Five more unique electives for residency April 24, 2023 A story suggests medical residents consider the Integrative Medicine Elective Rotation at the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine in the College of Medicine – Tucson. The DO
Arizona Board of Regents confirms five new UArizona Regents Professors April 21, 2023 Price Fishback, Takeshi Inomata, Chris Segrin, Kathy Short and Todd Vanderah are the University of Arizona's newest Regents Professors. The university's highest faculty rank honors exceptional achievements that merit national and international recognition. Read more Image
Robbins to Regents: UArizona Health Sciences 'will advance the frontiers of health and wellness in Arizona and beyond' April 21, 2023 University of Arizona Health Sciences has come a long way since the College of Medicine's founding in 1967 and is uniquely poised to help address Arizona's long-term health care needs, President Robert C. Robbins said in a presentation to the Arizona Board of Regents. Read more Image
Dr. Todd Vanderah receives highest faculty distinction as 2023 Regents Professor April 21, 2023 Read more
New theories of possible link between COVID vaccines and tinnitus are emerging April 21, 2023 The CDC didn’t find a link between the vaccines and hundreds of new cases of tinnitus, a debilitating ringing in the ears, but some scientists say it must do more to investigate. NBC News
Miniature organs driving precision medicine, drug discovery April 20, 2023 University of Arizona Health Sciences researchers are using organoids to design novel therapies and better understand cancer and rare diseases. Read more Image
The devil lurking in the dust April 20, 2023 Efforts to develop a cure for Valley fever could involve the use of live attenuated vaccines, which elicit a robust immune response – including T cells – but also run the risk of replicating uncontrollably in people with compromised immune systems. Preventing that is now possible. Vox
Myth busters: Health myths you’ve lived with for so long that simply aren’t true April 20, 2023 An article cites a study of the most hygienic hand-drying methods that was led by Kelly Reynolds, PhD, MSPH, professor and chair of the Department of Community, Environment and Policy in the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health. The Leader (Houston, TX)