Image WellDOM Chess Club meetup offers valuable respite for ‘royal game’ fans July 9, 2025 Part of a wellness initiative between the Department of Medicine and Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine, the event drew 10 chess enthusiasts who played several round-robin matches at AWCIM’s Iris Cantor Building. See a mini-photo gallery and look for flyers for next meetup in August. Read more
Image DOM welcomes new 2025-26 IM interns to residency program July 8, 2025 The U of A Department of Medicine greeted 38 new Internal Medicine Residency – Tucson first-year residents to the largest such program in the college and the state with a series of activities starting in mid-June. Learn more and see a mini-photo gallery. Read more
Image Expertise abroad: Seven U of A faculty named 2025 Fulbright Scholars July 7, 2025 More than 300 Fullbright Scholars have represented the University of Arizona at institutions around the world since 1954. Among this year’s cohort is the College of Medicine – Tucson’s Dr. Stefano Guerra, a professor in the Department of Medicine’s Pulmonary division and epidemiology director at the Asthma & Airway Disease Research Center. Read more
Image DOM Blog: Eight COM-T faculty — including seven from DOM — earn medical education ACT Certificates July 2, 2025 The Academy of Clinicians as Teachers, developed with Michigan State University in collaboration with the Department of Medicine’s Breanna Sherrow-Serrano, PhD, graduates its first cohort. Faculty are encouraged to apply by Aug. 1 for the 2025-26 cohort. Read more
Image Dr. Christian Bime, still with U of A, heads to Phoenix after dozen years in Tucson June 23, 2025 A native of Cameroon, Dr. Christian Bime — who’s been a part of the inaugural University of Arizona cohorts for the U of A Health Sciences Career Development Award and an NHLBI-funded fellowship for early-career physician-scientists in biomedical science — will now head the Pulmonary division at the U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix. See mini-photo gallery from his sendoff event. Read more
Image New U of A 3-year medical degree program receives ABOR approval June 17, 2025 Medical students who want to specialize in primary care can take advantage of an accelerated pathway to residency training. Read more
Image New bachelor’s degree positions students for success in growing medical device industry June 17, 2025 Graduates of the Bachelor of Science in Medical Device Development and Application program will be well equipped for careers in the biotechnology field. Read more
Image Aaron Scott, MD, appointed early therapeutics director for cancer center June 16, 2025 The program aims to partner industry with cancer center members to expand the center’s clinical trials portfolio Read more
Image Cancer center drug discovery leader looks back on 20 years of mentorship June 16, 2025 “The Madrid train bombings on March 11, 2004,” he said. “Our group was supposed to have been riding one of those trains.” Aaron Scott, MD, says that was the day that crystallized his resolve to become the physician he is today. Read more
Image GGP Division singles out three for inaugural awards event June 9, 2025 A nurse practitioner, an administrator and a physician took the honors in the first-ever awards ceremony for the Division of General Internal Medicine, Geriatrics & Palliative Medicine. Read more