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Warm Wishes for a Healthy, Happy Holiday Season

12/12/2019

May you stress less, sleep to your heart's content and savor the present as you surround yourself with people who fill your life with joy and peace.


Benefits of Active Learning Are All About Activity

12/02/2019

Active learning sessions result in a reset of student attention has been tested by researchers at the University of Arizona.


UArizona Sarver Heart Center Members Active at AHA 2019

11/15/2019

Faculty and mentees from University of Arizona Colleges of Medicine in Tucson and Phoenix will be active as presenters and participants at numerous sessions of American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2019, Nov. 16-18 in Philadelphia (#AHA19).


Sarver Heart Center Presents Green Valley Lecture Series 2020

11/14/2019

The Sarver Heart Center at University of Arizona -Tucson, is presenting four Green Valley lectures from January to April in 2020.


Taking ‘Do No Harm’ to Heart

11/14/2019

As an undergraduate, Chinyere began performing research in the UA Sarver Heart Center under the mentorship of accomplished physician-scientists, including Steven Goldman, MD, professor of medicine, Elizabeth Juneman, MD, associate professor of medicine, and Jil Tardiff, MD, PhD, professor of medicine and cellular and molecular medicine. Chinyere, now an MD/PhD candidate in the UArizona College of Medicine - Tucson, has been developing a platform to evaluate drug effectiveness and toxicity for different conditions, such as heart failure and atrial fibrillation.


Hands-On Lab Experience for High School Students to Post-Docs

11/14/2019

The 16-year-old Yi-Jen Yang spent the summer working in a laboratory headed by internationally noted physician-scientist Marvin J. Slepian, MD, Regents’ Professor and professor of medicine, professor and associate department head of biomedical engineering and a McGuire Scholar in the Eller College of Management and Sarver Heart Center member at the UA.


Sarver Heart Center Presents OLLI Lecture Series

11/13/2019

University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center faculty scheduled six lectures for Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) Central Tucson Campus


Does race influence decision-making for advanced heart failure therapies?

11/11/2019

“African-American race negatively influenced the decision-making process for heart transplants, especially during discussions among health care providers,” said lead author Khadijah Breathett, MD, MS, an assistant professor of medicine and advanced heart failure/transplant cardiologist at the University of Arizona’s Sarver Heart Center. “Since advanced therapy selection meetings are conversations rather than surveys, race may contribute significantly to treatment recommendations.”


UA Steele Children's Research Center Leads Statewide Study of Congenital Heart Defects

10/14/2019

The University of Arizona Division of Pediatric Cardiology Congenital Heart Program will explore the public health problem of congenital heart defects among children, adolescents and adults.


University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center Member Updates 2019

10/11/2019

Here is a recap of some of the lectures, presentations, publications and research award of University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center members


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