News Archive: 2017
January 19, 2017
The inaugural PI Poster Session to showcase research and collaborative opportunities of principal investigators in the UA Department of Medicine on Jan. 17 at Kiewit Auditorium in the UA Cancer Center’s Leon F. Levy Building, 1515 N. Campbell Ave., was a smashing success with nearly 100 people attending…
January 13, 2017
This new lecture series from Banner - University Medicine occurs on Tuesday evenings in February at the Westin La Paloma with mirror presentations Thursday evenings in Phoenix. Dr. Monica Kraft launches the series Feb. 2 in Phoenix with a talk on finding a cure for asthma that she'll give in Tucson on Feb. 28, the last lecture in the series. The Tucson lectures begins Feb. 7, 5:30-7:30 p.m., with Dr. Eric Reiman on "Preserving Memories: What it Will Take to End Alzheimer’s"...
January 12, 2017
Over the past year, the University of Arizona changed the way people view the world, as reflected by news generated here. Among these stories are UA research into better understanding asthma, our inclusion in the White House Precision Medicine Initiative, apps for concussions and tracking the Zika virus, AIDS spread across North America, birth-years and odds you’ll get the flu, BMI’s effect on your brain and more…
January 12, 2017
Banner announced it is buying Tucson-based SunLife’s Medicare-certified home health business, which provides skilled nursing and physical, occupational and speech therapy to mostly elderly people who are recovering at home from a medical episode that required a hospital stay. The deal is anticipated to close on Jan. 31, providing Banner Home Care its first opportunity to begin serving residents of southern Arizona...
![[Esther Sternberg, MD]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/sternberg120x150_0.jpg?itok=4f5sSVdf×tamp=1490123072 "Esther Sternberg, MD")
January 11, 2017
World renowned for her discoveries in the science of mind-body interactions, place and wellbeing, Dr. Sternberg will deliver the keynote address, “Healing Spaces: The Science of Place and Wellbeing,” at this year’s Living Healthy With Arthritis Conference. The conference addresses health and services that help improve daily life for those living with arthritis – and those who care for them.
January 10, 2017
The UA Department of Medicine will host an inaugural Principal Investigators (PI) Poster Session on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 5:30-7:30 p.m., in Kiewit Auditorium at the UA Cancer Center. You’ll see a broad taste of the work by faculty physicians and researchers who serve as PIs for numerous federal-grant-supported and otherwise funded projects. Come learn about opportunities for collaboration as well as research training for fellows, residents and students…
January 10, 2017
The Telemedicine and Telehealth Service Provider Showcase (SPS) conference picks three UA physicians among 25 national telemedicine thought leaders and health-care innovators to lead its third event in Phoenix this October. Among them are Dr. Joe Alpert, editor-in-chief of the American Journal of Medicine, Dr. Dan Derksen, Arizona Center for Rural Health director, and Dr. Joe G.N. “Skip” Garcia, former senior VP for health sciences. UA's Dr. Ron Weinstein, the Arizona Telemedicine Program director, also is the event’s honorary co-chair…
January 10, 2017
From precision medicine, to novel drug development, to the new frontiers of immunology, researchers and clinicians from the University of Arizona Cancer Center will discuss the state of cancer research and its impact on the newest and most promising cancer-fighting treatments moving into the clinic.
January 10, 2017
On Jan. 18, Karl B. Kern, MD, and Gordon A. Ewy, MD, will present a community lecture, part of Sarver Heart Center’s 30th Anniversary Lecture Series, on the Resuscitation Research Group’s history and continued progress to improve care for sudden cardiac arrest patients.
January 9, 2017
MRI scans reveal that running may affect the structure and function of the brain in ways similar to complex tasks like playing a musical instrument. UA anthropologist David Raichlen, PhD, co-designed the study with UA psychologist Gene Alexander, PhD, who studies brain aging and Alzheimer's disease…
January 9, 2017
Walking heel-to-toe gives humans the mechanical advantage of longer "virtual limbs," suggests UA researcher and anthropologist James Webber whose studies includes why we walk on our heels instead of our toes. In medicine, his research is of interest to orthopedics and rheumatology subspecialties…
January 9, 2017
Led by the University of Arizona Cancer Center’s Peter Lance, MD, a SWOG review of the Selenium and Vitamin E Cancer Prevention Trial (SELECT) results definitively shows that these two antioxidants don’t prevent colorectal adenomas – polyps that are the premalignant precursors to most colorectal cancers.
January 4, 2017
Wildcat hockey players will sport pink jerseys honoring those who have suffered from cancer when they take on Utah at the Tucson Convention Center. Community members are invited to purchase and place the name of a loved one on a special jersey to be worn by an Arizona player during the game. Proceeds from jersey sales will benefit the University of Arizona Cancer Center.