Health Sciences In The Media Community Board to Ensure ASU Students Meet Needs of Health Workforce Jan. 24, 2022 Daniel Derksen, MD, professor of public health and director of the University of the UArizona Center for Rural Health, has been appointed to the New College of Health Solutions advisory board, a group of health leaders assembled to help the college better understand health workforce issues and the needs of Arizona’s diverse communities. ASU News As COVID-19 Cases Decline Across the Nation, the Situation in Arizona Remains Bleak Jan. 24, 2022 According to the CDC, Arizona has the second-highest death rate in the nation. Joe Gerald, MD, PhD, associate professor of public health policy at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman and the team leader for the university's COVID-19 Modeling Group, is interviewed. KJZZ-FM (Phoenix, AZ) Pain and Psychological Syndromes Common in Patients With Long COVID Jan. 24, 2022 Mohab Ibrahim, MD, PhD, medical director of the UArizona Health Sciences Comprehensive Pain and Addiction Center, said he is seeing mostly diffuse muscle and joint pain. However, less common pain complaints have included headache and neuropathic pain. Psychiatry Advisor Is Omicron the 'Endgame' For COVID-19? Here's Why Experts Are Wary. Jan. 24, 2022 Omicron’s increased transmissibility has led to a record number of coronavirus infections, bolstering immunity to help prevent future surges – but health experts still remain concerned about the potential of new variants and reduced immunity over time. Deepta Bhattacharya, PhD, a professor and immunologist at the College of Medicine – Tucson is quoted. Nation World News Opinion: Valley Fever Is a Major Public Health Problem. Arizona Universities Know This Jan. 22, 2022 John N. Galgiani, MD, a professor and director of the Valley Fever Center for Excellence at the College of Medicine – Tucson, writes about the Arizona Board of Regents’ New Economy Initiativeand its support for a Valley Fever Collaborative among the state’s three public universities calling it a major step in recognizing Valley fever as a significant public-health and economic problem in Arizona. Yahoo News Why Omicron Shows It’s Time to Update Our COVID-19 Vaccines Jan. 22, 2022 Protection against COVID-19 infection has dropped significantly with Omicron, largely due to the dozens of mutations on the virus's spike protein, making it easier to spread through vaccinated and unvaccinated populations than with previous variants. Deepta Bhattacharya, PhD, an immunologist and professor at the College of Medicine – Tucson, is quoted. CBC News Arizona’s Rural Areas and Primary Care Needs Hit Hardest by Doctor Shortage Jan. 21, 2022 For primary care physicians actually seeing patients, Arizona ranks 40th, with only 74 doctors per 100,000 residents. “Arizona has a significant shortage of physicians from top to bottom,” said Daniel Derksen, MD, a professor of public health in the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health. Arizona Daily Star One AZ Public Health Official Predicts COVID-19 Pandemic Could Become Endemic by Early Spring Jan. 20, 2022 As we head into a third year of the pandemic, Kristen Pogreba-Brown, PhD, MPH, assistant professor and epidemiologist at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, says it's too early to tell if we are on the precipice of the coronavirus becoming endemic. KVOA-TV (Tucson, AZ) People Seeking Asylum in the United States Have Little Access to Health Care. Medical Schools Are Working To Change That. Jan. 20, 2022 The Migrant Health Interest Group at the UArizona College of Medicine – Phoenix is one example of how people within the academic medicine community — from students to administrators — are working to provide medical services to immigrants who face significant barriers to accessing the traditional health care system in the United States. AAMC These Are the Masks Infectious Disease Experts Wear at Work and at Home Jan. 20, 2022 Infectious disease experts share their thoughts on the CDC’s updated guidance for wearing masks. Elizabeth Connick, MD, professor and chief of the division of infectious diseases at the College of Medicine – Tucson and member of Healio's Infectious Disease News Editorial Board, is quoted. Healio Pagination « First First page ‹ Previous Previous page … 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 … Next › Next page Last » Last page
Community Board to Ensure ASU Students Meet Needs of Health Workforce Jan. 24, 2022 Daniel Derksen, MD, professor of public health and director of the University of the UArizona Center for Rural Health, has been appointed to the New College of Health Solutions advisory board, a group of health leaders assembled to help the college better understand health workforce issues and the needs of Arizona’s diverse communities. ASU News
As COVID-19 Cases Decline Across the Nation, the Situation in Arizona Remains Bleak Jan. 24, 2022 According to the CDC, Arizona has the second-highest death rate in the nation. Joe Gerald, MD, PhD, associate professor of public health policy at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman and the team leader for the university's COVID-19 Modeling Group, is interviewed. KJZZ-FM (Phoenix, AZ)
Pain and Psychological Syndromes Common in Patients With Long COVID Jan. 24, 2022 Mohab Ibrahim, MD, PhD, medical director of the UArizona Health Sciences Comprehensive Pain and Addiction Center, said he is seeing mostly diffuse muscle and joint pain. However, less common pain complaints have included headache and neuropathic pain. Psychiatry Advisor
Is Omicron the 'Endgame' For COVID-19? Here's Why Experts Are Wary. Jan. 24, 2022 Omicron’s increased transmissibility has led to a record number of coronavirus infections, bolstering immunity to help prevent future surges – but health experts still remain concerned about the potential of new variants and reduced immunity over time. Deepta Bhattacharya, PhD, a professor and immunologist at the College of Medicine – Tucson is quoted. Nation World News
Opinion: Valley Fever Is a Major Public Health Problem. Arizona Universities Know This Jan. 22, 2022 John N. Galgiani, MD, a professor and director of the Valley Fever Center for Excellence at the College of Medicine – Tucson, writes about the Arizona Board of Regents’ New Economy Initiativeand its support for a Valley Fever Collaborative among the state’s three public universities calling it a major step in recognizing Valley fever as a significant public-health and economic problem in Arizona. Yahoo News
Why Omicron Shows It’s Time to Update Our COVID-19 Vaccines Jan. 22, 2022 Protection against COVID-19 infection has dropped significantly with Omicron, largely due to the dozens of mutations on the virus's spike protein, making it easier to spread through vaccinated and unvaccinated populations than with previous variants. Deepta Bhattacharya, PhD, an immunologist and professor at the College of Medicine – Tucson, is quoted. CBC News
Arizona’s Rural Areas and Primary Care Needs Hit Hardest by Doctor Shortage Jan. 21, 2022 For primary care physicians actually seeing patients, Arizona ranks 40th, with only 74 doctors per 100,000 residents. “Arizona has a significant shortage of physicians from top to bottom,” said Daniel Derksen, MD, a professor of public health in the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health. Arizona Daily Star
One AZ Public Health Official Predicts COVID-19 Pandemic Could Become Endemic by Early Spring Jan. 20, 2022 As we head into a third year of the pandemic, Kristen Pogreba-Brown, PhD, MPH, assistant professor and epidemiologist at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, says it's too early to tell if we are on the precipice of the coronavirus becoming endemic. KVOA-TV (Tucson, AZ)
People Seeking Asylum in the United States Have Little Access to Health Care. Medical Schools Are Working To Change That. Jan. 20, 2022 The Migrant Health Interest Group at the UArizona College of Medicine – Phoenix is one example of how people within the academic medicine community — from students to administrators — are working to provide medical services to immigrants who face significant barriers to accessing the traditional health care system in the United States. AAMC
These Are the Masks Infectious Disease Experts Wear at Work and at Home Jan. 20, 2022 Infectious disease experts share their thoughts on the CDC’s updated guidance for wearing masks. Elizabeth Connick, MD, professor and chief of the division of infectious diseases at the College of Medicine – Tucson and member of Healio's Infectious Disease News Editorial Board, is quoted. Healio