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The University of Arizona Cancer Center’s annual showcase of research lived well up to its promise this year, with multiple participants from six divisions of the Department of Medicine — and new U of A chief AI and data science officer David Ebert, PhD.

The GI Division chief at the College of Medicine – Tucson may postpone her induction because of a conflict over the date due to her role as Association of American Physicians’ current president.

Held Nov. 14-15 in Mesa, Arizona, Department of Medicine participants at the American College of Physicians – Arizona Chapter annual meeting took home Educator, Resident, Student and Laureate of the Year honors as well as several poster awards. Other DOM faculty presented lectures at the 12-CME event.

With a third more attendees than the first forum, the Department of Medicine’s second Sharing Opportunities & Achievements in Research (SOAR in DOM) event focused on aging research as a thematic challenge.

University of Arizona and Banner Health officials will enhance research processes and cut time from proposal to first-subject-enrolled for clinical trials at the College of Medicine – Tucson and U of A Cancer Center.

As Arizona marks its 23rd Annual Valley Fever Awareness Week, milestones have been reached to identify the fungal disease sooner with Banner Health’s expanded clinical protocols, says the Valley Fever Center for Excellence’s John Galgiani, MD.

Billed as a team-building exercise, the Iron Chef-style contest sponsored Oct. 23 by the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine and Banner Health drew 24 cooks from six College of Medicine – Tucson departments and three residency programs.

Student research stole the show Oct. 22 at a Pfeiffer Research Foundation board of directors visit to the Sarver Heart Center and lab of Steven Goldman, MD, the C. Leonard Pfeiffer Endowed Chair of Cardiovascular Medicine.

At a U.S. Powerlifting regional competition Oct. 25 in Tucson, the electrophysiologist sets new records for squat, bench press and deadlift. Headed next to the USPA Ultra Nationals in California in May, she touts the health benefits of lifting for women.

A research team led by the Division of Endocrinology’s Jennifer Stern, PhD, found that, even without calorie restriction, treatment with this hormone produced by the pancreas may induce similar metabolic benefits — potentially slowing aging and extending lifespans.