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University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson students in the Commitment to Underserved People Program held a drive to help the Navajo Nation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Students Lynn Pham, Guadalupe Davila, Nicole Bejany and Thomasina Blackwater hold up face masks they sent to the Navajo Nation.

Navajo Community Embraces Support, Testing to Quell Pandemic

June 24, 2020

Several University of Arizona Health Sciences efforts collected food and medical supplies for to stem the pandemic on the Navajo Nation.

University of Arizona Health Sciences researcher Melissa Herbst-Kralovetz, PhD, hopes to learn how the bacteria that live in the vagina help or harm gynecologic health.

Unlocking the Secrets of the Vaginal Microbiome

June 15, 2020

Some vaginal bacteria are associated with gynecologic cancer. Do they help usher it along, or are they simply bystanders? At the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix, the Herbst-Kralovetz Lab is solving this riddle.

Jennifer Uhrlaub, associate research scientist and laboratory manager in the Janko Nikolich-Zugich lab, loads samples into centrifuge in the Biosafety level 3 lab in April.

A Look Back at Health Sciences’ COVID-19 Response and Relief Efforts

June 4, 2020

The University of Arizona Health Sciences spearheads a COVID-19 community response effort: ranging from outreach to widespread antibody testing and more.

Lab technician Gina Delgado registers blood samples before they are processed to determine if they show antibodies to the virus that causes COVID-19.

Inside an Antibody Testing Laboratory

May 14, 2020

A University of Arizona lab works to process antibody tests to detect the presence of antibodies to the virus that causes COVID-19.

Spanish Outreach Campaign Encourages Healthy, Safe Community

May 6, 2020

Students in the College of Medicine – Tucson designed posters and distributed them to Hispanic communities to help share public health messages in Spanish.

A new use for a practice field, testing is conducted in this climate controlled temporary clinic set up inside the Cole and Jeannie Davis Sports Center.

Antibody Testing Begins with Health Care Workers, First Responders in Tucson

April 30, 2020

Phase 1 of the Antibody test has begun for frontline workers and some members of the general public inside a temporary clinic set up at Tucson’s Cole and Jeannie Davis Sports Center.

Photo Challenge: See How Your Health Sciences Colleagues Are Working From Home

April 14, 2020

We Asked, You Shared: See How Your Health Sciences Colleagues Are Working From Home

COVID-19 Sample Collection Kits Made, Delivered to Hospital

April 8, 2020

1,000 kits to collect samples to be tested for COVID-19 were created at UArizona Health Sciences, delivered to Banner-University Medical Center Tucson.

A student in the College of Medicine – Tucson helps a man sanitize his hands. Students are helping homeless people during the pandemic, because the medically-vulnerable population is expected to be hit hard by the COVID-19 virus.

College of Medicine – Tucson Students Support Homeless Population During Pandemic Virus Outbreak

April 8, 2020

Students at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson help the homeless population amid concerns they will be hit hard by COVID-19.

Merryl Lopido, simulation operations specialist for ASTEC, and David Biffar, ASTEC’s assistant director of operations, use special-effects makeup to simulate traumatic injuries on volunteer Helen Ward’s leg. Many volunteers received simulated wounds with fake blood or embedded debris.

Airport Practices Emergency Response with Health Sciences Simulation Center – March 10, 2020

March 30, 2020

The Arizona Simulation Technology & Education Center (ASTEC) participated in Tucson Airport Authority’s full-scale emergency exercise, simulating wounds on community members so they could roleplay injured airplane passengers.

Firefighters Taylor Parrish and Chris LaFave wrap Jonathan Sexton, PhD, in a protective barrier to demonstrate how to prevent further spread of a virus during an ambulance trip to the hospital.

COVID-19 Behind the Scenes: How First Responders Can Prevent Infection Transmission

March 20, 2020

Tucson Fire Department and Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health create a training video for first responders.

Next-generation Providers Bringing Health Care to the Streets

March 12, 2020

The student-led outreach program emphasizes connecting with patients on a personal level to provide empathetic, holistic care.