Dr. Shad Marvasti, director of public health, prevention and health promotion with the University of Arizona College of Medicine, suggests that people participate in a "trunk or treat"-style Halloween to socially distance.

Continuing coverage: University of Arizona Health Sciences will spearhead efforts to bolster community health outreach and engagement in light of COVID-19 disparities.

The University of Arizona Health Sciences is poised to lead a statewide effort to address health disparities and community health gaps made apparent by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a University press release emailed to journalists.

The Arizona portion of an 11-state effort, funded by a $12 million federal award, to address the uneven impact of the pandemic on racial and ethnic minority communities will be led by the UArizona Health Sciences.

The University of Arizona has licensed new radio-labeling chemistry for PET contrast agents to startup TheraCea Pharma.

ENR Southwest’s 2020 Best Projects competition drew 74 entries from across Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico. The University of Arizona Health Sciences Innovation Building (HSIB) was selected in the Best Project category. The region’s 18 Best Projects will now advance to the national level, competing with winners from nine other regions to be considered for ENR’s Best of the Best awards.

Continuing coverage: Ginny L. Clements, a breast cancer survivor and longtime supporter of the University of Arizona has given $8.5 million to the University of Arizona Cancer Center to strengthen the center's breast cancer patient care and research programs.

Rubin Naiman, Ph.D., of the University of Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine shares a tip on how to get a good night’s sleep. “If you can’t get back to sleep in the middle of the night, try to remember a dream. We’re programmed for wakefulness—the state of awareness during the day. Recalling a dream helps you let go of this daytime consciousness. The memory of a dream will take you into dream consciousness, and then you’re on the bridge to sleep,” he says.

Dr. Shad Marvasti, director of public health, prevention and health promotion with the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix, is interviewed about how Arizona can better prepare for a new coronavirus surge.

While the days leading up to most presidential elections carry a certain frenzied, exhausted energy fueled by attack ads and nonstop robocalls, this election cycle has felt abnormally anxiety-inducing for many Americans. “We’re certainly in the middle of a perfect storm,” said Dr. Esther Sternberg, research director at the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona. Humans respond physiologically to stress — we sweat, our hearts race — and those responses, Sternberg said, are essential for our survival.