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January 20, 2016
The University of Colorado – Denver’s Dr. Elizabeth Connick will succeed Dr. Stephen Klotz in April as chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases, bringing a broad research portfolio on HIV and AIDS prevention to the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson.
![[Merri L. Pendergrass, MD, PhD]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/pendergrassteaser_0_0.jpg?itok=74CkX9ya×tamp=1453404638 "Merri L. Pendergrass, MD, PhD")
January 12, 2016
The head of the Adult Diabetes Program at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson will be among a dozen to be honored Thursday at annual awards dinner in Phoenix.
![[Drs. Victoria Maizes and Andrew Weil, executive director and founding director of University of Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/weilmaizesteaser.jpg?itok=bR8CnDK7×tamp=1452546637 "Drs. Victoria Maizes and Andrew Weil, executive director and founding director of University of Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine")
January 11, 2016
13th conference by the University of Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine reaches out to health-care providers
January 8, 2016
The free event, presented by the University of Arizona Health Sciences, UA College of Medicine – Tucson and Banner – University Medical Center Tucson, is open to UA faculty, staff and students as well as health professionals and the public.
January 8, 2016
Conference features keynote speaker Dr. David M. Labiner, head of the UA Department of Neurology; a lunch roundtable and breakout sessions with doctors and alternative therapy practitioners.
January 8, 2016
The UA Pediatric Pulmonary Center serves as a regional and national resource center for training and educating the next generation of leaders who care for children with chronic pulmonary disorders within the disciplines of medicine, nursing, nutrition, social work, pharmacy and family advocacy.
December 22, 2015
Funds will support research at the UA Steele Center that is examining novel immunotherapy strategies against pediatric cancer.
December 21, 2015
Cardiology brings in Case Western's Daniel Simon, MD, in the "Hunt for Acute MI Genes"; GI's Sasha Taleban, MD, talks "Inflammatory Bowel Disease & the Elderly"; Translational & Regenerative Medicine announces Jan. 30 all-day symposium, and BCD Colloquium spring schedule includes Dr. Jil Tardiff...
![[Arthur F. Gmitro, PhD]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/gmitroteaser.jpg?itok=I2Y_ZRrs×tamp=1451929818 "Arthur F. Gmitro, PhD")
December 21, 2015
Arthur F. Gmitro is a very busy man. A professor of medical imaging in the UA College of Medicine – Tucson with a joint appointment in the UA College of Optical Sciences, he holds the Margaret E. and Fenton L. Maynard Chair in Breast Cancer Imaging and also is head of the UA College of Engineering's Department of Biomedical Engineering.
December 18, 2015
UA President Ann Weaver Hart put the spotlight this past week on UA Health Sciences and innovative research and researchers’ accomplishments, including Cardiology’s Marvin Slepian, MD, and the Valley Fever Center for Excellence, which announced today the award of $2 million in NIH funding to participate in clinical trials that will start here in January…
December 17, 2015
Neurology chief Dr. David Labiner to keynote Living Healthy With Arthritis conference Jan. 23, Dr. Ernest Vina talks lupus in Tucson Lifestyle article, Stanford prof Katie Lorig gives first Eric Gall Endowed Lecture, a UA professors paper published on African American, white knee replacement preferences…
December 17, 2015
The new Resident Lounge for the UA Department of Medicine opened Thursday, Dec. 17, to great fanfare with a ribbon-cutting event and red, white, blue and chocolate cupcakes. Drs. Monica Kraft and Laura Meinke clipped the big red bow to cheers of the residents…
![[Marylyn M. McEwen, PhD, PHCNS-BC, FAAN]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/mcewenteaser.jpg?itok=ujhHQlQ9×tamp=1453404638 "Marylyn M. McEwen, PhD, PHCNS-BC, FAAN")
December 11, 2015
Dr. McEwen, expert border-health researcher and mentor, was honored with the Ruth B. Freeman Award for her distinguished career in public health education and research.
![[IMAGE: Holiday Craft Show flyer]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/craft_show_flyer_dec18_90x110px-96dpi.jpg?itok=8gxZlBIa×tamp=1457045749 "Holiday Craft Show flyer")
December 8, 2015
Kiewit Auditorium will host the UACC Craft Fair at noon, Fri., Dec. 18; visiting scholars from IU, Maryland, Northwestern, UC-Riverside, Johns Hopkins, USC and Case Western; multiple grand rounds on DOM themes, and work-life panel discussion that includes Dr. Gordon Carr…
![[Charles Katzenberg, MD]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/katzenberg_charles-md_labcoat-no-logo.jpg?itok=nwtFIrKB×tamp=1469820846 "Charles Katzenberg, MD"){kind=logo}
December 8, 2015
Green Valley Lecture Series with cardiologist from the University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center in cooperation with Green Valley Recreation, Inc.
November 30, 2015
Not familiar with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) top patient safety recommendations? Refresh your memory with this first posting of a new blog for the UA Department of Medicine from our vice chair for Quality & Safety, Dr. Phil Factor...
November 25, 2015
Among recent news item topics are a drug, PrEP, that prevents HIV infection, a front page article on a recent Valley Fever spike, two awards from the Arizona Geriatrics Society, and macular degeneration treatment with a Parkinson’s drug…
November 25, 2015
Lots of news from two e-newsletters — BIO5 and Public Health focus on cancer, the human virome, diabetes and asthma — and research grant deadlines, upcoming grand rounds, seminars/lectures and faculty development opportunities galore…
![[Dr. Cecilia Rosales (right) and Jill Guernsey de Zapien (left) from the UA Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health with Dr. Catalina Denman Champion (center) of El Colegio de Sonora.]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/rosalesteaser_0_0.jpg?itok=NY98SZ_g×tamp=1449608482 "Dr. Cecilia Rosales (right) and Jill Guernsey de Zapien (left) from the UA Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health with Dr. Catalina Denman Champion (center) of El Colegio de Sonora.")
November 24, 2015
A team of researchers from the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health and El Colegio de Sonora will conduct research to focus on the prevention of cardiovascular disease and its complications among adults with diabetes in Northern Mexico.
![[Dr. Emmanuel Katsanis with a patient]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/katsanisteaser.jpg?itok=QJrOvq5q×tamp=1448905216 "Dr. Emmanuel Katsanis with a patient")
November 23, 2015
Also known as haplo BMT, the procedure provides an alternative source of stem cells for patients who need a bone marrow transplant but cannot find a related or unrelated donor match.