UArizona Team Tracking Foodborne Illnesses Now Traces COVID Contacts Dec. 4, 2020 For 15 years, the Student Aid for Field Epidemiology Response (SAFER) program at the UArizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, has trained students to investigate public health crises. Team members used to track local outbreaks of foodborne illnesses and monitor flu cases. Now they’re tackling a pandemic that has killed 1.5 million people across the globe. Epidemiologist Erika Austhof and program coordinators Kylie Boyd and Alexandra Shilen are interviewed. Cronkite News
Could Tanning Raise a Woman's Odds for Endometriosis? Dec. 4, 2020 Young women who regularly visit tanning salons may have an increased risk of developing endometriosis, a new study suggests. The lead author Leslie Farland, an assistant professor at the University of Arizona College of Public Health, Tucson, said their curiosity was based on two past findings: Women with endometriosis may have a higher risk of melanoma skin cancer than other women do. And endometriosis seems to be more common among women with "sun-sensitive" skin, which burns easily and tends to freckle. U.S. News & World Report
Health Sciences Research Team Creates New Way to Fight Autoimmune Diseases Dec. 3, 2020 UArizona Health Sciences researchers have created a five-module chimeric antigen receptor T cell that is showing early potential to fight Type 1 diabetes. Read more Thumbnail
Genetically Engineered T Cells Could Lead to Therapies for Autoimmune Diseases Dec. 3, 2020 University of Arizona Health Sciences immunobiologists have created a chimeric antigen receptor T cell that is showing early potential to fight Type 1 diabetes. Read more Image
Holiday Fear: UA Team Calls for Shelter-In-Place Order, Mask Mandate Dec. 3, 2020 Experts from the COVID-19 modeling team at the University of Arizona are calling for a shelter-in-place order, mask mandate and emergency economic relief measures statewide as coronavirus metrics increase to alarming levels. Dr. Joe Gerald, a professor at University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, who creates weekly coronavirus epidemiology reports based on ADHS data, also called for further COVID-19 mitigation tactics as his latest report shows an alarming spread of the virus throughout the state. Tucson Weekly
SUO 2020: Maintaining the Fire: Wellbeing, Resilience, and Intentional Culture Dec. 3, 2020 Dr. Taylor Riall, a professor and surgical oncologist at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson, executive leadership coach, and leader of clinical discipline and surgery oncology at the Arizona Cancer Center, talked about physician burnout in her keynote presentation at the 2020 Society of Urologic Oncology Annual Virtual Meeting. UroToday
Genetically Engineered T Cells Could Lead to Therapies for Autoimmune Diseases Dec. 3, 2020 A new study has found that a novel T cell genetically engineered by University of Arizona Health Sciences researchers is able to target and attack pathogenic T cells that cause Type 1 diabetes, which could lead to new immunotherapy treatments. News Medical
Doctor: COVID-19 Spread Will Only Worsen Without Restrictions, Economic Support Dec. 3, 2020 Health officials are clear. The case load and death rate will only get worse before the end of the year. The Show spoke with Dr. Farshad Fani Marvasti — or Dr. Shad — the director of public health, prevention and health promotion at the University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix, about what needs to be done to stop the spread of coronavirus. KJZZ (NPR) Phoenix
Using Tanning Beds May ‘Increase the Risk of Developing Endometriosis by 30%’ Dec. 3, 2020 A new study by the University of Arizona Health Sciences found that exposure to UVA light may also increase the chance of developing ends. Daily Star (UK)
Tanning Bed Use by Young Women May Up Endometriosis Risk Dec. 3, 2020 Tanning bed use in early adulthood is associated with an increased risk for endometriosis, according to a study published online Dec. 2 in Human Reproduction. Leslie V. Farland, Sc.D., from the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health and colleagues examined the potential associations between ultraviolet radiation and endometriosis risk in a prospective cohort of 116,429 female U.S. nurses from the Nurses' Health Study II. Physician's Weekly