The Living Healthy With Arthritis community outreach and public education program focuses on healthy lifestyle education and patient empowerment while living with arthritis. The lecture series features a wide range of topics utilizing both community speakers and medical and health professionals from the University of Arizona.
Monthly lectures are free and open to the public. Prior registration is required. Lectures are held from 6:00 – 7:15 p.m. Lectures are held in the University of Arizona Health Sciences Innovation Building at 1670 E. Drachman Street, unless otherwise noted. Lectures are held on the first Wednesday of the following months: September, October, November, March, April and May, unless otherwise noted. For further information, please email livinghealthy@arthritis.arizona.edu or call (520) 626-5040. These programs are supported by the Susan and Saul Tobin Endowment for Research and Education in Rheumatology.
Fall 2019 Lecture Series
Empowered Aging:
Experts Tackle Bone and Joint Health
Wednesday, September 4, 2019
6:00 - 7:15 p.m.
Mindy Fain, MD
Co-director, Arizona Center on Aging
Professor of Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson
John Ruth, MD
Chief, University of Arizona Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson
Marcia Woodburn, NP
UA-Banner Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery
Fracture Liaison Service Coordinator
Technology and Your Health
Wednesday, October 2, 2019
6:00 - 7:15 p.m.
Marvin Slepian, MD
Professor of Medicine and Medical Imaging, UA College of Medicine - Tucson
Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, UA College of Engineering
Professor and Associate Department Head, Clinical & Industrial Affairs, Biomedical Engineering, UA College of Engineering
Director, Arizona Center for Accelerated Biomedical Innovation, University of Arizona
Meet the University of Arizona Arthritis Center Researchers
Poster Tour and Panel Discussion
Wednesday, November 6, 2019
6:00 - 7:15 p.m.
Led by
C. Kent Kwoh, MD
Director, the University of Arizona Arthritis Center
The Charles A.L. and Suzanne M. Stephens Endowed Chair in Rheumatology
Chief, UA Division of Rheumatology
Professor of Medicine and Medical Imaging, UA College of Medicine - Tucson