UA’s Dr. Donata Vercelli Elected First Female Secretary General of International Allergy Collegium Nov. 6, 2018 Donata Vercelli, MD, has been elected secretary general of the Collegium Internationale Allergologicum, a group of distinguished international physicians and scientists who study the emerging field of allergy and clinical immunology. As secretary general, Dr. Vercelli eventually will become the first female president of the organization. Read more Image
UA Psychologist to Lead New Core Effort of Arizona Alzheimer's Disease Center Nov. 6, 2018 As this public health crisis escalates, researchers are working fervently to better understand the disease and who is most at risk for developing it, as well as to find ways to detect it earlier and to slow or halt its progress. Read more Image
Expanding Roles for Genetic Counselors in the Era of Precision Medicine Nov. 6, 2018 As physicians begin to order an increasing number of genetic tests, a question remains: who can help patients, and sometimes providers, interpret genetic information? Read more Image
UA Professor Receives Grant for Innovative Research in Preventing Heart Failure Nov. 1, 2018 NIH grant will allow Taben Hale, PhD, to study cardiac fibroblasts. Read more Image
Human Papillomavirus is Not a Defeated Virus Oct. 22, 2018 What lacks a brain but has the ability to swiftly avoid setting off our body’s intruder detectors, bringing its own blueprints into our cells to make more of itself, and in some cases, cause cancer? Human papillomavirus. Read more Image
Empowering Breast Cancer Patients with Genetic Testing Oct. 16, 2018 In 2013, Academy Award-winning actress Angelina Jolie wrote a now famous opinion piece for the New York Times detailing her journey involving genetic testing for breast and ovarian cancer. Read more Image
Danger in the Dust: Valley Fever Oct. 2, 2018 Coccidioidomycosis, or “cocci” for short, is the medical term for Valley fever, an infectious disease that affects thousands of people in Arizona every year. Read more Image
Noninvasive Prenatal Testing: A New Genetic Screening Tool for Use by Pregnant Women Sept. 14, 2018 Noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT), one of the newest additions in genomic testing, is a simple blood test that can tell a lot about a baby’s likelihood of having certain genetic conditions. Read more Image