Image UA Cancer Center Adds Six to Advisory Board Sept. 20, 2019 New members to provide leadership support, enhance partnerships in local communities and increase awareness and philanthropy for UA Cancer Center. Read more
University of Arizona, Diné College Researchers to Receive $1.3M to Train Students in Neuroscience Sept. 19, 2019 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. Indian Country Today
Image Building a Pipeline from the Nation's First Tribal College to Neuroscience Laboratories Sept. 18, 2019 University of Arizona Health Sciences and Diné College researchers will receive $1.3 million from the National Institutes of Health to train Navajo students in neuroscience programs. Read more
Image Dr. Angela Puthenveetil Joins UA Family and Community Medicine, Banner–University Medicine Sept. 18, 2019 As a family physician, Dr. Puthenveetil will provide patient care at Banner–University Medicine Cortaro Primary Care clinic, and will be a faculty member for the family medicine residency program at Banner–University Medicine Family Medicine Clinic at Alvernon. Read more
Can the Alzheimer's Brain Regenerate and Recover? Sept. 18, 2019 A team led by Dr. Roberta Diaz Brinton, director of the Center for Innovation in Brain Science at the UA Health Sciences has received a $37.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to research a potential regenerative therapy for Alzheimer's disease. Eurekalert!
Image Study Changes Guidelines for Sepsis Management Sept. 17, 2019 University of Arizona Health Sciences researcher ends debate among physicians regarding sepsis management. Read more
Is Norovirus In The Water? Can A Smartphone Test Help? Sept. 17, 2019 University of Arizona researchers are trying to find a way to quickly and inexpensively check water supplies for norovirus. Being able to detect very low concentrations of norovirus is important because the virus is so contagious and can be very difficult to inactivate or kill. Forbes
Sepsis Patients Should Get Blood Culture Before Antibiotics, Study Suggests Sept. 17, 2019 A new study that measured the reliability of administering antibiotics before obtaining blood cultures could end the debate among physicians regarding sepsis management. Dr. Murtaza Akhter, assistant professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the UA College of Medicine – Phoenix, is co-author of the study. Eurekalert!
Image Arizona Poison and Drug Information Center Warns of Severe Lung Injury Risk with Vaping Sept. 11, 2019 Clinicians treating patients with possible e-cigarette exposure are urged to contact the Arizona Poison and Drug Information Center at 1-800-222-1222. Read more
Image UA Named a Top 20 U.S. Public Research Institution by Times Higher Education Sept. 11, 2019 The UA finished 104th overall in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2020 – a 55-spot leap over the university's position last year. Read more
