Rajat Madan, MD, PhD, brings a precision-medicine approach to his new role as chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases, focused on novel host-targeted therapies using advanced immunology, genetics and cross-disciplinary research.

Hina Arif, MD, FSAR, assistant dean for faculty affairs, received the 2025 Edith Sayre Auslander Established Visionary Award.

Coming from Johns Hopkins, physician-scientist Ronadip Banerjee, MD, PhD, brings his own vision on specialty endocrinology care, integrative training, diabetes research, and collaborative growth.

The College of Medicine – Tucson OK’d reinstatement of the Department of Medicine’s Division of Translational Medicine, with Jennifer Carew, PhD, as chief. Her goals include more cross-campus research partnerships for better patient care solutions.

New features such as an igloo-themed holiday photo booth and a raffle drawing made the Dec. 3 event even more fun and spectacular.

A spate of bad press involving the insects resulted in scary headlines, but years of research by Stephen A. Klotz, MD, past Infectious Diseases division chief at the College of Medicine – Tucson, show they pose little risk.

Nearly $215,000 in seed money will promote research in brain cancer, calorie restriction and healthy aging, vision problems in Parkinson’s patients, strength training for healthy blood pressure during pregnancy and immune defenses against a brain parasite.

Ali Kellerman, headed to College of Agriculture and Life Sciences division, and Julio Valencia and Angelica Bonfiglio, to the College of Medicine – Tucson’s new Department of Dermatology, got certificates. Bersabe Lopez left for Dermatology, too.

The University of Arizona Cancer Center’s annual showcase of research lived well up to its promise this year, with multiple participants from six divisions of the Department of Medicine — and new U of A chief AI and data science officer David Ebert, PhD.