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Cutting the ribbon on the new Phoenix VA Health Care System Research Space at the College of Medicine – Phoenix.

Phoenix VA Partnership Offers New Research Opportunities

Jan. 12, 2021

The Phoenix VA Health Care System Research Space will be an incubator for research, technology and clinical care on the Phoenix Biomedical Campus.

As vaccinations begin for front-line health care workers, experts field questions about the vaccine.

What You Need to Know About a COVID-19 Vaccine

Jan. 5, 2021

UArizona Health Sciences immunobiologist Deepta Bhattacharya, PhD, says the COVID-19 vaccine is safe, and he will take it when it becomes available.

The New Year symbolizes transition, and for many people it’s also motivation to make healthy changes.

Your Roadmap to Making Changes in the New Year

Jan. 4, 2021

Anyone making a New Year’s resolution can set themselves up for success by understanding how people can effectively make changes in their lives.

UArizona staff and students learn about the Feldenkrais Method, which uses movement to increase self-awareness and improve function. The method will be taught during the “Aging and the Arts” series.

Health and Humanities Launches with ‘Aging and the Arts’

Jan. 4, 2021

Interactive program promotes healthy aging by improving physical and mental well-being.

Combating Misinformation with ‘COVID Mythbusters’

Dec. 16, 2020

A UArizona Health Sciences public health student and a microbiology student in Canada won a science competition with an Instagram account to refute bad science.

Deepta Bhattacharya, PhD (pictured), an associate professor in the UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson’s Department of Immunobiology, and Janko Nikolich-Žugich, MD, PhD, professor and head of the Department of Immunobiology, developed one of the most accurate antibodies available and used it to show that antibodies for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, persist for several months.

Guest Column: Student Inspired by Alzheimer’s Research

Dec. 9, 2020

Greg Branigan is a first-generation MD/PhD student driven by research linking a breast cancer drug with Alzheimer’s prevention.

New research from the College of Nursing produced an e-training module to inform massage therapists about skin cancer risk reduction and to train them to have conversations with clients about skin cancer risk reduction without compromising their scope of practice.

Nursing Research Explores Massage Therapist Role in Reducing Cancer

Dec. 7, 2020

Research moves from education about skin cancer risk to risk reduction.

North Country Health Care is partnering with the College of Medicine – Phoenix to offer doctors the opportunity to complete their residencies in underserved communities in Northern Arizona.

New Family Medicine Residency Serves Rural Northern Arizona

Dec. 2, 2020

Partnership between College of Medicine – Phoenix and North Country HealthCare brings students to Flagstaff and underserved remote areas.

Francisco Moreno, MD, leads efforts to integrate diversity into health care and education, as University of Arizona engagement leader for All of Us and Health Sciences associate vice president of equity, diversity and inclusion.

All of Us: Diversity in Research Leads to Precision in Medicine

Dec. 1, 2020

Analyzing genes and other variables can match patients to effective treatments. But the data must be representative of the entire population.