• 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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Research Toolbox

UA Analytics and Institutional Research

UA Analytics and Institutional Research

UA Libraries Research Database

UA Libraries Research Databases

Research

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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Down to the Bone with Rheumatic & Musculoskeletal Diseases

Dr. Kent Kwoh's research focuses on outcome assessment and examination of risk factors for the development and progression of a broad spectrum of rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases, most notably identification of MRI imaging biomarkers for the development and/or progression of knee osteoarthritis and related pain characterization...

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Research News

[A doctor examines a patient wearing a pink robe sitting on the edge of a bed]
Can the heart heal itself? New study says it can.

An international research team co-led by Dr. Hesham Sadek, Cadiology division chief and Sarver Heart Center director at the College of Medicine – Tucson, found evidence that heart muscle can regenerate after heart failure in some people with artificial hearts.
[With Association of American Cancer Institutes PCLI and CTI logos below their portraits, from left, Bhavana Bhatnagar, DO; Rachna Shroff, MD, MS, FASCO; Michael E. Hurwitz, MD, PhD; Barbara Ma, MD, MS; and Erin Winters, BSN, RN, BMTCN.]
Dr. Rachna Shroff elected to AACI steering committee

The DOM Division of Hematology & Oncology chief and interim clinical affairs director and associate director of clinical investigations at the University of Arizona Cancer Center joins the Association of American Cancer Institutes’ Physician Clinical Leadership Initiative Steering Committee.
[Kelsey Bernard, PhD, and Lalitha Madhavan, MD, PhD, are among U of A College of Medicine – Tucson co-authors of a paper in Experimental Neurology showing that, in an animal model, the protein PNA5 appears to have a protective effect on brain cells. The discovery could help Parkinson's patients.]
Study identifies potential new drug for Parkinson’s-related cognitive decline, dementia

Parkinson’s disease causes difficulty in movement and balance, but its cognitive symptoms receive less attention and have no good treatments. A U of A College of Medicine – Tucson team, including Lalitha Madhavan, MD, PhD, a neurology associate professor with a dual appointment in the Division of General Internal Medicine, Geriatrics & Palliative Medicine, hopes to change that.

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