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

Research presentations by Department of Medicine faculty were among mainstays of the annual event, with a special focus on CTSAs, cardiovascular health, and the impact Arizona’s unique climate and soils have on skin cancer and fungal respiratory disease.

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.

The IM Subspecialty Speed Dating event helps medical students — nearly 30 of whom attended this year — make better decisions on subspecialties they may plan to practice in and offers practical insights from faculty to ease their path forward.

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