Tag: UArizona College of Medicine – Phoenix
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Artist + Researcher Applications are open!
The Artist + Researcher program (ARx) at Phoenix Bioscience Core (PBC) is the largest initiative of the PBC Arts Committee, offering scientists the opportunity to collaborate with local artists to create pieces that visually interpret and communicate their scientific research and innovations. ARx was birthed in 2021 when the PBC connected with the Phoenix-based Bentley…
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Scientist hopes to cure Type 1 diabetes by disguising stem cells
Dr. Hannah Pizzato, a scientist at the U of A Health Sciences Center for Advanced Molecular and Immunological Therapies, is working on a stem cell-based therapy for Type 1 diabetes. People have been waiting a long time for a cure for Type 1 diabetes. Hannah Pizzato, PhD, is one of them. “My whole life I was…
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Leading the charge to discover answers in immunology
Dr. Deepta Bhattacharya is shepherding a new era in immunology research as the inaugural executive director of the U of A Health Sciences Center for Advanced Molecular and Immunological Therapies. Deepta Bhattacharya, PhD, remembers the mouse that humbled him. An ordinary mouse, in most respects, save a single missing gene. And Bhattacharya was going to…
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Assistant Clinical Professor Ricardo Correa filling the gap for the underserved
College of Medicine – Phoenix assistant clinical professor felt called to medicine early to help minorities, the underrepresented and refugees. Ricardo Correa, MD, said he believes medicine is about service. Although there was that one occasion when it was actually about … chicken. A real, live chicken. At the time, Correa, an assistant clinical professor in the University…
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New Research Suggests Synaptic Plasticity is More Autonomous than Previously Thought
Aaron McGee, PhD, and fellow researchers investigated the functions of synaptic plasticity in brain vision circuitry How is the development of the brain altered by the absence of microglia — immune cells that reside in the central nervous system? That is the central question Thomas ‘Chris’ Brown, PhD, a postdoctoral associate in the Department of Translational…
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Women Blazing the Trail in Science and Medicine
The research of Nipavan Chiamvimonvat, MD (right), chair of the Department of Basic Medical Sciences, focuses on understanding the cellular and molecular mechanisms contributing to cardiac arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death in heart failure Each September, the American Medical Association honors the celebration of Women in Medicine and Science Month (WIMS), and the University of…
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Fellowship helps a physician find her passion for treating chronic pain patients
Aug. 22, 2024By Stacy Pigott, U of A Health Sciences Office of Communications Dr. Annie Lee, a recent graduate of the Pain Fellowship program, enjoys connecting with her patients and helping them manage their pain without opioids. Annie Lee, MD, always knew she wanted to become a doctor. “My first inspiration to go into medicine…
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University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix receives $3 million NIH grant for lung disease in infants
The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix announced Feb. 14 it had received a $3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop new treatment methods for lung disease in premature infants.
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The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix names new dean
Following an extensive national search, the University of Arizona Health Sciences has named Fredric Edward Wondisford, MD, MS, MBA, dean of the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix, effective Oct. 2, according to an announcement from the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix.
