Kodiak Sciences to share first time results of KSI-501ABC phase 1 study during virtual angiogenesis, exudation and degeneration 2024 Feb. 1, 2024 Mark R. Barakat, MD, clinical assistant professor in the Department of Ophthalmology at the College of Medicine – Phoenix, will share first time results of the KSI-501ABC Phase 1 Study at the Angiogenesis, Exudation, and Degeneration 2024 virtual meeting Feb. 3. Modern Retina
Researchers develop new method to prevent prostate cancer chemoresistance Feb. 1, 2024 University of Arizona Cancer Center member Noel Warfel, PhD, co-led a research team that created and patented technology to combat anti-cancer drug resistance. Read more Image
Health Sciences faculty step in when migrants need help Feb. 1, 2024 Before the MILAGRO Collaborative became a course for students, UArizona faculty stood up to help the less fortunate. Read more Image
Experiential learning impacts students, migrants Feb. 1, 2024 As part of the Health Sciences Design course MILAGRO Collaborative, faculty and students provide much-needed services to migrants in Tucson. Read more Image
Modern bird brains reveal evolutionary history of flight, dating back to dinosaurs Jan. 31, 2024 Scientists, including one from the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson, have pinpointed birds' cerebellums as key to the evolution of flight. Read more Image
Best Arizona nursing schools: ADN, BSN, MSN Jan. 31, 2024 The story lists the College of Nursing as one of the state's top nursing schools, mentioning the school's Doctor of Nursing Practice program. AZ Ed News (Phoenix, AZ)
Traditional Hopi farmer Michael Kotutwa Johnson receives Rockefeller grant Jan. 31, 2024 Stephanie Russo Carroll, DrPH, associate professor in the Department of Community, Environment and Policy at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, is part of a team that will use a nearly $500,000 grant from the Rockefeller Foundation's Climate Exploration Fund to aid tribal communities' food systems and bring recognition for Indigenous agricultural contributions. Navajo-Hopi Observer (Winslow, AZ)
6 UArizona researchers author chapters in US National Climate Assessment Jan. 31, 2024 Kacey Ernst, PhD, MPH, professor at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, is one of six UArizona researchers who helped author chapters in last year's National Climate Assessment – the nation's preeminent report on climate change impacts, risks and responses – covering topics ranging from ecosystems and biodiversity to water and human health. The Daily Wildcat
What are your feet telling you? Jan. 31, 2024 Andrew Weil, MD, founder and director of the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine in the College of Medicine – Tucson, writes about distinguishing between normal foot symptoms and those worth discussing with a doctor. Prevention via Magzter
‘I thought I was the only one’: Woman says she always peels shower curtain back when in stranger’s bathroom Jan. 31, 2024 In a viral TikTok post, a woman says she peels back shower curtains at homes she visits to see how dirty they are. Daily Dot