News Archive: 2017
May 21, 2017
UA geriatrician and UA Center on Aging member Dr. Monica Vandivort has won a $50,000 start-up grant from the Arizona Area Health Education Centers (AzAHEC) for a clinical research initiative entitled, “A Community Paramedicine-Primary Care Partnership in Rural Cochise County Pilot Project to Improve Health Outcomes of Seriously Ill Elders.” It involves a multidisciplinary, collaborative effort between multiple health care organizations in and around Sierra Vista, Ariz…
May 20, 2017
Dr. Archita Desai, a UA assistant professor in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and research associate with the UA Liver Research Institute, won a two-year, $150,000 grant from the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease Foundation to fund her project, “The Intersection of Precision Medicine and Population Health to Improve Health Equity in Liver Disease”...
May 19, 2017
For those of you following health care on Facebook or the twittersphere, you’ve got more ingresses and outlets for your news and thoughts courtesy of the Department of Medicine, which now has both a Facebook and Twitter webpage. You can find us @UAMedicineEdu. See some of our posts. Follow us, like us, comment, reply, share, retweet!…
May 19, 2017
Learn about early deadlines for the NIH Director’s Early Independence Awards, UAHS Career Development Awards and American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grants as well as latest traffic restrictions related to new construction on UAHS Campus. Events include upcoming grand rounds for integrative health, rheumatology, infectious diseases and oncology. See archived video for ones you may have missed, including May 10 and 17 Clinical Vignettes Competition…
May 18, 2017
With funding from the American Sleep Medicine Foundation, Dr. Sai Parthasarathy and his research team at the UAHS Center for Sleep & Circadian Sciences will investigate if delivery of therapy for insomnia is effective and more convenient for patients through telehealth visits rather than conventional in-person consultations. They look to enroll up to 85 patients in a clinical study over next few months...
May 18, 2017
Several University of Arizona Internal Medicine Residency Program – South Campus physicians were among those whose research projects were recognized at the GME Scholarly Day event hosted May 16 at Banner – University Medical Center South’s La Galería auditorium. Among the winners are IM residents Drs. Norm Beatty, Balaji Natarajan and Jessica August. Three others took second place spots…
May 18, 2017
The UA Department of Medicine’s Drs. Jil Tardiff and Jarrod Mosier were recognized with 2017 Faculty Mentoring Awards and Dr. Kent Kwoh with an honorable mention as part of the UA College of Medicine – Tucson General Faculty Meeting held May 17. Other items on the agenda included GME Committee and Medical Student Research Program Committee annual reports and presentations on the SAVAHCS and UAHS New Buildings & Renovation Projects. Read on to see who else was honored…
May 18, 2017
Generated by a study by researchers with the University of Arizona College of Pharmacy and Vanderbilt University Medical Center, the catalog could help identify individuals who are at risk for autoimmune diseases, such as type 1 diabetes or rheumatoid arthritis.
May 16, 2017
Look for new faces soon in the UA Division of Inpatient Medicine. Along with some recent departures come arrivals as well. Those include Drs. Srinivasa Raghavan Madhavan, Nathan R. Copeland, Sujatha Doddi, Ryan McGrath, Sudheer Belur Sreenath and Nadia Ghallab. Dr. Madhavan started in April. Most others are set to arrive this summer…
May 15, 2017
Lynn Gerald, PhD, Canyon Ranch Endowed Chair and professor of health promotion sciences at the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, was appointed to the National Institutes of Health National Asthma Education and Prevention Program (NAEPP).
May 13, 2017
Banner – University Medicine in Tucson celebrated 2017 National Hospital Week—May 7-13—with a picnic meal for physicians in staff at its two hospital campuses and the Peter and Paula Fasseas Cancer Clinic at north campus. Burgers, hot dogs, cookies and soda—a good time was had by all. See the pictures…
May 11, 2017
Headed for an internal medicine internship and dermatology residency training program as a physician after graduation, Anthony Cervantes has had a lot of “enablers” in his life. For him, that’s a good thing. They’ve helped this U.S. Air Force Reserve Pararescue jumper born in Laredo, Texas, become the first in his family to graduate from high school, college and—now—medical school. In one generation, he’s taken his family from poverty to prosperity, all in service to others…
May 11, 2017
The UA's 2017 graduating class wants to help improve the human condition. The class includes a future dermatologist who made rescues during Hurricane Katrina, a researcher studying Tibetan monks, a Chinese-born mining engineer and a musician who has performed around the globe.
May 10, 2017
Founding UA Division of Cardiology faculty member who oversaw construction of Sarver Heart Center building, to be recognized for his research contributions to defibrillation and resuscitation for cardiac arrest victims with a Doctor of Science (DSc) degree at the Georgetown University School of Medicine commencement, May 26, in Washington, DC’s DAR Constitution Hall…
May 10, 2017
From May 8 through May 13, UAHS colleges are holding convocations as they continue to celebrate milestone anniversaries. Inspirational graduates will be available for interviews.
May 9, 2017
UA Colleges of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy and Public Health
May 9, 2017
Join UA Sarver Heart Center faculty for a community lecture to learn about human "disease in a dish," induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) technology that has the potential to completely change cardiovascular medicine in terms of understanding individual variation, underlying disease mechanisms, transforming and personalizing drug discovery and targeting treatments.
May 8, 2017
Dr. Johnson will help accelerate the Institute’s mission to treat diabetes using transplantation of macroencapsulated cells without the need for immunosuppression.
May 6, 2017
Forty awards were presented to medical students, residents, fellows and faculty physicians at the Arizona Inn during the annual University of Arizona Department of Medicine Education Awards Reception, May 4. Graduating med student John Dicken was recognized by two divisions, and Drs. Tammer El Aini and Tirdad Zangeneh repeated as winners of teaching awards. See who else won and view the photo gallery…
May 5, 2017
Beginning May 8 through May 13, UAHS colleges are holding convocations as they continue to celebrate milestone anniversaries. Inspirational graduates will be available for interviews.