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Dan Combs helps young Down syndrome patients get good ZZZs

Assistant professor focuses on improving sleep as the first step toward a better quality of life for his patients and their families.

Dan Combs, MD, assistant professor in pediatrics and sleep medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson’s Department of Medicine, holds his hand up to a young Down syndrome patient for a high five in an office.

Jonathan Lee-Confer assists a student putting an arm sensor on another student.

Preventing falls a deeply personal mission for researcher

Sept. 23, 2024

After seeing the debilitating effects of slips and falls on older adults, Jonathan Lee-Confer’s research focuses on strengthening the arms to lower risks.

Portrait of Ricardo Correa, MD, of the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix’s Divison of Endocrinology, outside next to a mural.

Ricardo Correa filling the gap for the underserved

Sept. 16, 2024

College of Medicine – Phoenix assistant clinical professor felt called to medicine early to help minorities, the underrepresented and refugees.

Stephen Dahmer, MD, stands outside wearing a blue suit coat, with his arms crossed

Connecting with Stephen Dahmer, MD

Sept. 9, 2024

Director of the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine wants to bring integrative medicine to the entire state as the first step toward well-being.

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Honors & Awards

Portrait of Frank G. Walter, MD, standing outside

Frank G. Walter receives career achievement award from AACT

Monday

Frank G. Walter receives career achievement award from AACT

Portrait of professor Lindsay Bouchard wearing a blue jacket and smiling while standing in front of a brick wall.

Bouchard accepted into academic nursing leadership program

Sept. 23, 2024

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A surprised young boy lifts a bag of sugar behind soda bottles on a table while two women watch him. — Evan Donalds is surprised to learn how much sugar is in a bottle of soda at the activity table run by Alexa Waldfogel (left), a Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health student, during the Wellness and Wonder community event on Sept. 21. Evan’s great grandmother, Susan Dick, looks on.

Photo by Noelle Haro-Gomez, U of A Health Sciences Office of Communications

Sept. 26, 2024

Wellness and Wonder event excites Tucson community

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