Pierre N. Tariot, MD, research professor of psychiatry at the College of Medicine – Phoenix, will receive a lifetime achievement award at the Phoenix Business Journal's 2023 Health Care Heroes award ceremony.

At the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging conference, Phillip Kuo, MD, PhD, FACR, professor at the College of Medicine – Tucson, discussed the potential impact of urinary activity with positron emission tomography (PET) radiopharmaceuticals and new phase 3 study data.

Interim dean says the new College of Health Sciences provides an additional opportunity to help meet Arizonans’ health care needs.

In the face of a nationwide nursing shortage, the UArizona College of Nursing is recruiting more students from underrepresented backgrounds. After receiving a $1.9 million federal grant in 2018, the college established the Arizona Nursing Inclusive Excellence program the following year.

Fernando Martinez, MD, director of the UArizona Health Sciences Asthma and Airway Disease Research Center, discussed the asthma relievers available for use in children and the need for more research in this patient population during the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

The new openings will help alleviate the severe physician shortage facing Arizona by growing the number of specialty-trained physicians through the partnership by more than 60%.

Research has long supported the fact that exercise can improve your sleep quality. Until recently, the prevailing wisdom cautioned against exercising close to when you turn in for the night. Not anymore.