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July 28, 2017
Listen to the second episode of our podcast, Invented Arizona, where we interview Monica Kraft, MD and Julie Ledford, Ph.D. about this asthma treatment.
July 27, 2017
The UA Division of Cardiology and Sarver Heart Center were well represented at the Complex Cardiovascular Catheter Therapeutics C3 2017 Conference in Orlando, Fla., at the end of June. Several presented on their latest research on topics that included extracorporeal life support, ventricular assist devices, valve replacement and techniques to improve cardiac arrest survival…
July 26, 2017
The UA College of Medicine – Tucson’s 23rd Annual White Coat Ceremony welcomed 120 new students into the Class of 2021 at Centennial Hall on Friday evening, July 21. About a dozen DOM physicians attended the presentation of the students first white coats and stethoscopes. See the video and photos here…
July 25, 2017
Now available in Spanish, Kidenga is the free smartphone app that allows users to report symptoms of illness and mosquito activity. The app was created by researchers at the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health to detect outbreaks of Zika, dengue and chikungunya.
July 24, 2017
Monica Kraft, MD, chair of the University of Arizona Department of Medicine, has been elected as a fellow of the prestigious European Respiratory Society.
July 24, 2017
Sairam Parthasarathy, MD, director of the UA Health Sciences Center for Sleep and Circadian Sciences, has received a $250,000 grant from the American Sleep Medicine Foundation to evaluate how telemedicine can assist in the delivery of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia.
July 24, 2017
UA Center on Aging member Monica Vandivort, MD, will use a $50,000 start-up grant from the Arizona Area Health Education Centers (AzAHEC) for a clinical research initiative to improve health outcomes of seriously ill elders in Sierra Vista.
July 20, 2017
The Division of Nephrology celebrated the graduation of four fellows June 19 at the Arizona Inn, along with a fifth fellow who'll complete his training this fall. Moving on from the program were Drs. Mohamad Altriki, Anjuman Howlader, Hassan Khan, and Benjamin Sarsah. Dr. Kamron Saleem finishes up in October. Learn more at the Nephrology Fellowship’s recently revamped webpages…
July 19, 2017
The 23nd annual ceremony marks the students’ entrance into the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson.
July 19, 2017
With a five-year, $1.9 million grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, researchers at the UA Steele Children's Research Center are seeking a better understanding of the NHE8 protein's role in the development of inflammatory bowel disease and colon cancer, and its contribution to the stability of the gut microbiome – the community of bacteria that inhabit the intestines and influence the immune system.
July 18, 2017
The University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health and the Mexico Section of the U.S.-Mexico Border Health Commission are bringing health promotion and education services to underserved residents in Pima County, and giving an interprofessional team of UA Health Sciences students experience working in the community.
July 17, 2017
More so than others, obese asthma patients struggle with control of their disease — and symptoms that worsen with time. A team of researchers found an explanation and has begun developing a therapy to address it.
July 13, 2017
Congratulations to the 98 physicians associated with the UA College of Medicine – Tucson who were included among the 2017 Top Doctors in July’s edition of Tucson Lifestyle. Twenty-five of those are affiliated with the UA Department of Medicine, the largest department in the college with more than 200 faculty physicians. The local list is pulled from a national listing compiled by Castle Connolly Medical Ltd…
July 13, 2017
Interim chief of the UA pulmonary division and UAHS Center for Sleep and Circadian Sciences director, Dr. Sairam Parthasarathy is among 24 UA faculty and staff chosen for the Academic Leadership Institute’s Class of 2017-18 fellows. It involves a yearlong professional development program in which current and emerging campus leaders participate in discussions and workshops to help them further develop their leadership skills. Sessions start in August...
July 13, 2017
A number of University of Arizona student-athletes with the Wildcat Football team will be at Brother John’s restaurant in Tucson on Friday, July 21, 5-7 p.m., to support cystic fibrosis research and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation of Southern Arizona. The event is hosted by the UA chapter of Uplifting Athletes. Come meet the players and support their efforts to help find remedies to rare diseases...
July 12, 2017
The UA Division of Cardiology announced two new one-year fellowships for heart failure and electrophysiology. Dr. Nancy Sweitzer wins a $2.6 million NIH grant to counter cognitive loss in CABG surgery patients. Dr. Heddwen Brooks awarded $1.53 million NIH grant to look at postmenopausal hypertension in women. These are just a few stories in latest Sarver Heart Center Newsletter…
July 12, 2017
The International Association of HealthCare Professionals has accepted Zain Khalpey, MD, PhD, FETCS, FACS, a prominent UA cardiothoracic surgeon, to its organization and will include him in its upcoming publication of The Leading Physicians of the World…
July 12, 2017
The UA Division of Nephrology will host a Special Conference for visiting international scholar Dr. Jose Ibeas, a nephrology consultant with Spain’s Hospital de Sabadell–Parc Taulí, which is affiliated with the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, and president elect of the Vascular Access Society, based in Maastricht, Netherlands. On July 14 at 1 p.m. in Room 5403 of the UA College of Medicine - Tucson, he’ll discuss challenges and opportunities in treatment of advanced kidney disease in Spain…
July 11, 2017
Among UANews articles you may have missed this summer, Dr. Andrew Tang touts the lifesaving tourniquet, Dr. Naomi Rance’s research focuses on hot flash relief, Dr. Brian McKay studies Parkinson’s drug effect on macular degeneration, Dr. David Armstrong continues fighting diabetic ulcers, how our brains evolved to need exercise, what summer heat does to our bodies, copper’s antibacterial properties — and more…
July 10, 2017
Dr. Daniel Persky, associate professor in the UA Division of Hematology and Oncology, associate director of UACC Clinical Investigations and director of the UACC Clinical Trials Office, was instrumental helping raise $150,000 for the local chapter. The money helps patients afford copays and funds cancer research. In other news, H-H. Sherry Chow receives the Sydney E. Salmon Award and the Cancer Biology Program announces a new Genome Editing Facility…