The Arizona Cancer Center has received a five-year, $20.8 million grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to renew support for its cancer research programs through 2014. The grant renewal also extends the Cancer Center's recognition as the only NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center headquartered in Arizona. Read More »
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June 04, 2009
Sarver Heart Center News highlights the "chain of survival," a series of lifesaving improvements in responses to sudden cardiac arrest.
Yvette Roubideaux, a UA assistant professor of family and community medicine, has been sworn in as the U.S. Indian Health Service director. Roubideaux, also a member of the Rosebud Sioux tribe, talks about her new position, goals for her tenure and some of the health issues affecting American Indians and Alaska Natives.
Regarding Dr. Roubideaux's appointment as director of the Indian Health Service, U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz., said, "This community's loss is the nation's gain in many ways...We're looking forward to how Dr. Roubideaux will change the conversation, and I think it will be changed." Grijalva said he fully expects that under Dr. Roubideaux's leadership "the Indian Health Service will be raised to the status its constituents deserve."
It was her study of fine arts - ceramic and sculpture - that brought this doctor to Arizona and her learning about anatomy and physiology as part of her art training that redirected her to the fields of nursing and medicine.
Meet Maria Bishop, MD. A medical oncologist and associate professor in clinical medicine, Dr. Bishop teaches medical students and internal medicine house staff. She is a mentor in both the UA College of Medicine Societies program and the internal medicine residency program. Read More »
July 01, 2009
The University of Arizona Foundation has hired Shaun O. Sommerer, PhD, to serve as Vice President for Arizona Health Sciences Development.
June 30, 2009
Gift from the Benjamin S. and Estella C. Hill Foundation to fund scholarships for medical students
June 30, 2009
Research at the Arizona Cancer Center has resulted in the opening of a new clinical trial for the treatment of metastatic malignant melanoma
June 29, 2009
Four- to six-week mentorships run through July 31
June 29, 2009
Program encourages health professionals to practice in rural areas; four- to six-week mentorships run through July 31
June 24, 2009
UA Participates in Successful All-America City Competition
June 24, 2009
The Arizona Cancer Center has received a five-year, $20.8 million grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI)
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