Health Sciences In The Media

"African-American race negatively influenced the decision-making process for heart transplants, especially during discussions among health care providers," said lead author Dr. Khadijah Breathett, assistant professor of medicine and advanced heart failure/transplant cardiologist at the University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center.

The University of Arizona is using a new state-of-the-art virtual reality simulation center for students to learn, practice, and evaluate their knowledge at the Arizona Simulation Technology and Education Center.

Study led by Jameson Gardner, a graduate research student in the laboratory of Dr. Herbst-Kralovetz at the UArizona College of Medicine ‒ Phoenix, have discovered a function in a pro-inflammatory protein that could play an important part in improving current and future therapeutics for the herpes virus.

A revolutionary new class being offered at the UArizona Health Sciences will challenge students with finding the cure for Alzheimer’s disease.

With a $3 million National Institutes of Health grant, researchers will conduct a five-year study focused on 56 bars and breweries located within a mile of each of the state’s three major public universities.

Researchers at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix have shown for the first time in preclinical studies that Aliskiren, a drug that inhibits the enzyme that regulates blood pressure, can delay the progression of congestive heart failure and lengthen survival rates.

"The most interesting part of this study was that people who lived alone actually seem to get the greatest benefit in both the heart attack group and the stroke group," said dog owner Dr. Martha Gulati, who is the editor-in-chief of CardioSmart.org, the American College of Cardiology's patient education platform and division chief of cardiology at the UArizona College of Medicine – Phoenix.

The National Cancer Institute recently awarded a $3.6 million, five-year grant to advance the research of Andrew Karellas, PhD, DABR, FAAPM, FACR, and Srinivasan Vedantham, PhD, DABR, FAAPM, professors in the Department of Medical Imaging.

The Safer Bars program is the focus of a study led by researchers at the UA Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health.

Researchers at the UA Health Sciences Center for Innovation in Brain Science and Dine (dih-NEH') College are partnering to try to get more Navajo students into biomedical sciences.