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![[University of Arizona Cancer Center's Peter & Paula Fasseus Cancer Clinic]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/uaccteaser_0_0.jpg?itok=8pqXMiZs×tamp=1445459162 "University of Arizona Cancer Center's Peter & Paula Fasseus Cancer Clinic")
October 7, 2015
Free public presentation on breast reconstruction options for mastectomy patients
September 30, 2015
Free flu shots are being offered to state employees across the University of Arizona campus, starting Oct. 2, 2015, at the Farmers Market in the University of Arizona Health Sciences Plaza from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 2:30 p.m. Most seasonal flu activity happens between October and May, peaking in the U.S. peaks between December and February…
September 25, 2015
Tucson Local Media announced the winners of its Influential Health and Medical Leaders Awards and honored UA Health Sciences-affiliated faculty members and programs. This included, from the Department of Medicine, Drs. David Alberts and Charles Katzenberg.
![[Michael Grandner, PhD]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/grandnerteaser_0_1.jpg?itok=dJj6ePBE×tamp=1444244209 "Michael Grandner, PhD")
September 23, 2015
The burden of insufficient and/or poor quality sleep is felt disproportionately by racial/ethnic minorities and the socioeconomically disadvantaged, according to Michael Grandner, PhD, in the 2015 Kelly Report on Health Disparities in America.
![[We've Got the Beat logo]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/weve-got-the-beat-teaser.jpg?itok=jvJCuQ7z×tamp=1490319847 "We've Got the Beat logo")
September 23, 2015
The community is invited to attend “We’ve Got the Beat: An Update on Atrial Fibrillation,” an education program presented by the University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center, on Oct. 17.
![[Jolene Hardy, MD]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/hardyteaser_0.jpg?itok=8TZLGS56×tamp=1443743225 "Jolene Hardy, MD")
September 22, 2015
Free and open to the public, the lecture will provide “An Orthopaedic Surgeon’s Inside Look at Being Smart About Staying Active,” by University of Arizona orthopaedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist Jolene Hardy, MD.
September 22, 2015
Daniel Persky, MD, a leading physician-scientist in the field of lymphoma translational research, has been named associate director of clinical investigations and director, Clinical Trials Office (CTO), at the University of Arizona Cancer Center. Dr. Persky will work closely with UA Cancer Center leadership to enhance clinical and translational research efforts.
September 21, 2015
Center to focus on translational studies of asthma immunology, epidemiology, prevention, diagnosis and treatment
September 15, 2015
By looking at the connection of the two, a UA-led project headed by Michelle Perfect, PhD, an associate professor in the UA College of Education has significant implications for STEM recruitment and retention, as well as family engagement and teacher development. Her team’s efforts are reinforced by a $1.2 million National Science Foundation grant and additional funding from the American Diabetes Association to look at the impact of sleep woes on diabetic children…
September 11, 2015
UA lupus and osteoarthritis research were the subject of articles in Lupus Science & Medicine, Arthritis and Rheumatology, and MedPage Today, while center director Dr. Kent Kwoh heads to China and California for several speaking engagements…
September 9, 2015
New nursing associate dean’s research focuses on early cancer detection for the underserved, Tufts pulmonary chief discusses 'Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension' at DOM Grand Rounds, interprofessional emergency preparedness exercise announced – Oct. 16…
September 9, 2015
As the new UA, Banner kidney specialist leader in Tucson, Dr. Prabir Roy-Chaudhury brings his lab from the University of Cincinnati where the NIH-funded physician scientist was director of the Dialysis Vascular Access Research Group and embraces the UA’s academic, community and industry collaborative approach.
![[Pooja Rajguru]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/poojateaser_0.jpg?itok=pQ99qZj5×tamp=1443743225 "Pooja Rajguru")
September 8, 2015
The UA Center on Aging presents the scholarship each year to outstanding UA graduate health professions students who are pursuing studies or have an interest in aging, health care administration or gerontology.
September 8, 2015
Clinicians’ multidisciplinary approach at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson has earned Banner – University Medical Center Tucson the designation as the only NPF Center in Arizona and recognition for its ability to handle complex care of patients suffering from pancreatitis, pancreatic cancer and related diseases.
September 4, 2015
Tucson Lifestyle’s “Top Doctors” issue is out, the UA Center for Integrative Medicine gets nod from White House on participation in FlexTech Alliance, and Southern Arizona Limb Salvage Alliance calls out disparity in amputations for low-income and rural type 2 diabetes patients…
![[Michael Grandner, PhD, MTR, CBSM, FAASM]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/grandnerteaser_1.jpg?itok=cj8MDcMt×tamp=1443743225 "Michael Grandner, PhD, MTR, CBSM, FAASM")
September 1, 2015
Advancing research and education in the study of healthy sleep for well-being and the relationship sleep has with cardiovascular health, obesity, diabetes and psychological health, the University of Arizona Department of Psychiatry welcomes internationally recognized sleep expert, Dr. Michael Grandner.
![[David G. Armstrong, DPM, MD, PhD]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/armstrongteaser_0_0.jpg?itok=YaU_NneR×tamp=1443743225 "David G. Armstrong, DPM, MD, PhD")
August 31, 2015
Study co-author Dr. David Armstrong suggests a three-tiered system to provide earlier coordinated care that could help reduce the disparity in outcomes for patients in outlying communities and for low-income patients with Type 2 diabetes.
August 27, 2015
The 2-year project, funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, will allow Symic Biomedical – working in collaboration with UA Nephrology Division Chief Prabir Roy-Chaudhury, MD, PhD, to perform additional preclinical efficacy studies on a therapeutic agent to reduce arteriovenous fistula failures in patients with end-stage renal disease undergoing hemodialysis…
![[Lee D. Cranmer, MD, PhD]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/cranmer_azcc_skin_cancer_90_110_0.jpg?itok=XW-ix8tV×tamp=1443743225 "Lee D. Cranmer, MD, PhD")
August 21, 2015
Former President Jimmy Carter’s diagnosis of skin cancer, specifically melanoma, resonates in Arizona, where skin cancer rates rank among the highest in the world.
August 21, 2015
Read this profile from Lo Que Pasa, a UA@Work newsletter, of Dr. Julia Indik and her journey from the UA's Steward Observatory and Lunar & Planetary Laboratory to the Medical Student Research Program and Sarver Heart Center in the Department of Medicine's Divison of Cardiology...