Image UArizona Expert: Changes to Hospital Policies, Public Behavior Critical for Fighting COVID-19 March 31, 2020 Infection control expert Kelly Reynolds discusses, among other things, hospital infection control and ventilation measures and how they are being adjusted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more
Image Med Students Step Up to Help Health Care Professionals March 31, 2020 70 students at UArizona Health Sciences are helping medical professionals during the COVID-19 crisis by volunteering to provide household services Read more
Image UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson Students Given Option for Early Graduation in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic March 30, 2020 In coordination with the University of Arizona and College of Medicine – Phoenix, the College of Medicine — Tucson is offering early graduation to the Class of 2020. This option is for qualified students who wish to serve as new physicians to meet the unprecedented health needs that have emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more
Image Airport Practices Emergency Response with Health Sciences Simulation Center – March 10, 2020 March 30, 2020 The Arizona Simulation Technology & Education Center (ASTEC) participated in Tucson Airport Authority’s full-scale emergency exercise, simulating wounds on community members so they could roleplay injured airplane passengers. Read more
Image Health Sciences Community Unites to Protect Workers on COVID-19 Front Lines March 30, 2020 Faculty-led grassroots efforts are yielding donations of personal protective equipment from basic science laboratories, ASTEC and the College of Nursing. Read more
Image Integrative Medicine Doctors Offer Approaches to Combat COVID-19 March 30, 2020 Doctors at the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson offer several strategies to enhance the immune system and reduce the risk of viral infection. Read more
University of Arizona to let med students graduate early March 30, 2020 University of Arizona medical students who want to join the front lines of the fight against the coronavirus pandemic can ask to graduate early. Associated Press
Image University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix Will Allow Fourth-Year Students to Graduate Early March 27, 2020 Those who qualify can begin serving as early as mid-April. Read more
Image Integrative Medicine Approaches May Combat COVID-19 March 27, 2020 The Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson offers several strategies to enhance the immune system and reduce the risk of viral infection. Read more
Image UArizona Students Support Pima County on Tracking COVID-19 Cases March 27, 2020 The SAFER program team, led by Dr. Kristen Pogreba-Brown in the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, will initiate investigations of positive COVID-19 cases to mitigate its spread and learn more about the risk factors. Read more
