Two UA College of Nursing Professors Selected to Fulbright Specialist Roster Jan. 28, 2019 The three-year grants from the Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) and World Learning National enable the faculty members the opportunity to undertake academic activities in more than 140 countries. Read more Image
Why Women? — Studying the Role of Gender in Alzheimer’s Disease Jan. 25, 2019 Roberta Diaz Brinton, PhD, inaugural director of the Center for Innovation in Brain Science at the University of Arizona Health Sciences, received $5.9 million from the National Institute on Aging to study the role of gender in Alzheimer’s disease and develop precision medicine interventions to prevent — and potentially reverse — the course of the disease in both women and men. Read more Image
UA’s Mobile Health Program Receives $450K Gift From Banner Health Foundation Jan. 24, 2019 The funds will enable the UA Department of Family and Community Medicine’s Mobile Health Program to provide more than 2,300 additional patient visits. Read more Image
UA’s Dr. Ann Baldwin Honored with Humanitarian Heart Award Jan. 23, 2019 The professor of physiology at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson was recognized by the HeartMath Institute for her teaching on mind-body balance and research on stress reduction and using equine therapy to promote the healing, enrichment and well-being of others Read more Image
First Statewide Study Shows More Cardiac Arrests Due to Opioid Overdoses Jan. 22, 2019 UA medical students’ research shows tragic impact on young people who abuse opioids. Read more Image
Your Sight Matters: Finding a Cure for Macular Degeneration Jan. 15, 2019 Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the most common cause of blindness in individuals over age 55 in developed nations and more than 10 million people in the United States have AMD, according to the Foundation Fighting Blindness. Read more Image
UA Researchers Lead Study to Encourage Children With Asthma to Use their Inhalers Jan. 8, 2019 UA researchers are studying if the combination of dispensing asthma inhalers (corticosteroids) in the emergency department and supervising their use in elementary schools will increase the medication’s use among children with asthma and decrease emergency department visits. Read more Image
UA Researchers Developing 15-Minute MRI Jan. 3, 2019 UA engineers are using a $2.1 million grant to improve scanning technologies for challenging patient populations. Read more Image
UA Scientists Discover Diabetes Drug Could be Used to Treat Common Heart Failure Syndrome Dec. 20, 2018 A cardiovascular research team at the University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center investigated in a lab model whether metformin, a common diabetes drug, could be an effective treatment for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). The researchers found that the drug reduced left ventricular stiffness, thereby improving capacity for exercise. Metformin relaxes the left ventricle by making a heart muscle protein called titin more compliant. Read more Image
With a Nurse in their Corner, ‘Navigating’ Care Is Getting Easier for Cancer Patients Dec. 14, 2018 Banner Health nurse navigators at the University of Arizona Cancer Center are paired with patients to guide them through their cancer journeys. Read more Image