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Jan 18, 2019
Dr. Standley always knew she wanted to wear a white coat, but she never expected it to be spattered with paint.
Jan 17, 2019
Accomplished physician-scientist and transformational leader Dr. Kenneth Ramos, an expert on genetics and genomic medicine, will deliver the keynote address at the University of Arizona Arthritis Center’s 17th annual conference for those living with arthritis — and those who care for them. Registration deadline is Feb. 6.
Unique partnership will help train doctors in Cameroon to reduce maternal and early neonatal mortality.
Jan 8, 2019
UA researchers are studying if the combination of dispensing asthma inhalers (corticosteroids) in the emergency department and supervising their use in elementary schools will increase the medication’s use among children with asthma and decrease emergency department visits.
Jan 3, 2019
UA engineers are using a $2.1 million grant to improve scanning technologies for challenging patient populations.
Jan 2, 2019
The University of Arizona Cancer Center will benefit from proceeds raised as the Wildcats sport pink jerseys during the cancer-awareness game.
Students at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix are taking their training outside the classroom through a Capstone Program that allows them to gain early clinical exposure by shadowing a diverse group of health care...
Dec 21, 2018
The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix celebrated ...
Dec 20, 2018
A cardiovascular research team at the University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center investigated in a lab model whether metformin, a common diabetes drug, could be an effective treatment for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). The researchers found that the drug reduced left ventricular stiffness, thereby improving capacity for exercise. Metformin relaxes the left ventricle by making a heart muscle protein called titin more compliant.
The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix is featuring women researchers and faculty who are making inroads in traditionally male-dominated scientific and health care fields.
The special coverage that began this fall as part of Women in Medicine and Science month continues...
The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix is pleased to announce the launch of the reimagine Medicine Podcast.
Each month, we will bring together clinicians, researchers, educators, health care thought...
Dr. Judith Hunt’s classroom is 100 miles north of the downtown Phoenix Biomedical Campus, in Payson.
She not only trains University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix students in rural health, but she welcomes...
Dec 19, 2018
Informatics fellows improve the quality, safety and efficiency of care for Medicaid patients.
Dec 17, 2018
After a national search, Patrick Bosarge, MD, has been named the inaugural division chief of the Trauma Department at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix and Banner – University Medical Center Phoenix.
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Dec 14, 2018
Banner Health nurse navigators at the University of Arizona Cancer Center are paired with patients to guide them through their cancer journeys.
UA Researchers find increasing number of all out-of-hospital cardiac arrests related to drug overdose.
Dec 13, 2018
In pontocerebellar hypoplasia type 1b, two key biological structures are blocked from binding to one another — which ultimately stunts critical brain growth.
Dec 12, 2018
Family medicine physicians Ashley Krauser, DO, and Ana Mendez, MD, MPH, will provide a wide array of primary care services for patients of all ages across Tucson.
Two distinguished University of Arizona professors and innovators have been named as National Academy of Inventors Fellows. Thomas Koch, professor and dean of the College of Optical Sciences, and Harrison Barrett, Regents’ Professor of medical imaging, optical sciences and applied mathematics, will now join a growing cadre of distinguished fellows from the UA.
Dec 11, 2018
Michael Kruer, MD, has received a $3 million grant to study genomics in cerebral palsy.