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August 2, 2022
University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson medical students received their white coats representing their future profession on July 29 at Centennial Hall.
June 20, 2022
Kevin Moynahan, MD, FACP, University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson professor of medicine and vice dean for education, received the 2022 National Golden Apple Award for Teaching Excellence from the American Medical Student Association.
June 13, 2022
With billions of people using social media globally, Health Sciences researchers and academicians like Dr. Indu Partha have an opportunity to communicate science to a wider audience than ever before.
June 9, 2022
Juanita Merchant, MD, PhD, University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson professor in the Department of Medicine and chief of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, was named to a second term on the National Academy of Medicine Council.
June 6, 2022
World-renowned author and integrative medicine expert, Andrew Weil, MD, founder and director of the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson, was recognized with the top award given by the Integrative Healthcare Symposium.
June 2, 2022
Dr. Julie Ledford, who shares appointments in the Departments of Medicine and Cellular & Molecular Medicine, will help lead the Clinical Translational Sciences Graduate Program, which prepares students for careers in research relevant to human health and disease.
May 19, 2022
Randy Horwitz, MD, PhD, was named Integrative Medicine Physician of the Year for 2021 by the American Association of Physician Specialists, American Board of Physician Specialists and American Board of Integrative Medicine. Dr. Horwitz helped found ABOIM in 2014 and served as its inaugural chair in 2015-16.
May 16, 2022
Drs. Mindy Fain, Kathleen Insel and Janko Nikolich-Žugich, experts in health and wellness of the aging population, will deliver a combined keynote address at the University of Arizona Arthritis Center’s annual “Living Healthy With Arthritis” conference.
May 5, 2022
Ceremony will honor alumni completing residencies, students receiving medical degrees and students who are preparing to enter medical school in July.
May 2, 2022
Rachna T. Shroff, MD, associate professor and associate dean of clinical and translational research at the College of Medicine – Tucson, chief of the UArizona Cancer Center GI Medical Oncology Section and leader of its GI Clinical Research Team, was one of three recipients of the 2022 Women in Oncology Awards.
April 28, 2022
The partnership will advance pain and addiction research and accelerate positive health outcomes in Arizona, Oklahoma and across the country.
April 10, 2022
The Arizona Board of Regents voted to confirm the appointments of University of Arizona Health Sciences faculty members Drs. Juanita Merchant and Donata Vercelli as Regents Professors.
April 8, 2022
The Arizona Board of Regents earmarked $3.3 million to support research into Valley fever detection technology, genomics and seasonal outbreak patterns – under the leadership of Dr. John Galgiani, Valley Fever Center for Excellence director and professor in the Department of Medicine's Infectious Diseases Division.
March 30, 2022
Dr. Randy Horwitz will share integrative medicine approaches to treating chronic inflammation and educate participants about healing-oriented medicine.
March 24, 2022
Rachna T. Shroff, MD, associate professor and associate dean of clinical and translational research at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson, chief of the UArizona Cancer Center GI Medical Oncology Section, and leader of its GI Clinical Research Team, has been elected to the American Society of Clinical Oncology Nominating Committee.
March 24, 2022
A new collaboration, the Valley Fever Collaborative – led by Valley Fever Center for Excellence director and professor in the Department of Medicine's Infectious Diseases Division Dr. John Galgiani – is combining the strengths of Arizona’s three public universities to advance Valley fever research and clinical care.
March 22, 2022
The College of Nursing, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health and R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy posted significant gains in research funding.
March 21, 2022
The UArizona Health Sciences Sensor Lab awarded seed grants to eight faculty members and two student projects to improve health and wellness.
March 20, 2022
Fourth-year University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson students learned where they’ll launch their careers as new residents.
March 17, 2022
While the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine was created in 1994, it wasn’t until March 16, 2022, that Andrew Weil, MD, was able to take part in a ceremonial groundbreaking for a new purpose-built physical home for the center.