News Archive: 2019
October 8, 2019
Blood pressure medication can prevent fluid retention and muscle wasting in heart failure.
October 7, 2019
Two new cardiologists have joined the faculty at the University of Arizona Division of Cardiology, one of 14 divisions within the UA Department of Medicine, the largest department at the UA College of Medicine – Tucson—Drs. Amitoj Singh and Aaron Wolfson. Learn more about them here…
October 4, 2019
Monica Kraft, MD, named 2019 Arizona Bioscience Researcher of the Year; Marti Lindsey, PhD, named 2019 Michael A. Cusanovich Arizona Bioscience Educator of the Year.
October 3, 2019
The site has been determined for soon-to-begin construction of the new University of Arizona Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine. It will be northeast of the Highland Parking Garage at East Mabel Street and North Vine Avenue, according to documents released ahead of the Arizona Board of Regents meeting Sept. 19 and 20. See an architectural rendering of what it will look like. You also can weigh in on topics you’d like to hear in a new center podcast, “Body of Wonder,” coming in 2020…
October 1, 2019
UA Health Sciences Center for Innovation in Brain Science researchers receive grant from the Department of Defense to test novel therapeutic.
September 30, 2019
The Arizona Center for Drug Discovery and the University of Arizona Cancer Center to host Oct. 2 summit in Phoenix to discuss new innovations in drug discovery that will benefit citizens throughout the state and beyond.
September 27, 2019
Two highly accomplished researchers in the University of Arizona Department of Medical Imaging, with a long track record of advancing imaging techniques to detect and diagnose breast cancer, receive a new award to develop advanced imaging technology.
September 26, 2019
UA Health Sciences Start-up company Regulonix Receives Grant as Part of NIH “Helping to End Addiction Long-Term Initiative” (NIH Heal Initiative).
September 24, 2019
Free and open to the public, world-renowned physician-scientist Dr. Marvin Slepian to present October lecture.
September 23, 2019
The Arizona Bioindustry Association (AZBio), in an announcement posted Sunday night, named internationally renowned physician-scientist and University of Arizona Department of Medicine Chair Dr. Monica Kraft as its choice for Arizona Bioresearcher of the Year for 2019 based on her work on precision medicine therapies to treat severe asthma. This is the third year in a row that a UA faculty member has won the honor, which will be bestowed at an Oct. 2 ceremony at the Phoenix Convention Center…
September 23, 2019
The fair will be held Friday, Sept. 27, from 3 - 5:30 p.m., and includes interactive workshops and a vendor fair.
September 20, 2019
New members to provide leadership support, enhance partnerships in local communities and increase awareness and philanthropy for UA Cancer Center.
September 19, 2019
The inaugural “Southwest Regional Advances in Digestive Diseases: Best of DDW” 4.0-CME half-day conference, hosted Sept. 7 at the Starr Pass Resort by the University of Arizona Division of Gastroenterology, was wildly successful, according to coordinators for organizers Drs. Oleh Haluszka and Hemanth Gavini. They’ve already reserved a date in mid-September 2020 for the second annual event. See 2019 speakers, topics, and link to Q&A with Dr. Haluszka…
September 18, 2019
The University of Arizona Division of Gastroenterology and UA Cancer Center partner Oct. 26 with the non-profit No Stomach For Cancer to host a “Spotlight on Stomach Cancer Symposium” at the Health Sciences Innovation Building. Among DOM faculty participating: Drs. Emad Elquza, Hemanth Gavini, Juanita Merchant, Aaron Scott and Rachna Shroff. Harvard/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute’s Dr. Adam Bass offers the keynote and two invited speakers underscore rising rates for Hispanics and Native Americans. The free, public event also offers patient and caregiver sessions. Register today…
September 17, 2019
Dr. Louise Hecker, an associate professor with the University of Arizona Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, UA BIO5 Institute member and research investigator with the Southern Arizona VA Health Care System, is a finalist for the Academia Award at the 16th Annual Governor’s Celebration of Innovation Awards. Earlier this year, she was named “Inventor of the Year” by Tech Launch Arizona for her lab’s work on small molecule Nox4 inhibitors to treat fibrotic diseases…
September 17, 2019
University of Arizona Health Sciences researcher ends debate among physicians regarding sepsis management.
September 17, 2019
Potentially dangerous genes embedded within human DNA were once thought to be locked down by helpful DNA structures called heterochromatin. A University of Arizona researcher disputes that belief and hopes to take it even further.
September 16, 2019
With Dr. Mindy Fain as their institutional mentor, four University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson students were awarded Medical Student Training in Aging Research (MSTAR) Program scholarships from the American Federation for Aging Research this past summer to participate in geriatrics research at medical institutions across the country. Two went to Harvard, one to UCSF and another to the University of North Carolina…
September 16, 2019
Several University of Arizona Department of Medicine faculty members will be among presenters and panelists at the “Discovering New Medicines in Arizona Summit,” hosted (8 a.m.-3 p.m.) at the UA College of Medicine – Phoenix by the UA College of Pharmacy and UA Cancer Center as part of Arizona Bioscience Week activities. They include: Drs. Julie Bauman, Jennifer Carew, Louise Hecker, Monica Kraft, Julie Ledford and Lawrence Mandarino. Attendance is FREE. Register today!...
September 13, 2019
The Journal of Endocrinology has published a paper with the UA’s Dr. Jennifer Stern as lead author on research that suggests the metabolic glucoregulatory disturbance in obesity that can result in type 2 diabetes may be driven by inappropriate fasting-induced regulation of glucagon, resulting in a static glucagon:insulin ratio…