DOM Research Seminar Series
This lecture series—spearheaded by past UA Department of Medicine Chair Monica Kraft, MD (2014-2022), and prior Associate Chair for Research Jil Tardiff, MD, PhD—was launched in September 2016 and ended in June 2018. While there was an occasional guest speaker, its intent was to match a junior and senior faculty member from different divisions engaged in research to showcase the high level and broad range of investigations and to highlight the innovative new medical therapies being created or enhanced in our department. Often, this is collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams that include other researchers across the UA College of Medicine, UA Health Sciences colleges and wider UA community.
2017-18 Academic Year
June 14, 2018
“Redefining the Effect of Insulin on Microtubules Thanks to Microtubule-Associated Proteins,” Paul Langlais, PhD— associate professor of medicine, UA Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, director, Proteomics Lab, UA College of Medicine – Tucson, and member, UA Health Sciences Center for Disparities in Diabetes, Obesity & Metabolism; and - “The hEDS GENE Study: A Major Gene-Finding Effort for Hypermobility Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome,” Christina Laukaitis, MD, PhD — associate professor, divisions of Geriatrics, General Internal Medicine and Palliative Medicine, and Genetics, Genomics and Precision Medicine; assistant professor, Cancer Biology - Graduate Interdisciplinary Program (GIDP), Genetics - GIDP and Nutritional Sciences; and director, Division of Genetic Consultation and Counseling, UAHS Center for Applied Genetics & Genomic Medicine
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May 10, 2018
"The Changing Landscape of Lung Fibrosing Diseases," SPECIAL GUEST LECTURER — Paul Noble, MD, Chair, Department of Medicine; Director, Women’s Guild Lung Institute; and Vera and Paul Guerin Family Distinguished Chair in Pulmonary Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles
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April 12, 2018
"The ‘Gaps’ in Eczematous Dermatoses," Vivian Y. Shi, MD — assistant professor, Division of Dermatology, director, Eczema and Skin Barrier Research Program, and director, Inflammatory Skin Center, University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson- "Updating Valley Fever Serology: It’s Not World War II Anymore," John N. Galgiani, MD — professor of medicine, UA Division of Infectious Diseases, director, UA Valley Fever Center for Excellence, member, BIO5 Institute, and medical director, Banner – University Valley Fever Program (Tucson & Phoenix)
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March 8, 2018
"Biomarkers in Lung Disease: CC16 as a Paradigm," Stefano Guerra, MD, PhD, MPH — professor of medicine, UA Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine; associate professor, UA Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health; the Henry E. Dahlberg Chair in Asthma Research, UA College of Medicine – Tucson; population science director, UA Health Sciences Asthma and Airway Disease Research Center, and member, BIO5 Institute
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Feb. 8, 2018
“Translating Research to a Life Saved,” Jarrod M. Mosier, MD — associate professor of emergency medicine and medicine, and associate program director, Critical Care Fellowship, UA Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine;- “Metabolic Reprogramming in Pulmonary Hypertension,” Stephen M. Black, PhD — professor of medicine and physiology, and director, Lung Vascular Pathology Program, Division of Translational and Regenerative Medicine
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Jan. 11, 2018
"Abnormal JAK-STAT Signaling in Acute and Chronic Kidney Diseases," Frank C. "Chip" Brosius, III, MD — professor, Division of Nephrology, UA Department of Medicine, and professor emeritus of internal medicine and physiology at the University of Michigan, where he was nephrology chief for 13 years.
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Dec. 14, 2017
“Delays in Diagnosis of Coccidioidomycosis in Tucson,” Fariba Donovan, MD, PhD — assistant professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, and member, UA Valley Fever Center for Excellence; and- “Translational Research on Pulmonary Hypertension,” Jason X.-J. Yuan, MD, PhD — chief, Division of Translational and Regenerative Medicine, UA Department of Medicine; and associate VP, Translational Health Sciences, UA Health Sciences
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NOV. 9, 2017
"Surfactant Protein A as an Innate Immune Modulator in Asthma," Monica Kraft, MD — professor and chair, UA Department of Medicine, the Robert and Irene Flinn Endowed Chair of Medicine at the UA College of Medicine – Tucson, and deputy director of the UA Health Sciences Asthma and Airway Disease Research Center
NOTE: Dr. Judith Voynow, a professor at Virginia Commonwealth University and physician at the Children’s Hospital of Richmond, Va., who was originally scheduled as guest speaker for this seminar on “Neutrophil Elastase and Cystic Fibrosis Lung Disease,” had a sudden conflicting obligation and was unable to attend.
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OCT. 12, 2017
“Genetics and Phenotypic Heterogeneity in Common Diseases (Asthma, COPD, etc.),” Deborah A. Meyers, PhD — co-chief, Division of Genetics, Genomics and Precision Medicine, and co-director, Division of Pharmacogenomics, UA Center for Applied Genetics and Genomic Medicine; and - “Gender and Race Disparities in Osteoarthritis,” Ernest Vina, MD — assistant professor, Division of Rheumatology, and member, UA Arthritis Center
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SEPT. 14, 2017
“Renin Angiotensin System (RAS) Induced Skeletal Muscle Insulin Resistance,” Craig S. Stump, MD, PhD (on left at right), an associate professor of medicine in the UA Division of Endocrinology, professor of nutritional sciences at the UA College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, program director of the UA Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Fellowship and a staff physician at the Southern Arizona VA Health Care System, and- “RAGE-Induced Changes in the Proteome of Alveolar Epithelial Cells,” Charles A. Downs, PhD, ACNP-BC, FAAN, an acute care nurse practitioner and assistant professor at the UA College of Nursing who has a dual appointment as a pulmonary and critical care research investigator with the UA Division of Translational and Regenerative Medicine in the UA Department of Medicine. His presentation focused on issues related to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).
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Click here to see the list of DOM Research Seminar speakers for 2016-17, their topics and video and photo gallery links.
About the UA Department of Medicine
The UA Department of Medicine is the largest department in the UA College of Medicine, with more than 200 faculty physicians in 14 divisions covering every subspecialty in internal medicine from Cardiology to Rheumatology. The two newest divisions focus largely on research, Translational and Regenerative Medicine, begun in 2014 and led by Jason Yuan, MD, PhD, and, Genetics, Genomics and Precision Medicine, created in January 2017 with recruitment of co-chiefs Gene Bleecker, MD, and Deb Meyers, PhD, who also are directors of the Division of Pharmacogenomics in the UA Health Sciences Center for Applied Genetics and Genomic Medicine.
Our department trains more than 130 residents in two internal medicine and a dermatology residency program, each accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, and more than 70 fellows in 17 ACGME-accredited fellowship programs. It also participates in the education of nearly 450 medical students through electives and rotations associated with Medicine Clerkship and Sub-Internship Programs. 
We are one of the six original departments of the UA College of Medicine - Tucson, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.