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 College of Medicine – Phoenix. 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 Dr. Fariba Donovan works to keep ‘The Last of Us’ in fictional realm June 9, 2025 The Division of Infectious Diseases and Valley Fever Center for Excellence physician-scientist is on the front line in the fight for her patients and to bring increased attention to the fungal disease. Read more
Image Smart sensors and smarter health: How artificial intelligence and wearables are reimagining preventive health care June 9, 2025 Elise Erickson, PhD, and Esther Sternberg, MD, are helping to harness AI and wearable tech to forecast labor, detect stress and transform how we monitor our health — before symptoms appear. 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
Image 2 Health Sciences-led teams win awards in Big Idea Challenge June 6, 2025 Two teams with U of A Health Sciences experts, including one with geriatrician Julia Jernberg, MD, MBA, and another with Vignesh Subbian, PhD, a bioengineering statistician also in the Pulmonary division, were chosen as 2025 Big Idea Challenge awardees. Read more
Image New DOM awards honor 20 faculty members in 2025 June 5, 2025 Celebrating outreach, mentorship, education, patient care and research, the awards were divvied up by eight divisions with the most going to the General Internal Medicine, Geriatrics & Palliative Medicine and Cardiology divisions. Read more