Stories

Student Guest Column: Ways to Help During the Pandemic If You Can’t Be on the Front Lines

April 23, 2020

Not everyone can volunteer on the health care front lines, but there are other ways to help the community cope during the COVID-19 pandemic.

People who are unable to help COVID-19 relief efforts on the health care front lines can do other things to support their community.

MD/PhD Student Offers New Approach to Make Walking Easier for Children with Cerebral Palsy

April 23, 2020

Third-year student’s Scholarly Project research taps into his biomechanics background to improve and test robotic exoskeleton therapy.

Third-year MD/PhD student Ben Conner is studying a robotic walking therapy for children with cerebral palsy.

UArizona Health Sciences Developing Antibody Test That Could Help Fight COVID-19

April 15, 2020

Immunobiologists aim to use antibody testing to fight the virus that causes COVID-19 and answer lingering questions about the virus.

Jennifer Uhrlaub, MSc, assistant research scientist, prepares to culture the virus that causes COVID-19 so it can be pitted against antibodies to learn how it can be defeated.

UArizona Health Sciences Physician-Researcher Analyzes Data to Inform COVID-19 Public Policy

April 14, 2020

Reports developed by a Public Health associate professor helped inform Arizona policy makers during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Simulation models of COVID-19 spread make future assumptions about human behaviors such as social distancing.

Stressed Over COVID-19? Health Sciences Researcher Recommends Making Your Stress Response Work for You

April 13, 2020

Chronic stress, which worsens the severity and frequency of viral infections, can be lowered by using various integrative and mind-body techniques.

Reducing your stress response can give your immune system its best chance to prevent, fight and reduce the severity of viral infections.

UArizona Medical Students Rally to Help Tucson’s Homeless Amid Pandemic

April 9, 2020

Concerned about how the pandemic will impact the homeless population, UArizona Health Sciences students screen Tucson’s homeless for symptoms of COVID-19.

Medical student Christian Bergman (left) and Z Mansion owner Tom Hill (right) speak with an individual at Tucson’s Z Mansion downtown soup kitchen. Bergman and other medical students are helping provide health care services to this vulnerable population.

Health Sciences and College of Engineering Team Up to 3D Print Medical Masks

April 7, 2020

Sleep and critical care expert Sairam Parthasarathy, MD, is uniquely positioned to help engineers design and test 3D-printed medical masks.

Lab manager Christopher Morton, Sairam Parthasarathy, MD, and engineering graduate student Connor Stahl test face masks in the Center for Sleep and Circadian Sciences.

Is COVID-19 Keeping You at Home? Turn Your Place Into a Healing Space

April 6, 2020

The way you lay out your physical environment can reduce stress and create calm, says a University of Arizona Health Sciences researcher.

Following simple suggestions can help you turn your home from a stressful place to a sanctuary of well-being in this difficult time.

UArizona Health Sciences Connects Arizona’s Makerspaces in COVID-19 Response

April 2, 2020

A network formed to support the Health Sciences Design program proves invaluable in uniting the state’s makerspaces.

Tory Middlebrooks, of University Libraries, models a face shield, which is designed to be worn in conjunction with additional PPE such as a mask. Middlebrooks mans the 3D printers that produced the headbands for the face shield.

Faculty Commons + Advisory Pivots to Support Virtual Collaboration and Innovation

April 1, 2020

The FC+A opened just before the coronavirus outbreak, and has quickly shifted to support virtual connections for research, collaboration and consultation.