News Archive: 2019
October 28, 2019
UA College of Medicine – Phoenix researchers discover protein function that can improve current therapeutics.
October 25, 2019
Dr. Anil Potharaju, a University of Arizona assistant professor of medicine and associate chief in the Division of Inpatient Medicine as well as medical director for inpatient medicine at Banner – University Medical Center South, will receive one of 10 Clinical Excellence Awards to be presented by the UA College of Medicine – Tucson at its next general faculty meeting, Nov. 20, in the HSIB Forum. See who else won and register to attend…
October 24, 2019
The South Campus team of Drs. Alex Alsadi, Sooraj Kumar and Juan Siordia came out on top in the coveted Doctors’ Dilemma® contest at the 2019 Arizona Chapter Scientific Meeting of the American College of Physicians held Oct. 18-19 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Tucson – Reid Park. The same team placed second in the 2018 competition. Nearly a dozen DOM faculty members served as meeting presenters. See who they are, who else won and new features in this year’s program…
October 24, 2019
“Pandemic: An Exercise in Disaster Preparedness” is a simulated emergency conducted by the Center for Transformative Interprofessional Healthcare to expose students to issues that may arise during an influenza pandemic.
October 23, 2019
Atanasio and Thano Gatzionis, who run a Nogales, Ariz., food distributorship, are among patient and caregiver panelists participating in the Spotlight on Stomach Cancer Symposium hosted Oct. 26, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., at the HSIB Forum in the Health Sciences Innovation Building, 1670 E. Drachman St., on the University of Arizona Health Sciences Campus in Tucson. Learn about them and register for Saturday!…
October 23, 2019
The National Cancer Institute will fund the UA Cancer Prevention Clinical Trials Network, one of three networks in the nation to perform early-phase cancer-prevention clinical trials.
October 22, 2019
After last year’s first chill of fall and drizzling rain during the Innovations & Inventions Research Fair, the indoors of the forum at the Health Sciences Innovation Building was a welcome venue as University of Arizona Health Sciences researchers, faculty and staff gathered Oct. 17 for the third annual event. Drs. Edward Gellmann, Salma Patel and Jennifer Stern represented the DOM. See the video and a mini-photo album to see who else attended…
October 22, 2019
The University of Arizona Department of Family and Community Medicine is recruiting current Banner – University Medicine patients with Type 2 diabetes to join a study about diabetes management and blood sugar control.
October 21, 2019
Banner – University Medical Center Tucson is the first certified comprehensive stroke center in Tucson.
October 16, 2019
Dr. Michael Insel, an assistant professor in the UA Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, has won an inaugural Pulmonary Hypertension Accelerated Bayer (PHAB) Award valued at $100,000 to investigate breathlessness in patients after a pulmonary embolism. It’s part of $1 million in grants that Bayer is investing to help propel clinical advancements in treatment for conditions that can lead to pulmonary hypertension...
October 16, 2019
Marc Verhougstraete, PhD, assistant professor and environmental microbiologist at the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, received a $510,000 CDC research grant to focus on the prevention of health-care-associated infections, a serious threat to patient safety.
October 15, 2019
With support from a grant from the National Institute on Aging, researchers will test a novel intervention that uses near-infrared light to enhance brain functioning.
October 15, 2019
Among stories in Sarver Heart Center’s latest newsletter: 1) Patient stem cell studies point to causes and treatments of congenital heart disease; 2) Minimally invasive TAVR procedures are now approved for most patients; 3) UA/Banner echocardiography labs were recently reaccredited; 4) More than 140 people attended Sept. 28 Diabetes/Heart Disease Connection Lunch & Learn Program—see the highlights; and 5) Learn how you can join the Cardiology Research Registry…
October 14, 2019
The funding will benefit clinical and translational research in the University of Arizona Cancer Center lab of Dr. David Alberts.
October 11, 2019
The UACC North Central/East Arizona Cancer Policy Town Hall in Flagstaff on Oct. 14 will kick off a series of five town halls throughout Arizona to engage communities in dialogue to improve cancer prevention and control in Arizona.
October 11, 2019
More than 50 speakers from the University of Arizona and 250 overall will take part in the TENWEST Impact Festival, which runs Oct. 11-20 and is expected to draw about 15,000 local, regional and national attendees to downtown Tucson to discuss innovative solutions to the world’s social, environmental and economic issues.
October 11, 2019
The Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona announced its annual selection from among integrative health practitioners.
October 9, 2019
More than 50 speakers from the University of Arizona and 250 overall will take part in the TENWEST Impact Festival. It’s expected to draw about 15,000 local, regional and national attendees to downtown Tucson, Oct. 11-20, to discuss innovative solutions to the world’s social, environmental and economic issues. Through 10 days of exhibitions, talks, and interactive experiences, national experts and local heroes seek to inspire ideas and facilitate connections to empower solutions. Everyone has a role. Discover yours. See health topics and the full schedule…
October 9, 2019
Registration is open and sponsorship opportunities are available for the event, which will be held during Prostate Cancer Awareness Month at Sewailo Golf Club.
October 8, 2019
Valley fever is one of the most common infections reported to the state of Arizona and the numbers are increasing — so much so that the area between Phoenix and Tucson is known as the “Valley fever corridor” and accounts for nearly two-thirds of all U.S. infections.