Health Sciences In The Media

Researchers hope to recruit students from the University of Arizona to participate in a clinical trial testing whether fully vaccinated people are able to contract and spread COVID-19. The study, called PreventCOVIDU, is enlisting 12,000 students from more than 20 universities across the country for the next four to five months. Dr. Elizabeth Connick, chief of the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson’s Division of Infectious Diseases, is leading the UArizona research site.

The University of Arizona Health Sciences Primary Care Physician Scholarship Program expanded its eligibility to students specializing in general surgery. Abigail Solorio and Annapurna Chitnavis, College of Medicine – Phoenix students and scholarship recipients, and Glen Fogarty, PhD, Dean of Admissions for the college, are interviewed.

For the first time this year in Arizona and Pima County, COVID-19 cases recently increased from one week to the next. "It's too early to say the sky is falling," said Joe Gerald, an associate professor with the University of Arizona's Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health. "But we're definitely seeing a different trend. Things are getting a little bit worse. Our improvements are gone."

The University of Arizona Health Sciences Innovation Building (HSIB) merges state-of-the-art interiors with a tactile terra-cotta façade. The article examines the architectural design of the building through photographs.

Getting up and going to bed at the same times each day and also trying to stick with consistent eating and exercise routines may help reset their circadian clocks. Another option is to take a low-dose of melatonin — just 0.5 mg — roughly four hours before you typically go to bed. “Melatonin helps tell all the parts of the body what time it is,” says Michael Grandner, PhD, director of the Sleep and Health Research Program at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson.

The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson earned its best ranking on the U.S. News & World Report diversity index – tied for No. 17 overall and tied for No. 13 among public universities.

Sandy Kurtin, PhD, ANP-C, AOCN, Hematology/Oncology Nurse Practitioner at the University of Arizona Cancer Center and ASH Clinical News Associate Editor, offers advice for promoting interprofessional agility to keep pace with an ever-changing health care environment.

Interview with Dr. Jeff Burgess, associate dean for research and professor at the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, who leads the ongoing Arizona HEROES study of 4,000 health care professionals and other front line workers.

Sleep is paramount for healing. A simple bedtime ritual like using a dimmable light which automatically dims to a warm glow over 45 minutes, can help establish that bedtime routine. “The dimming light not only helps your natural melatonin production, but is a reminder to your brain and body to start winding down,” Dr. Michael Grandner, Director of the Sleep and Health Research Program at the University of Arizona Health Sciences.

Even in patients with stage 2 pancreatic cancer, surgery is typically worthwhile after chemotherapy, because it appears to extend patients' lives, a new study in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons concludes. The study was led by Dr. Amanda Arrington, a surgical oncologist at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson.