The Center for Innovation in Brain Science received a $15.1 million grant from the National Institutes on Aging to investigate perimenopausal brain aging.

Research conducted by Joe Gerald, MD, PhD, associate professor of public health policy and management at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, shows the rate of COVID-19 transmission among children is poised to surpass that of older age groups for the first time. “With continued K–12 in-person instruction, plus opening of our major universities, there will be additional pressure on transmission among children and young adults," Dr. Gerald said.

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Part one of a two-part series on how the pandemic intensified a sense of purpose and prompted lasting changes in education, research and outreach.

Deepta Bhattacharya, PhD, an immunologist at the College of Medicine – Tucson, explains how COVID-19 vaccines provide lasting immune durability. "The quality of the antibody improves over time. It takes far fewer of those new antibodies to protect you. So I think that worrying about antibody decline is not something that's productive," Bhattacharya says. Note: This content appeared on more than 60 local NPR affiliate websites.

Dr. Koenraad Van-Doorslaer, PhD, an assistant professor of virology and immunobiology at the College of Medicine – Tucson, says the most effective mask is the N95, usually reserved for healthcare workers, followed by the KN95. "Regardless of what type of mask people are wearing, I think it's important that we wear something," Van-Doorslaer said.

Facing a slowing rate of Arizonans getting vaccinated, Gov. Doug Ducey last Thursday tapped former U.S. Surgeon General Richard Carmona, MD, MPH, to be his new senior health advisor on COVID matters. Dr. Carmona currently is a professor of public health at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health and most recently served as the director of the University of Arizona COVID Response Team.

Uncertainty remains over whether the vaccine or negative-test requirements actually make large concerts safe even if held outdoors. It turned out that Lollapalooza was not a superspreader event, at least according to Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady, who reported only 203 attendees were diagnosed with COVID. Saskia Popescu, PhD, MPH, MA, an infectious disease epidemiologist and adjunct professor at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health sees the Lollapalooza data as "a really good sign,” but says an outdoor concert is not without risk, especially in places where the delta variant has thrived.