney transplantation research and clinical care with a focus on health disparities, Dr. Ojo brings extensive experience in the development and management of multicenter clinical trials and global health research.
February 8, 2016
Native Americans are more likely to abstain from alcohol than whites, and heavy drinking and binge drinking rates are about the same for both groups.
![[Zika]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/zika_em_cdc_280116_199x150px-96dpi_0.jpg?itok=xdiwWjnu×tamp=1710172887 "Zika")
February 2, 2016
Speaking Thursday, Feb. 4, at noon in Room 8403, Dr. Gene Bleecker, director of Wake Forest University’s Center for Genomics and Personalized Medicine Research, has been added to the line-up of presenters for the 2015-16 Winter Series Lung Conference, co-sponsored by PACCS and the Arizona Respiratory Center…
January 29, 2016
Final Applicant Visit Day events preceding the 2016-17 Resident Match Day ceremonies took place in January. In all, nearly 3,500 applications were received for each UA Internal Medicine Residency Program—at Tucson and South campus—and more than 400 candidates interviewed for about 40 positions. The Dermatology Residency Program got more than 450 applications and interviewed about 45 candidates...
![[Dr. Donna Zhang and Dr. Georg Wondrak collaborate on several projects.]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/georgdonnateaser.jpg?itok=KYuIjIhB×tamp=1453922763 "Dr. Donna Zhang and Dr. Georg Wondrak collaborate on several projects.")
January 21, 2016
Unlike sunscreen, the nutritional compound protects skin from the inside out.
January 20, 2016
The University of Colorado – Denver’s Dr. Elizabeth Connick will succeed Dr. Stephen Klotz in April as chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases, bringing a broad research portfolio on HIV and AIDS prevention to the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson.
![[Merri L. Pendergrass, MD, PhD]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/pendergrassteaser_0_0.jpg?itok=74CkX9ya×tamp=1453404638 "Merri L. Pendergrass, MD, PhD")
January 12, 2016
The head of the Adult Diabetes Program at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson will be among a dozen to be honored Thursday at annual awards dinner in Phoenix.
![[Drs. Victoria Maizes and Andrew Weil, executive director and founding director of University of Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/weilmaizesteaser.jpg?itok=bR8CnDK7×tamp=1452546637 "Drs. Victoria Maizes and Andrew Weil, executive director and founding director of University of Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine")
January 11, 2016
13th conference by the University of Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine reaches out to health-care providers
January 8, 2016
The free event, presented by the University of Arizona Health Sciences, UA College of Medicine – Tucson and Banner – University Medical Center Tucson, is open to UA faculty, staff and students as well as health professionals and the public.
January 8, 2016
Conference features keynote speaker Dr. David M. Labiner, head of the UA Department of Neurology; a lunch roundtable and breakout sessions with doctors and alternative therapy practitioners.
January 8, 2016
The UA Pediatric Pulmonary Center serves as a regional and national resource center for training and educating the next generation of leaders who care for children with chronic pulmonary disorders within the disciplines of medicine, nursing, nutrition, social work, pharmacy and family advocacy.