A University of Arizona Health Sciences study with Drs. Tara Carr and Fernando Martinez aims to understand how early-life exposure to environmental factors places some children at an increased risk for asthma.

Innovations from the U of A College of Medicine – Tucson, the Asthma and Airway Disease Research Center and the BIO5 Institute are targeting the deeper causes of asthma and COPD.

Among participants at the April 4-5 event at the ASU/Mayo Health Futures Center were the Division of Infectious Diseases’ and Valley Fever Center’s Drs. John Galgiani, Fariba Donovan and Neil Ampel, and internal medicine resident Dr. Johnny Trinh

The Arizona Board of Regents voted Thursday to confirm the appointments of Janko Nikolich, Jiang Wu and Dennis Zaritsky as Regents Professors.

Among six from the College of Medicine – Tucson, they include a dermatology resident who’ll start as an Internal Medicine intern this year, in addition to a graduating nephrology fellow, going back to complete his IM residency training. See results from MATCH Day 2025 on March 21.

Fourth-year University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson students tore open envelopes to learn where they’ll launch their careers as new physicians.

This Friday, 123 medical students from the College of Medicine – Tucson will learn where they will pursue the next phase of their medical training.

Dr. Mishra is the chief medical officer for Amazon Health Services who practiced as a primary care physician for over 20 years in the U.S. and Singapore.

Nathan Chow, MD, a third-year in the Advanced Dermatology Residency Program, has served as the lead physician among Dermatology division faculty helping students get the clinic up and running and supervising care. They serve largely the uninsured or underinsured in the Greater Tucson area.