• Our precision medicine research uses big data, longitudinal studies and clinical trials to help patients live fuller lives through individualized therapies.

  • From treatments for devastating diseases to the challenges of translating research into global health action, we find innovative solutions to the world’s most urgent health care needs.

  • Department of Medicine researchers are internationally known across a wide range of medical subspecialties in internal medicine from cardiology to rheumatology.

The University of Arizona College of Medicine has a long history of academic excellence. One of the central roles of the Department of Medicine's Office of Research is to facilitate academic growth by providing an extensive array of support for junior investigators as they begin their independent careers, as well as creating more opportunities for collaboration among all faculty in addition to resident and fellow trainees and medical students. I encourage you to follow links on this page to more fully appreciate the breadth and commitment of our research mission across the entire department, college and the broader university...

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UA Analytics and Institutional Research

UA Analytics and Institutional Research

UA Libraries Research Database

UA Libraries Research Databases

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Research at the UA College of Medicine – Tucson

Clinical Research Studies at the UA College of Medicine – Tucson

Clinical Research Studies at the UA College of Medicine – Tucson

UA Office for Research & Discovery

UA Office for Research,
Innovation & Impact

UA Research Gateway

UA Research Support – New Investigator Checklist

UA Office of Undergrature Research

UA Office of Undergraduate Research

UA Graduate Research Opportunities

UA Graduate Research Opportunities

Multiple resources exist throughout the UA College of Medicine – Tucson, UA Health Sciences and UA’s main campus for basic as well as clinical researchers and investigators to further their aims at therapeutic and technological breakthroughs to advance patient care and find innovative remedies for those suffering from common medical conditions as well as complex diseases. This includes one of the newest in the UA Department of Medicine, the Quantitative Proteomics Lab...

UAHS Research Administration

Department of Medicine Statistical Support Request Form

Lecture Series at the UA Department of Medicine

  • Medicine Grand Rounds
    Weekly lectures with a brief hiatus in mid-summer. Video archived at UAHS BioCommunications Webcast page (except for MMRs).
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  • Advances in Aging Lecture Series (Geriatrics Grand Rounds)
    Monthly lecture series hosted by the Division of General Internal Medicine, Geriatrics & Palliative Medicine and the UArizona Center on Aging.
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  • Cancer Biology Seminar Series
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  • Cancer Prevention & Control Grand Rounds
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  • Collaborative Cancer Grand Rounds
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  • Endocrinology Grand Rounds
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  • Infectious Diseases Grand Rounds
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  • Rheumatology Grand Rounds
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  • Sarver Heart Center Grand Rounds (Cardiology Grand Rounds)
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  • Sleep Medicine Grand Rounds Series
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  • See the link below for Department of Medicine Special Lectures, General Faculty Meetings and other presentations and events.
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Prior Lecture Series Hosted by the Department

  • DOM Research Seminar Series
    Begun in 2016, this monthly lecture series paired an early-career faculty researcher with more senior principal investigators in the Department of Medicine. It ended in 2018.
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  • Winter Lung Series Conferences
    This seasonal lecture series ran from 2011 through 2018. It began as the Benjamin Burrows Lung Immunobiology Seminar Series (2002-06). 
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Research Projects

Seeking a Better Understanding of ARVC/D to Prevent Sudden Cardiac Arrest

Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy (ARVC/D) is an inherited disorder and one of the most common causes of sudden cardiac death in athletes and young, apparently healthy adults.
Addressing Racial Differences in Osteoarthritis Treatment

Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common form of arthritis and is a leading cause of pain and disability among the elderly.

Rheumatoid Arthritis Management in Valley Fever Patients

In the U.S. Southwest, Coccidioidomycosis (cocci) or Valley fever is an endemic fungal infection. It typically presents as a self-limited pulmonary illness.

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Infection Prevention in Valley Fever and Transplant Patients

Dr. Tirdad Zangeneh's research interests focus on HIV management, Valley Fever and prevention of infection in heart, kidney and liver transplant patients...

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Research News

[Images of Department of Medicine faculty who won 2025 College of Medicine - Tucson Faculty Awards presented Feb. 27 at the HSIB Forum on the U of A Health Sciences Tucson campus.]
Fanfare at 2025 College of Medicine – Tucson Faculty Teaching Awards Rewarding for All

The Department of Medicine took 19 of 68 total awards presented Feb. 27 at the HSIB Forum. Eight divisions were represented by faculty winners, with three each to Inpatient Medicine and General Internal Medicine, Geriatrics & Palliative Medicine, two to Hem-Onc, PACCS and Nephrology, and one for Cardiology, Endocrinology and Infectious Diseases. See who won and a mini-photo gallery.
[A collage of images from the inaugural walk, Feb. 21, 2025, for the Sarver Steppers club at La Encantada Shopping Center]
Inaugural walk-with-a-doc event for Sarver Steppers at La Encantada deemed triumphant

Fourteen new members of the Sarver Steppers walking club at La Encantada took park, Friday morning, Feb. 21, in the kickoff for the group, sponsored by the Sarver Heart Center and local vendors Haute Coffee and Lululemon. That number is expected to double soon with support of clinicians and researchers from the center and Division of Cardiology.
[The University of Arizona Cancer Center (Photo by Joshua Elz, U of A Cancer Center)]
U of A Health Sciences names new director of U of A Cancer Center

Dan Theodorescu, MD, PhD – director of the Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles since 2018 – will begin his duties as the new director of the University of Arizona Cancer Center on March 1.

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