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Paul Larson helped develop a device that temporarily attaches to the skull to pinpoint a precise location in the brain.

Good Neural News

May 26, 2025

Research at the U of A is giving hope to people with Parkinson’s disease.

$2.4M grant will fund imaging for chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy

May 22, 2025

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.

Hossein Ardehali, MD, PhD, associate director of the Sarver Heart Center, associate dean for translational research, director of the Translational Medicine Program and Irving J. Levinson Professor of Cardiology

Turning back the clock on heart failure: Drug candidate may expand options for difficult-to-treat heart disease

May 21, 2025

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.

[Esther Sternberg, MD, (pictured here with David Brubaker, an adjunct lecturer in the School of Architecture) is recognized for her cross-campus impact in medicine, architecture, and the science of place-based health.]

Esther Sternberg, MD, receives Drachman Impact Award

May 19, 2025

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.

Living Healthy With Arthritis Conference To Focus On Mental Health and Resiliency

Psychiatry’s Karp elected to national leadership position

May 15, 2025

He will serve as secretary/treasurer-elect through April 2026 and as secretary/treasurer until April 2027.

College of Medicine – Tucson Convocation 2024

U of A College of Medicine – Tucson convocation celebrates graduating physicians

May 12, 2025

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

Emergency Medicine’s Melody Glenn wins national EMS award

May 12, 2025

The award honors NAEMSP members who have demonstrated exceptional commitment to the ‎organization by creating new initiatives or furthering its work.

[University of Arizona Regents Professor Medallion]

U of A 2025 Distinguished Faculty Awards honor excellence In teaching, research, service

May 9, 2025

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.

[From left, Hina Arif, MD (Medical Imaging), College of Medicine – Tucson assistant dean for Leadership Advancement in Medicine and Science, with 2024-25 SSWIMS/LAMS Fellowship graduates: Billie Bixby, MD (DOM – Pulmonary division); Michelle Abbate, MD (OB-GYN); Amy Klein, MD (DOM – GGP division, Palliative Medicine); Saher Khalid, MD (DOM – GGP division, GIM); Danielle Avila, MD (DOM – Infectious Diseases division); and Alexandra Turner, MD (Surgery).]

College of Medicine – Tucson leadership fellowship graduates include four from DOM

May 8, 2025

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.

[Mindy Fain, MD, chief, Division of General Internal Medicine, Geriatrics & Palliative Medicine, chats with Daniel Benson, Meng — a PhD candidate working in the lab of the Division of Cardiology’s Steven Goldman, MD — about his poster on display April 29 at the belated Poster Session for COM-T Research Day. Originally to be held April 2, the session was postponed due to high winds precluding putting up a tent to host it.]

DOM well represented at delayed 2025 College of Medicine – Tucson Research Day poster session

May 6, 2025

More than a quarter of the 115 research posters presented included mentors from the Department of Medicine. See who they were, their presenters and research themes as well as a mini-photo gallery.