Recent News
February 09, 2010
University Physicians Hospital Residents Return from Program in Honduras
February 05, 2010
New Chief Information Officer Named at University Physicians Healthcare
February 03, 2010
New Study at UA Steele Children’s Research Center Shows Link Between Inflammatory Disease and Premature Aging
February 03, 2010
University Medical Center welcomed a new chief executive officer and chief financial officer this week.
January 29, 2010
Diamond Children’s Medical Center, in partnership with the UA Steele Children’s Research Center, will inject an estimated $5.5 billion into the local economy over the next five years.
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Health-Care Integration
at AHSC
The concept of "integration" is playing an ever-growing role in education and research efforts. In a new video message, UA Vice President for Health Affairs Dr. William Crist discusses major efforts to better integrate the patient-care enterprise at the Arizona Health Sciences Center. Watch the video »
Regents', University Distinguished Professors Inducted
A ceremony on Thursday honored the latest class of faculty chosen
to the UA's highest academic honors.
Fernando Martinez, a professor of pediatrics at the UA and director of the BIO5 Institute, is among the most highly regarded researchers in the world in the area of childhood lung diseases.
His groundbreaking research has had an impact on his field in numerous ways, including changing the nature of funding for epidemiologic research at the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.
West Nile Virus Research Published
West Nile virus is more deadly in older adults due to defects in T
cells, according to a study conducted by researchers from the University
of Arizona College of Medicine in Tucson.
The study results were reported in the Nov. 9 issue of The Journal
of Experimental Medicine.