A Reading List for Mental Health Awareness Month May 27, 2020 The National Library of Medicine recommends adding these titles to your reading list during Mental Health Awareness Month this May. Read more Image
UArizona Pharmacy Researcher Identifies Compounds That May Lead to Potential Treatments for COVID-19 May 26, 2020 Findings on compounds blocking SARS-COV-2 viral replication may offer a starting point for further development of treatments to address the ongoing, devastating novel coronavirus pandemic. Read more Image
Health Sciences Students Analyze COVID-19 Published Research May 26, 2020 The College of Medicine – Phoenix is helping evaluate the quality of the research being released rapidly about the virus that causes COVID-19. Read more Image
Contact Tracing for COVID-19 Will Be the Most Complex Health Investigation Ever May 24, 2020 Contact tracing is an indispensable part of breaking the chain of a pathogen's transmission and getting society back on track, according to most health officials including those at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This process can seem intrusive, but public health agencies have honed it over decades. “We get people to tell us who their public contacts are when they have syphilis,” said Kristen Pogreba-Brown, an assistant professor of epidemiology at the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health. “We know how to do this.” National Geographic
4 College Grads Enter Health Care During a Pandemic. They Aren't Afraid. May 24, 2020 After finishing his degree at the University of Arizona as a doctor in pharmacy, Jeffrey Asman, 56, said the decision to go back to school in his “second half of life” was an easy one. “I was 48 or 49 wondering if my old college credits were any good. It is cliché to say but really true that it is never too late.” The Arizona Repubilc
Dr. Steven R. Brown Appointed President of Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors May 20, 2020 Read more Image
UArizona Names Surgeon General Carmona to Lead Campus Reentry Plan May 20, 2020 University of Arizona president, Dr. Robert Robbins announced in April his plans to resume in-person classes Aug. 24, bringing back 45,000 students and 15,000 faculty and staff for fall 2020. Read more Image
UArizona Physician, Med Student Biking across Midwest on Health Care ‘Listening Tour’ in Age of COVID-19 May 20, 2020 Dr. Paul Gordon embarks on a multi-state bicycle “listening tour” to hear what people in rural areas think about the U.S. health care system amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more Image
Pediatric Care Survey Shines Light on Coronavirus’s Darkness May 20, 2020 Health Sciences researchers spearhead global effort to capture a snapshot of real-time critical care of pediatric COVID-19 patients. Read more Image