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[The Division of Hematology & Oncology’s Aaron Scott, MD, standing next to a stairwell in the upper lobby of the University of Arizona Cancer Center with abstract art behind him on the wall]

Repackaged cancer drug boosts delivery to tumors, improves combination therapies

Thursday

Researchers, including Aaron Scott, MD, associate professor of medicine, modified the chemotherapy drug paclitaxel to more effectively target breast and pancreatic cancer tumors.

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Sairam Parthasarathy, MD

Putting sleep at the center of health care

Wednesday

The career of physician-scientist Sairam Parthasarathy, MD, tracks with the evolution of sleep science.

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M. Maya Kaelberer, PhD,

A ‘gut sense’ connecting the large intestine to the brain could help regulate appetite

Wednesday

A study recently published in Nature describes a “previously unrecognized” sense that facilitates communication between the gut and the brain.

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[Stefano Guerra, MD, PhD, MPH, a professor in the Department of Medicine’s Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine and the Henry E. Dahlberg Chair in Asthma Research at the U of A College of Medicine – Tucson, will lead a new study to analyze blood samples and identify a biomarker that could indicate an increased risk of contracting adult chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.]

$3.8M NIH grant will fund research into potential early COPD biomarker

Aug. 14, 2025

A new study led by Dr. Stefano Guerra, professor of medicine, will investigate whether levels of the lung protein CC16 in childhood can predict risk of early chronic obstructive pulmonary disease later in life.

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[Stefano Guerra, MD, PhD, MPH]

Dr. Stefano Guerra selected as Fulbright scholar

Aug. 12, 2025

The award funds a sabbatical for Stefano Guerra, MD, PhD, MPH, to better understand biomarkers that may dictate a child’s developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease late in life.

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[U of A Department of Medicine logo for DOM Blogpost related to wellness resources.]

DOM Blog: New initiative takes wellness among health care professionals ‘beyond the badge’

Aug. 12, 2025

WellDOM, a U of A Department of Medicine initiative led by the vice chair Serena Scott, MD, MBA, that began this spring with a faculty survey, prompted new departmental faculty awards and recently sparked a chess club, has led to a broader Wellness Council college- and Banner-wide to refocus on interprofessional wellbeing programs and events.

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[Collage image of 13 new faculty members in the U of A Department of Medicine in Summer 2025 overlayed on a copper block-A at the Lowell-Stevens Football Arena]

Twenty new faculty start at DOM in summer months of 2025

Aug. 6, 2025

Nine hospitalists, three cardiology faculty, two endocrinologists, two rheumatologists, an allergist, gastroenterologist, nephrologist and pulmonologist – all have one thing in common. They’re new faculty in the College of Medicine – Tucson’s Department of Medicine this summer.

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Incoming medical student Malcolm Turman and Talal Moukabary, MD.

Students in College of Medicine – Tucson’s Class of 2029 receive white coats

July 30, 2025

Photo Gallery: We welcomed the Class of 2029 during our annual white coat ceremony July 25 at Centennial Hall.

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Dr. Clara Curiel examines a patient

New dermatology department to train physicians, researchers and safeguard skin health

July 30, 2025

Clara Curiel-Lewandrowski, MD, has been named the inaugural chair of the college’s new Department of Dermatology, a unit that was formerly housed under the Department of Medicine as the Division of Dermatology.

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[A Tech Launch Arizona event in celebration of World Intellectual Property Day on April 23 gathered several inventors from across the University of Arizona – including the Division of Cardiology’s Marvin Slepian, MD, JD (behind first gray post on left), who had patents issued between July 1, 2023, and June 30, 2024. (Tech Launch Arizona)]

U of A breaks record again for impactful inventions

July 29, 2025

The University of Arizona enjoyed its most inventive year for the second in a row, reported university commercialization arm Tech Launch Arizona, with 324 inventions disclosed from U of A research and innovation in fiscal year 2025, up from 307 in FY24.

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