News
 |
UArizona Health Sciences Immunologist Named Gerontologist of the Year The Arizona Geriatrics Society honored Janko Nikolich-Žugich, MD, PhD, as the 2021 Gerontologist of the Year at its Annual Fall Symposium. |
 |
UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson Announces New Surgery Chair Geoffrey Gurtner, MD, will join the College of Medicine – Tucson in January 2022 as head of the Department of Surgery. |
 |
Study Shows Vaccine Protects Dogs Against Valley Fever A team led by Valley Fever Center for Excellence researchers successfully tested a vaccine for dogs, with two doses providing high levels of protection. |
 |
UArizona Health Sciences Researchers Weaponizing Copper as Potential Antibiotic Researchers identified a compound that acts as a Trojan horse for copper, effectively killing pathogens that cause some upper respiratory infections. |
 |
AZ HEROES Data Show First Responders at Higher Risk of COVID-19 Infection AZ HEROES study finds first responders have higher incidence of COVID-19 infection, supporting need for increased vaccination and mitigation measures. |
 |
UArizona Sarver Heart Center Welcomes New Faculty Faculty have expertise in interventional cardiology, structural heart disease, advanced heart disease, transplant cardiology and cardiothoracic surgery. |
 |
UArizona Skin Cancer Institute Presents 11th Annual Melanoma Walk Proceeds from the event will support melanoma research, community outreach, education and patient care in Arizona. |
 |
Vance Johnson to Discuss Addiction and Recovery at UArizona Health Sciences Event Former Wildcat football player Vance Johnson will discuss the stigma surrounding addiction and share his personal journey during the free event. |
 |
Dance for Parkinson’s Community Event Coming to UArizona Health Sciences A free event offers instruction on increasing coordination, balance, flexibility and strength through music and movement using different dance styles. |
 |
Study Aims to Train Advanced Heart Disease Providers to Remove Bias from Treatment Decisions Researchers seek to reduce bias and remove barriers to equitable treatment for advanced heart disease through standardized health care protocols. |
 |
Binational Health Fair and Leadership Summit To Focus on Shared Health Challenges The summit focuses on developing a public health approach for programs and policies that benefit the people of both countries and the border region. |
 |
Conference Explores How to Build a Teaching Health Center Program The University of Arizona Center for Rural Health is hosting a conference for health professionals, “Teaching Health Center: Is it the Right Fit for Your Organization?” on Oct. 8-9. |
 |
Barnes, Heeke To Speak at UArizona Arthritis Center ‘Bear Down Celebration’ UArizona Women’s Basketball Head Coach Adia Barnes and Vice President and Director of Athletics Dave Heeke will headline the annual Arthritis Center fundraiser. |
 |
UArizona Awarded $60 Million to Lead Precision Aging Network The National Institutes of Health -unded network aims to develop more effective brain-aging treatments and interventions targeted to the individual. |
 |
Cancer Patients on Chemotherapy Likely Not Fully Protected by COVID-19 Vaccine, Study Finds Researchers find lower immune response to COVID-19 vaccine for patients on chemotherapy; third dose of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine boosts immune response. |
 |
Arizona Center for Rural Health Receives $8M COVID-19 Disparities Grant to Help Arizona’s High-Risk, Underserved Communities The grant will help address COVID-19 disparities among racial and ethnic minority populations and rural communities in Arizona. |
 |
UArizona Nursing Soars in Inaugural U.S. News & World Report Best Bachelor of Science in Nursing Rankings University of Arizona College of Nursing BSN program ranked No. 1 in Arizona, No. 23 nationally and No. 16 among public universities. |
 |
UArizona Health Sciences Immunologist Nikolich-Žugich Named Researcher of the Year Immunologist and gerontologist Janko Nikolich-Žugich, MD, PhD, named Arizona's Bioscience Researcher of the Year by the Arizona Bioindustry Association. |
 |
UArizona Health Sciences Researchers Identify Mechanism for Slowing Cancer Growth A newly discovered mechanism for controlling blood vessel growth in tumors points to possible strategies for developing new therapeutic interventions to overcome drug resistance. |
 |
Launching a New End-of-Life Care Training Program at UArizona Health Sciences Faculty at UArizona Center on Aging, colleges and centers will use a David and Lura Lovell Foundation grant to enhance end-of-life care education. |