Pain Clinics Could Cut Down on Opioid Use, UA Team Finds April 5, 2019 Pain specialists at the University of Arizona and Banner – University Medicine are trying to reduce the use of opioids for patients suffering from chronic non-cancer pain by utilizing alternatives and complementary methods, and a large array of pain intervention procedures. Read more Image
UA’s Dr. Jeffrey Frelinger Named Distinguished Fellow of the American Association of Immunologists April 3, 2019 Jeffrey Frelinger, PhD, has received the highest honor bestowed by the American Association of Immunologists. Read more Image
An Intervention with Heart April 1, 2019 UArizona Health Sciences LIvES study uses the power of personal connections to help ovarian cancer survivors forge healthier habits Read more Image
Exploring Copper's Potential as Antibiotic April 1, 2019 While antibiotic resistance is on the rise, pharmaceutical companies are making fewer and fewer new antibiotics. UA immunobiologist Michael Johnson says this trend is in urgent need of reversal and believes copper might just be the key. Read more Image
UA Medical Student Awarded $30,000 Scholarship April 1, 2019 Second-year medical student Jacquelyn Hoffman has been awarded the Shirley D. Curson Medical Student Scholarship from the University of Arizona Hillel Foundation. Read more Image
UA Health Sciences Students Win Spot in National CLARION Interprofessional Case Competition March 28, 2019 A team of three students from the University of Arizona College of Nursing, College of Pharmacy and Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health will compete April 12-13 in Minneapolis, Minn., where they will have a chance to win a grand prize of $7,500. Read more Image
Dr. Meredith Hay Elected President of the American Physiological Society March 28, 2019 Dr. Hay seeks to advance physiology’s brand and increase students’ awareness of physiology as a discipline. Read more Image
UA, Banner – University Medicine Recognized as ‘Scleroderma Research and Treatment Center’ in Tucson March 27, 2019 UA pulmonologists and rheumatologists say the designation will increase patient referrals, improve access to clinical trials and research funding for this autoimmune rheumatic disorder that affects, by some estimates, as many as 300,000 Americans. This is only the second such center in Arizona. Read more Image
UAHS Career Development Awards to 4 Junior Faculty Foster Clinical, Translational Research March 26, 2019 The University of Arizona Health Sciences Career Development Awards program seeks to nurture the development of new clinical trials and biomedical and behavioral interventions to treat disease and the number of health scientists for our state and nation. This year the awards will fund sleep-, cancer- and cardiovascular disease-related research by four promising young investigators. Read more Image
New Patient Tower Opens at Banner – UMC Tucson March 26, 2019 Nine-story hospital tower opens to patients April 22; community preview April 7 Read more Image