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January 3, 2019
The University of Arizona Center on Aging’s Dr. Linda Phillip authored an op-ed in the Arizona Daily Star just before Christmas that uses Santa Claus as an analogy to underscore the fact that “Older people make extraordinary contributions” to society as caregivers and more…
January 3, 2019
UA engineers are using a $2.1 million grant to improve scanning technologies for challenging patient populations.
January 2, 2019
Applications are being sought by the Arizona Area Health Education Center at the University of Arizona for up to 10 projects for funding in amounts up to $5,000. The deadline for submissions is Jan. 15. The funding period is for up to one year starting March 1, 2019…
January 2, 2019
The University of Arizona STEP-UP Summer Research Program is looking for outstanding upperclass undergraduate and masters’ degree level students from diverse backgrounds to participate in a paid, 12-week transformative research experience in cancer prevention and control science. Applications are open now. Deadline: Feb. 1…
January 2, 2019
The University of Arizona Cancer Center will benefit from proceeds raised as the Wildcats sport pink jerseys during the cancer-awareness game versus the University of Central Oklahoma. The game will take place at the Tucson Arena in the Tucson Convention Center, 160 S. Church Ave. Tickets range from $10-14. For the team’s “Ladies Night,” also Jan. 19, all women wearing pink attire to the game will receive free cotton candy...
December 21, 2018
It’s the end of another fruitful calendar year and University of Arizona Department of Medicine faculty and staff came together for several holiday season gatherings. You may have seen social media posts for various divisional, center and business unit parties. Here are a few photos and galleries from the UA Department of Medicine…
December 21, 2018
Dr. Norm Beatty, University of Arizona infectious diseases fellow and the most recent recipient of a Bressler-Alpert Society Travel Award, gave two presentations at IDSA and ASTMH conferences this fall in coordination with his research mentor from the Division of Infectious Diseases, Dr. Steve Klotz, that focus on kissing bugs and Chagas disease. Donate to the society before the end of the year to support DOM fellow and resident trainee conference attendance and get a tax break, too…
December 20, 2018
The UA Center on Aging’s Dr. Lisa O’Neill will launch the spring lineup for the Advances in Aging Lecture Series, Monday, Jan. 14, 12-1 p.m., with a talk on “A Community Response to Hoarding Disorder.” The lectures occur at noon on the second Tuesday of the month, usually in Kiewit Auditorium. Dr. O’Neill’s will be in UACC Conference Room 2920. Other presenters this spring include the UA’s Drs. Roberta Diaz Brinton, Shu-Fen Wung, Mohab Ibrahim and Amy Klein…
December 20, 2018
A cardiovascular research team at the University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center investigated in a lab model whether metformin, a common diabetes drug, could be an effective treatment for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). The researchers found that the drug reduced left ventricular stiffness, thereby improving capacity for exercise. Metformin relaxes the left ventricle by making a heart muscle protein called titin more compliant.
December 19, 2018
A final reminder was sent Dec. 18 via email to current physicians voted as Best Doctors in America© with instructions for them to access their online ballots at their convenience. Get your vote in before 5 a.m. EST (3 a.m. AZ), Monday, Dec. 24. More than 140 Banner – University Medical Group physicians made the “Best Doctors” list last year, about 40 with the University of Arizona Department of Medicine in Tucson and its 12 clinical subspecialties in internal medicine…
December 19, 2018
The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson will host a day-long event in the new Health Sciences Innovation Building (HSIB) for basic scientists and clinicians. The intent of the event is to spur interdisciplinary collaboration between departments, divisions, centers and institutes. Register now to attend and participate in data blitzes, a shark tank-style competition and more…
December 18, 2018
Dr. Juanita L. Merchant, a University of Arizona professor of medicine and chief of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology since July, has been chosen by her colleagues at the National Academy of Medicine, for which she was elected in 2008, for a three-year term on the governing NAM Council. Separately, she’ll serve as chair of the Board of Scientific Counselors for the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, a unit of the NIH, starting in June.
December 18, 2018
The UA BIO5 Institute’s Room 103, in the Thomas W. Keating Building, plays host to the next Cardiology Research Fair on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 4-5:30 p.m. Come learn about the innovative, cutting-edge investigations occurring at the University of Arizona to combat cardiovascular disease. Get a chance to talk one-on-one with the researchers and prospective mentors/mentees via a speed-dating format…
December 16, 2018
Congratulations to Dr. Steve Goldschmid, professor of medicine in the University of Arizona Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and director of the Endoscopy Lab at Banner – University Medicine Tucson, on his retirement after more than 30 years practicing medicine—the last 18 of them in Tucson. He previously served chair, UA Department of Medicine (2006-08), dean of the UA College of Medicine – Tucson (2008-14), and chief of the division (2015-18)…
December 14, 2018
University of Arizona sleep medicine researcher Dr. Sairam Parthasarathy was among three strategic research grant recipients for the AASM Foundation, the foundation of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, featured in a recent FOCUS Newsletter article that the foundation posted to its website…
December 13, 2018
A member of the PALISADE Group of Clinical Investigators, Dr. Tara Carr is co-author of a paper recently appearing in the New England Journal of Medicine that found in a clinical trial that oral immunotherapy in children and adolescents could be effective in reducing allergic reactions to peanuts by desensitizing them...
December 12, 2018
The Tucson campus internal medicine residency’s Michele Dalmendray and the orthopedic surgery residency’s Barbra Solares have been picked by their peers to serve as Graduate Medical Education (GME) Administrators Group liaisons to the Institutional GME Committee, which isprimarily made up of residency and fellowship program directors at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson…
December 11, 2018
The Clinical Research Oversight Council has oversight of clinical research activities at the University of Arizona Cancer Center. Investigator-initiated trial (IIT) concepts that request UACC funding support must be presented to the CROC for determination of funding. The deadline for new proposals is Jan. 10, 2019, with review to begin Jan. 18…
December 10, 2018
To preserve the confidentiality and integrity of university data and follow the University of Arizona’s security standards, the UA College of Medicine – Tucson is requiring the encryption of all university-owned laptops. Service for this 30-minute process begins Dec. 11 with ITS Helpdesk available 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. Bring in your laptop at your convenience during those times…
December 7, 2018
Banner – University Medical Center Tucson is among 20 U.S. medical centers now offering a new test from Veracyte Inc. to improve diagnosis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis via RNA sequencing of a transbronchial lung biopsy to determine if a genomic pattern is present that indicates the respiratory disease…