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	UArizona Researchers Team to 3D-Print Medical Masks for Banner Engineering and health sciences researchers are teaming up to address the shortage of personal protective equipment in Tucson health care facilities.
	Amid Shortage of COVID-19 Collection Kits, UArizona Scientists Race to Make More University researchers produced 1,600 COVID-19 specimen collection kits over the weekend.
	UArizona Researchers Create Toolkit for Talking to Kids about Coronavirus Stress experts led by Dr. Patricia Haynes, an associate professor in the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, have compiled resources for parents, teachers and administrators for talking to kids during the COVID-19 global pandemic.
	UArizona Health Experts, Students Answer Public Calls on COVID-19 Students from the University of Arizona College of Pharmacy and Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health provide "surge capacity" for overwhelmed county health departments that, in addition to their regular work, are inundated with calls from the public about the novel coronavirus COVID-19.
	University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix Hosts Virtual Match Day Celebration Pandemic fears were set aside as students celebrated with family through unique Zoom meeting. More than 40 percent of the Class of 2020 will continue training in Arizona, with 30 matching to Banner – University Medical Center Phoenix and Tucson.
	Aspiring Physicians Celebrate Match Day, Residency Results One-third of the UA College of Medicine – Tucson Class of 2020 will remain in Arizona to practice medicine and pursue their residency training. Nearly 50 percent of the class will pursue primary care — a physician specialty that is critically low in Arizona and the nation.
	Arizona Telemedicine Program Rapidly Responds to Coronavirus Pandemic The award-winning program of the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson at the UArizona Health Sciences will conduct a major online training program regarding the COVID-19 pandemic for health-care providers and administrators, “Developing Telemedicine Services,” Monday, March 23.
	UArizona Restructures ‘Match Day’ in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic The Match Day Ceremony hosted by the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson has been canceled out of caution for student and employee welfare due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, graduating medical students will celebrate in small groups and pick up envelopes that detail where they will begin their careers as physicians.
	UArizona Cancer Center Appoints Dr. Babiker to Leadership Position Dr. Hani Babiker, assistant director of early-phase therapeutics and director of phase I clinical trials, is overseeing the University of Arizona Cancer Center’s early-phase clinical trials, seeking to identify novel drugs and treatments for better cancer care.
	Aspiring Doctors to Learn their Future at Match Day Ceremony On Friday, March 20, medical students at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson will tear open envelopes simultaneously revealing where they will go for their residency training. Surrounded by friends and family, the emotion-filled ceremony is considered the most exciting day of medical school.
	UArizona Sees Tremendous Growth on Latest Rankings for NIH Funding The University of Arizona improves its ranking by 14 spots and nearly doubles the value of awards from five years ago for research dollars funded by the National Institutes of Health in fiscal year 2019.
	Native Americans and Higher Cigarette Use: Stereotype Goes Up in Smoke University of Arizona Health Sciences study finds when whites and Native Americans in comparable income and education levels are compared, whites consume more cigarettes and are more nicotine dependent.
	UArizona Health Sciences Study Identifies Hormone that Causes Women to Experience More Pain A University of Arizona Health Sciences research team led by Dr. Frank Porreca points to prolactin, a neurohormone related to lactation, as the underlying reason women experience more pain than men, and even more so when taking opioids. Their paper on the discovery was featured on the cover of Science Translational Medicine.
	New UArizona Nursing Program Aims to Improve Nursing Career Advancement for American Indian Communities A $2-million award from the Indian Health Service to the University of Arizona College of Nursing will establish a new academic program, American Indians in Nursing: Career Advancement and Transition Scholars.
	UArizona Health Sciences to Host Free, Public Drug Survival Interprofessional Exercise on Opioid Epidemic, March 2 The two-part event will offer training for opioid overdose crisis response, both to the general public and students, in a presentation called “Drug Survival 102,” as well as provide certification training to UArizona health sciences students. Dr. Richard Carmona, the 17th U.S. Surgeon General, will provide closing remarks.
	Dr. Kathleen Insel Appointed Division Chair at UArizona College of Nursing Dr. Insel supports faculty and students who are conducting biological or behavioral studies to improve health outcomes for individuals and populations and students in the Doctor of Nursing Practice and RN-MS programs.
	Study: Marijuana Use During Pregnancy Increasingly Common, Linked to Stressful Life Events The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson study finds that women who experience more stressful life events in the year before childbirth have greater odds of using marijuana before and during pregnancy.
	Health symposium sheds light on inclusivity in health care On Saturday, Feb. 22, the University of Arizona Health Sciences’ Office of Diversity and Inclusion hosted its second annual LGBTQ+ National Symposium and Community Health Fair at the UAHS Wellness Walkway on the health sciences campus from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event was created to show the importance of inclusivity in health treatment, particularly to people on the health sciences campus.
	Banner – University Medicine ED Accredited as Tucson’s only Geriatric Emergency Department Banner – University Medical Center Tucson has earned Geriatric Emergency Department Accreditation.
	UArizona College of Pharmacy Researchers Available for Interviews at Skaggs Center Grand Opening, Feb. 21 Following a ribbon-cutting ceremony, University of Arizona College of Pharmacy researchers will be available to discuss exciting drug-discovery research, how the renovated and expanded Skaggs Pharmaceutical Sciences Center will aid their research, and the latest trends in health care.

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