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December 1, 2016
The UA Health Sciences’ Center for Sleep and Circadian Sciences will host an “Open House” reception on Friday, Dec. 2, 2016, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at its research clinic which opened this summer at 2033 E. Speedway Blvd., Suite 203. Come learn about the many interdisciplinary collaborations across the UA campus at the new center, which was spun off from the UAHS Asthma & Airway Disease Research Center in May…
December 1, 2016
UA anthropologist David Raichlen, PhD, discovered that the Hadza, an indigenous ethnic group in Tanzania, meet the U.S. government's weekly physical activity recommendations in only two days. His study of this group offers insights for health-care professionals on exercise and reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease…
November 30, 2016
Adding to the work of junior faculty, fellows and resident physicians posted recently, investigators in leadership positions within the UA Department of Medicine posted another 100-plus articles. Topics range from asthma to HIV to kissing bugs to osteoarthritis to lung cancer. Read about some of the advances being made in our understanding of complex diseases and therapies to address them…
November 30, 2016
Adding to the work of junior faculty, fellows and resident physicians posted recently, investigators in leadership positions within the UA Department of Medicine posted another 100-plus articles. Topics range from asthma to HIV to kissing bugs to osteoarthritis to lung cancer. Read about some of the advances being made in our understanding of complex diseases and therapies to address them…
November 30, 2016
Researchers at the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health will lead a collaborative research project to develop the framework for a long-term study of cancer in firefighters.
November 28, 2016
Battling childhood obesity and early onset Type 2 diabetes one bite at a time is the theme of the next Endocrinology Grand Rounds lecture Tuesday, Dec. 13, 3-4 p.m., COM Room 5403, with speaker Melanie Hingle, PhD, MPH, RD, a registered dietitian and assistant professor in the Department of Nutritional Sciences at the UA College of Agriculture and Life Sciences…
November 28, 2016
This study seeks to find answers into the mechanisms that trigger autoimmune disease—diseases that are on the rise in the Western world, and afflict approximately 24 million Americans.
November 21, 2016
Dr. Larry Mandarino will talk about diabetes, muscles and insulin resistance while Dr. Cristine Berry will discuss how low lung function trajectories from the Tucson Children’s Respiratory Study serve as an indicator in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at the next DOM Research Seminar, Thursday, Dec. 8, noon-1 p.m., in UAHS 5403…
November 21, 2016
We are not blank slates with regard to how susceptible we are to emerging strains of flu virus, researchers from the University of Arizona and UCLA have discovered. The findings could provide information that could be relevant for the development of a universal flu vaccine.
November 19, 2016
As the inaugural chair of the Department of Medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix, Michael B. Fallon, MD, FACP, has a clean slate and a clear vision…
November 18, 2016
As of Monday, there were nearly 1,500 people who had not yet gotten a flu shot or their exemption status approved out of nearly 6,500 Banner Health employees at the Banner – UMC Tucson and South hospitals and clinics. Learn about upcoming flu shot clinics and other options to get compliant by Monday, Dec. 5.
November 17, 2016
Dr. John Cunningham isn’t the only UA faculty physician to grab ink in Tucson Lifestyle in 2016. Read about these others who appeared in earlier editions of the magazine this year, including integrative medicine pioneer Dr. Andrew Weil, endocrinologist and nutritionist Dr. Craig Stump, genomics and pulmonology specialist Dr. Ken Ramos and cardiologist and CPR pioneer Dr. Gordon Ewy…
November 17, 2016
John Ehiri, PhD, MPH, MSc, professor and chair of the department of health promotion sciences at the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, will conduct HIV prevention research at the University of Lagos College of Medicine in Nigeria.
November 16, 2016
Mayo Clinic’s Dr. Janis Blair gives Farness keynote on Valley Fever and transplants, while Founders Day headliner Dr. Art Gmitro talks about advances and innovation in medical imaging spearheaded at the UA Health Sciences. See a photo gallery and archived video for each lecture…
November 15, 2016
Kudos to Dr. John Cunningham, a UA professor in the Division of Gastroenterology and the Samuel and Winnifred “Quiggy” Witt Endowed Chair in Medicine, who is featured in Tucson Lifestyle’s November issue. Representing Banner – UMC, he’s one of three local gastroenterologists and a nutritionist interviewed for an “In Health” article entitled “Gut Check” on digestive ailments and available treatments…
November 15, 2016
The website has new features designed for the public and health-care professionals. The launch coincides with Valley Fever Awareness Week, Nov. 12-20, and the 21st Annual Farness Lecture by Mayo Clinic infectious diseases specialist Janis E. Blair, MD, on Nov. 16.
November 10, 2016
The University of Arizona Cancer Center’s acceptance into NRG Oncology will increase the Center’s clinical trials portfolio and translational research capabilities.
November 9, 2016
Dr. Dean Winslow, a U.S. Air Force flight surgeon and current professor of medicine at the Stanford School of Medicine, spoke Wednesday, Nov. 9, about his time in Afghanistan and Iraq in a lecture titled, “From Bagram Airfield to Baghdad and Back Again—A U.S. Military Doctor's Experience in Two Wars.” Frequently teary-eyed when discussing patients and colleagues and occasionally humorous and irreverant, he drew the audience to their feet clapping in the end…
November 8, 2016
On November 16, Bruce Coull, MD, professor of neurology, will present a community lecture, part of Sarver Heart Center’s 30th Anniversary Lecture Series, focused on stroke treatment and prevention.
November 4, 2016
Banner Health is helping military veterans obtain meaningful employment through the Hiring Our Heroes program, a national group associated with the U.S. Chambers of Commerce that works with vets transitioning to civilian life. Master Sgt. Alen Schulze, a telecommunication operations chief at Fort Huachuca, is one of two Hire Our Heroes corporate fellowship program graduates recently hired by Banner Health in Arizona…