Honoring Compassionate Patient Care With Solidarity Week - Feb. 14, 2020 Feb. 14, 2020 Read more Image
UArizona Named 'Top Producer' of Fulbright Students Feb. 13, 2020 The University of Arizona is now a top producer of Fulbright students, reports the Institute of Higher Education, ranking it No. 14 among U.S. research institutions and setting a university record with 20 awardees. Of those, five are from the UArizona Health Sciences, including three from the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health. They join two faculty members named Fulbright Scholars. Read more Image
Scientists Study Sweat, the Small Stuff Feb. 13, 2020 A team of researchers from three University of Arizona colleges, including Dr. Esther Sternberg with the UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson, is developing new methods to collect and analyze sweat for clues about how the body is functioning. Read more Image
UArizona Researchers Study Health Risks of Chemicals in Firefighter Foam, Gear Feb. 13, 2020 Researchers from the UArizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health have received a $1.5 million grant from FEMA to lead a study of occupational exposures to certain chemicals among firefighters. Fire Engineering
Pathway to Success Aims to Entice High Schoolers to Health Care Careers - Feb. 12, 2020 Feb. 12, 2020 Read more Image
Four UArizona Researchers Named Senior Members of National Academy of Inventors Feb. 11, 2020 The University of Arizona researchers — Drs. Rajesh Khanna, Jordan Lancaster, Jim Schweigerling and Joseph Valacich — are being recognized in areas that include pain therapeutics, heart disease treatment, optical science and online data collection. Two are from the UArizona Health Sciences colleges. Read more Image
Scholarships will help put primary care doctors where Arizona needs them most Feb. 11, 2020 Dr. Michael D. Dake writes about the University of Arizona Primary Care Physician Scholarship Program, which began covering all tuition costs for 29 students at the Colleges of Medicine in Tucson and Phoenix. The Arizona Republic
Helping Your Doctor Overcome Medical Bias of Minority Patients Feb. 11, 2020 Very few physicians or patients enter an exam or hospital room with the intent of racially alienating the other person in the room, but research demonstrates that minority populations, particularly African American and Hispanic patients, receive unequal care compared to white patients. Read more Image
UArizona Health Sciences Researchers Study Health Risk of a Group of Chemicals in Firefighter Foam and Protective Gear Feb. 10, 2020 Researchers from the UArizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health received a $1.5 million grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to lead a study of occupational exposures to “PFAS chemicals” among firefighters. Read more Image
Parkinson’s Drug May Treat Macular Degeneration Feb. 10, 2020 Mentor and mentee are hard at work in a Health Sciences lab to show that L-DOPA — used to treat Parkinson’s disease — can delay or prevent the sight-destroying eye disease. Read more Image