Jason Wong, CCIM, Nominated for Father of the Year Award Jan. 26, 2024 The Father’s Day Council Tucson honors individuals whose achievements and values enhance the meaning and status of Father’s Day. The program raises funds for Type 1 diabetes research and endowment at Steele Children’s Research Center at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson. Real Estate Daily News (Tucson, AZ)
Physician specialty: Obstetrician/gynecologist (OB-GYN) Jan. 25, 2024 The story lists the OB-GYN residency program at the College of Medicine – Phoenix as one of the 10 most-searched programs of its type on FREIDA™, the American Medical Association Residency & Fellowship Database®. American Medical Association
Addressing suicide and other mental health crises with 988 Jan. 25, 2024 According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, suicide rates reached an all-time high in 2022. The 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline was implemented to address mental health crises. Psychiatric Times
Abbott wins FDA nod for world’s smallest rechargeable DBS system Jan. 25, 2024 Abbott Laboratories received approval from the Food and Drug Administration for the launch of its Liberta Rechargeable Deep Brain Stimulation system, which features remote programming for treating people with movement disorders. Mass Device
First Primary Care Physician Scholarship recipients return to practice in Arizona Jan. 24, 2024 Dawn Bowling, MD, Megan Kelly, MD, and George Nguyen, MD, are giving back by providing care for Arizonans in underserved rural and urban communities. Read more Image
The health care workforce shortage: How it affects Mohave County and what legislators are doing about it Jan. 24, 2024 The Arizona state legislature is considering a bill that would establish a Health Care Workforce Advisory Council and an Arizona Health Care Workforce Investment Fund to address the state's health care workforce shortage. The News-Herald (Lake Havasu City, AZ)
NIH funds brain PET imaging technology Jan. 24, 2024 Researchers at the College of Medicine – Tucson received a $4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop multitracer brain PET imaging technology. Aunt Minnie
Campus Sustainability Fund Mini Grants – applications due Feb. 18 Jan. 23, 2024 University of Arizona Office of Sustainability Read more
UArizona researchers hosting climate conference panel Jan. 23, 2024 The UArizona delegation to COP28 – the most recent United Nations Climate Change Conference in Dubai – will share their takeaways on key climate issues during a panel discussion Feb. 1. KVOA-TV (Tucson, AZ)