UArizona Pain Center wins $1 million grant from state for new cannabis education program April 6, 2023 The Comprehensive Pain and Addiction Center at UArizona Health Sciences was the recipient of a $1 million grant from the Arizona Department of Health Services. The grant will be used to develop a program that promotes awareness and respect for Arizona's marijuana laws and to encourage responsible use of cannabis. Arizona Daily Star
UArizona program working to keep nurses in Arizona April 5, 2023 The Arizona Department of Health Services awarded a $9.2 million grant to the College of Nursing to fund the Master of Science for Entry to the Profession of Nursing program, which seeks to boost the number of nurses in Arizona hospitals. KGUN-TV (Tucson, AZ)
My wife refuses to shower before bed – I've started sleeping on the sofa April 5, 2023 A new study reveals couples who sleep in the same bed enjoy an array of physical and mental health benefits over those who sleep alone. The Daily Mail (UK)
State begins to shed thousands from Medicaid, push them to other care April 5, 2023 Arizona started purging people from the pandemic-inflated Medicaid rolls this month, a process that could end up pushing more than 600,000 people off the plan. KAET-TV (Phoenix, AZ)
How out-of-state students cope with mental health April 4, 2023 Nonresident students are interviewed on their feelings of well-being and how they find the comforts of home. An undergraduate student at the R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy is quoted. Arizona Daily Wildcat
A look at the cost of climate change on human health April 3, 2023 University of Arizona researchers are setting a broad goal to mitigate the effects of environmental change on human health and performance. Read more Image
UArizona researchers want you to send them ticks April 3, 2023 UArizona researchers are asking the public to contribute to an important community health effort: The Great Arizona Tick Check. Kacey Ernst, PhD, MPH, professor in the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, is quoted. KNXV-TV (Phoenix, AZ)
Dr. David Gullen to hand over Flinn Foundation board chair after more than two decades of service April 3, 2023 Eric Reiman, MD, affiliate professor of psychiatry at the College of Medicine – Phoenix, has been elected the new chair of the Flinn Foundation. Health Tech Hot Spot
Move AZ improves health and community in Health Sciences March 30, 2023 The program that promotes a healthy, active lifestyle has the added benefit of improving collaboration and comradery. Read more Image