Message from the Senior Vice President for Health Sciences
Dr. Marvin Slepian Receives Much-Deserved Appointment as Regents' Professor
On behalf of the entire UA Health Sciences, I would like to express congratulations to our esteemed colleague Marvin Slepian, MD, for his much-deserved appointment as a Regents’ Professor, a title awarded to full professors who have the most distinguished accomplishments in teaching, scholarship, research or creative work.
A professor of medicine, cardiology and medical imaging, Dr. Slepian was appointed April 11 by the Arizona Board of Regents. These prestigious appointments are limited to no more than 3 percent of the university’s tenured and tenure-track faculty members and only four other UA professors received this title for 2019.
The Future of Medicine
There is power in numbers. The All of Us Research Program is a national project bringing together more than 1 million people from all walks of life and from all regions across the nation to share their health data and biological samples to contribute to the future of health care.
Finding a Cure for Macular Degeneration
UA researchers have taken a new approach to stop progression of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), by investigating if a current FDA approved drug, used to treat Parkinson’s disease could treat or even prevent AMD.
Could Getting Your Flu Shot Help You Avoid a Silent Killer?
Recent research by David A. Bull, MD, chief of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the UA College of Medicine – Tucson and a member of the UA Sarver Heart Center, has shown that aortic aneurysm ruptures often closely follow a bout of the flu.
News
Professor Zoe Cohen Receives UA’s Five-Star Faculty Award
Apr 23, 2019
Apr 23, 2019
For excellence in teaching and mentoring, Zoe Cohen, PhD, has received the Margaret M. Briehl and Dennis T. Ray Five Star Faculty Award.
‘Happiness: A Scientific Look at How to Create Balance and Purpose in Life,’ UA Arthritis Center Lecture, May 1
Apr 23, 2019
Apr 23, 2019
Free and open to the public, the lecture by UA College of Science’s Bob Logan will focus on eight scientifically proven techniques to bring happiness to one’s life.
