University of Arizona- Infectious Disease Division

You thought we were done with #IDWeek2024? Thrilled to see Dr. Fariba Donovan present her work on cocci meningitis antifungal treatment patterns! @IDWeekmtg @uazresearch @ImmunobiologyUA @UAZMedTucson @UAZMedicineEdu

It's great to see Dr. Lucia Luna Wong (prior UA IM resident and now ID fellow at UW) & Dr. Catherine Anania (3rd year UA IM resident) present their work on #Strongyloides seroprevalence in SOT candidates at #IDWeek2024 @IDWeekmtg @UAZMedTucson @UAZMedicineEdu @UWIDFellowship

Grateful to have been able to combine two of my passions, pediatrics and infectious disease research, with this project!

Such a treat to hear Dr. Elizabeth Connick, chief of ID at University of Arizona, present about a systematic approach to manuscript appraisal at #IDWeek2024 @IDWeekmtg @uazresearch @ImmunobiologyUA @UAZMedTucson @UAZMedicineEdu

Very proud of Lienna Chan, second-year medical student at University of Arizona COM, for presenting her research on pediatric coccidioidal meningitis! @UAZMedTucson @UAZMedicineEdu #IDWeek2024 @IDWeekmtg

Excited to see our second year ID fellow, Dr. Marian Lacy, presenting her work on disseminated pediatric coccidioidomycosis! @UAZMedTucson @UAZMedicineEdu

Congratulations to Dr. Danielle Avila and the Petersen HIV clinic for being awarded $145,000 from HRSA's Capacity Development Program to expand behavioral health support and referral services 🎉🎉🎉

Congratulations to both Dr. Mohanad Al-Obaidi (@AlobaidiMD) and Dr. Justin Hayes (@JFHayesMD) for their promotions to Associate Professor of Medicine! Thank you for all your hard work in the ID division and the department of medicine!

We are thrilled to see Dr. Connick, chief of ID division and program director of the ID fellowship program, receive the 2024 Torchbearer Award from the Tucson Women in Medicine and Science diversity group!! Fantastic leader, educator, researcher, and role model for all of us

Our very own Dr. John Galgiani (@spherule) was interviewed by KJZZ-Radio regarding a #ValleyFever vaccine! "As Valley fever vaccine for dogs nears release, one for humans could be within reach" Click below to read and listen! kjzz.org/kjzz-news/2024…

We are excited to welcome 2 new faculty! Dr. Eduardo Sanchez from Univ of Washington with interests in infections in immunocompromised hosts Dr. Thomas Erwes from Univ of Connecticut with interests in tropical and neglected diseases Looking forward to working with you!

We are very excited to share this article about a #ValleyFever vaccine, with work done by Dr. John Galgiani (@spherule) Pursuit of a Valley fever vaccine passes significant milestone healthsciences.arizona.edu/news/stories/p…

We just our Desert Museum Conference, and it was amazing! We learned about - infections in dinosaurs - vampire moths - infections from capybaras - H5N1 - Stingray infections & envenomation - poison hemlock Thank you to everyone who joined us, and hope to see you all next year!

Congratulations to Dr. James Lim (recent ID fellow and faculty from UA), @AlobaidiMD and @TirdadZangeneh for publishing their recent work in @OFIDJournal about #Cocci in critically ill patients! academic.oup.com/ofid/advance-a…

Congratulations to our recent ID fellowship graduate, Dr. Sibel Mutcali, on publishing her work on the performance of BAL #Aspergillus PCR! @wlainhart @TirdadZangeneh @TxID_Edu @AlobaidiMD @UAZMedTucson @UAZMedicineEdu pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38946124/

Big news! One of our fellows, Dr. Maryam Naveed, had an oral abstract presentation at @ASMicrobiology!! The Role of Antifungal Susceptibility in the Management of Mucormycosis With mentors @wlainhart @TirdadZangeneh @AlobaidiMD Congratulations, we are so proud of you!

So wonderful to see our own faculty, Dr Saman Nematollahi (@TxID_Edu) present at the American Transplant Congress 2024 (@ATCMeeting)!! Transplant ID Educational Needs for the Whole Team @AST_IDCOP @AST_info @UAZMedTucson

The heartiest congratulations to our graduating ID fellows!! Dr. Shyh-Jeun Wang Dr. Sibel Islak Mutcali Dr. Maryam Naveed We wish you the best of luck!! @UAZMedTucson @UAZMedicineEdu