Three U of A Department of Medicine staff — Terri Buchanan, Christeana Castro and Bersabe Lopez — are among 16 people up for the Lura Hanekamp Dedicated Staff Award of Excellence. Register to attend the June 25 ceremony.

The addition brings total to 15 residents and fellows since 2023 who the Department of Medicine fund has helped present original research at academic meetings across the country, including three this May.

Faculty from six divisions in the Department of Medicine can lay claim to new titles come July 1, according to the latest promotion and tenure announcements by the College of Medicine – Tucson.

Vaccinated people generated an overall protective immune response to the Delta and Omicron strains of COVID-19, though with slightly fewer antibodies for the mutated parts of the virus.

Division Chief of Dermatology Clara Curiel, MD, is co-investigator on a team hoping to image nerve endings and create objective, quantitative biomarkers for CIPN.

A research team helmed by Sarver Heart Center Associate Director Hossein Ardehali, MD, PhD, illuminates a potential path toward reversing a type of heart disease that lacks good treatments.

Dr. Sternberg, a rheumatologist by training and professor in the Department of Medicine with dual U of A appointments in psychology and architecture, the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine research director and Institute on Place, Wellbeing & Performance founding director, won the honor in recognition of her contributions to student learning, mentorship, and interdisciplinary collaboration at the University of Arizona.

On May 15, 117 University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson students will receive their medical degrees at Centennial Hall.

The 27 honorees include the Department of Medicine’s Division of Cardiology and Sarver Heart Center member Marvin Slepian, MD, JD, and Purnima Madhivanan, MBBS, PhD, MPH, associate professor of public health with a dual appointment in DOM’s Division of Infectious Diseases.

The Department of Medicine’s Drs. Danielle Avila, Billie Bixby, Saher Khalid and Amy Klein presented on their Leadership Advancement in Medicine and Science Fellowship projects May 6, as did three other graduating fellows. Incoming 2025-26 LAMS fellows include the DOM’s Drs. Joy Bulger Beck and Jennifer Plitt. See a mini-photo gallery.