News Archive: 2016
September 26, 2016
The UA Arthritis Center has extended a special invitation to their colleagues in the UA Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine and Division of Hematology and Oncology to attend the Living Healthy With Arthritis lecture on Oct. 5, which features Canyon Ranch's Michael Hewitt, PhD, a lung cancer survivor who was treated at Banner – UMC Tucson...
September 23, 2016
Free and open to the public, the presentation is part of the Donald K. Buffmire Visiting Lectureship in Medicine series sponsored by the Flinn Foundation.
September 21, 2016
In its first scientific statement on sleep, the American Heart Association and its committee of heart health and sleep researchers, including Michael Grandner, PhD, of the UA College of Medicine – Tucson, find in a review of current evidence that too much or too little sleep, along with sleep-related breathing irregularities and insomnia, may be linked to heart risk factors.
September 21, 2016
The University of Arizona, Project Sleep and the Sleep Research Network are teaming up to engage patients, scientists and other stakeholders as partners in sleep research; the first of four events for sleep researchers and the public will be held Friday, Oct. 7, in Bethesda, Md.
September 16, 2016
Three dozen-plus people turned out Sept. 9 for the UA Cancer Center Open House to hear a talk about “Lymphoma & Leukemia” by Drs. Daniel Persky and Ravi Krishnadasan. Next event, Sat., Oct. 22, focuses on Breast Reconstruction Awareness and the UACC Breast Health Team with a program also Thu., Oct. 27, on GI cancers…
September 8, 2016
The first lecture in the UA Department of Medicine's Research Seminar Series filled the seats in UAHS 8403 on Sept. 8 to hear Drs. Monica Kraft and Julie Ledford discuss their research on "Surfactant Protein-A (SP-A) & Asthma: From Basic Science to Translational Research." The next speakers in the series are Dr. Prabir Roy-Chaudhury, Chief, Division of Nephrology, and Dr. Anita Koshy, assistant professor in the Departments of Neurology and Immunobiology, at noon Thursday, Oct. 13...
September 7, 2016
The inaugural lecture in the new Department of Medicine Research Seminar Series will be at noon, Sept. 8, in UAHS Room 8403, also known as the Chase Bank Auditorium. Presenting are Drs. Monica Kraft and Julie Ledford with the theme, "Surfactant Protein-A and Asthma: From Basic Science to Translational Research"…
September 6, 2016
A new Endocrinology Grand Round lecture series will begin Sept. 13 with Janet Funk, MD, as the initial presenter on the theme, “The Pharmacognosy of Turmeric: Harnessing Nature to Protect Bone.” They’re being revived by new Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Chief Lawrence Mandarino, PhD, with a goal of bringing in visiting scholars—starting with local research academics…
September 2, 2016
A study led by Roberta Diaz Brinton, PhD, director of the Center for Brain Sciences at the University of Arizona Health Sciences, has been chosen among nine projects to receive funding as part of $2.2 million being distributed in the first-ever Alzheimer’s Association Sex and Gender in Alzheimer’s (SAGA) research grant awards to advance understanding of the disproportionate effect Alzheimer’s disease has on women…
August 31, 2016
The UA Division of Dermatology welcomes two new assistant professors, Vivian Y. Shi, MD, and Drew Kurtzman, MD, who joined the faculty at the UA Department of Medicine and began practicing in Tucson in July…
August 31, 2016
Setsuko K. Chambers, MD, and the Better Than Ever Scientific Review Committee announced that Victor J. Gonzalez, MD, an assistant professor of Radiation Oncology, won a $20,000 grant award from the UA Cancer Center’s Better Than Ever Program. His research team will use the money to investigate a new technique called Surface Mapped Radiotherapy, or SMART, for a patient-specific approach to breast cancer treatment…
August 31, 2016
PLEASE NOTE: Due to widespread storms in Southern Arizona resulting from Hurricane Newton, the following event was rescheduled to Wednesday, March 1, 2017—same time, same location. We apologize for any inconvenience.
August 29, 2016
Come learn about how Tai Chi may reduce risk of falls among seniors and stroke victims, Mon., Sept. 12, at the newly relocated Advances in Aging Lecture Series, being held this fall in Kiewit Auditorium at the UA Cancer Center from noon to 1 p.m. They return to the UA Health Sciences campus after four years at the Banner – UMC South hospital’s Behavioral Health Pavilion…
August 29, 2016
A member of the National Cancer Institute Head and Neck Cancer Steering Committee and a former Tucsonan, Julie E. Bauman, MD, MPH, joins the UA College of Medicine – Tucson faculty as professor and chief of the Division of Hematology and Oncology in the Department of Medicine and the UA Cancer Center...
August 29, 2016
Dr. John Galgiani is among three University of Arizona physicians on an Infectious Diseases Society of America panel that authored updated treatment guidelines for the respiratory disease that’s endemic to the U.S. Southwest. The recommendations are for physicians who may not be aware of the disease as well as those whose patients may have contracted it while visiting the region.
August 19, 2016
Congratulations to the nine faculty physicians within the UA Department of Medicine who recently received promotions, including four—Drs. Bhaskar Banerjee, Pradeep Kadambi, Kent Kwoh and Kwan Lee—who became full professors, two with tenure...
August 18, 2016
Beginning Sept. 8, DOM is sponsoring a new monthly Research Seminar Series to highlight the excellent academic accomplishments of the department. “We expect this to be an interactive forum,” said Vice Chair for Research Dr. Jil Tardiff. Each seminar will pair a junior and senior investigator and present faculty’s work in a way that’s accessible and of interest to a broad audience…
August 17, 2016
Two UA Department of Medicine investigators and members of the UA Cancer Center, Drs. Erik Knudsen and Agnieszka Witkiewicz have paper published in the journal Cell Reports that notes pancreatic cancer resists effective drug targets for other cancers based on conventional cell lines and discusses what researchers are doing instead — personalized medicine…
August 17, 2016
Banner Health—the UA College of Medicine – Tucson and Phoenix primary clinical partner—announced Aug. 17 that it has acquired 32 Urgent Care Extra locations across the metro area for both cities. The ambulatory clinics include four in Tucson. Banner plans to open additional clinics in retail settings, expanding to 50 by 2017…
August 17, 2016
KOLD-TV Channel 13 in Tucson is the latest to give publicity to a clinical trial involving UA endocrinologist Dr. Janet Funk and her research team’s study of the remediating effects of turmeric on rheumatoid arthritis patients. Any benefits for reduced pain help patients cut down on on pricey medications with serious side effects…