Gift to Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine Will Support Medical Training for Native Healers June 15, 2021 The gift will fund training for practitioners of Indigenous healing traditions and those working in underserved communities. Read more Image
Safe Zone Trainings Help Build an Inclusive Health Workforce June 15, 2021 The Health Sciences Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion promotes increased awareness of LGBTQ+ issues with activities that cultivate empathy. Read more Image
Teen Vaping Dropped During the Pandemic-Will It Last? June 15, 2021 New studies suggest that teens and preteens may be cooling on vapes. Ivo Abraham, a professor at the College of Pharmacy, sees “some signals of growing awareness that this is not healthy.” Fortune
UArizona College of Pharmacy Ranked No. 7 by American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy June 14, 2021 The College has advanced several spots over the past year based on significant increases in research funding. Read more Image
Nursing Students Awarded Jonas Philanthropies Grant June 14, 2021 UArizona College of Nursing has received a new $30,000 grant to support students in the Doctor of Nursing Practice program. Read more Image
Connecting with Director Sweasy: Cancer Research is Personal June 14, 2021 Dr. Joann Sweasy discusses what inspired her to become a cancer researcher, how research has evolved and what the future looks like for the UArizona Cancer Center. Read more Image
Sleep Duration Increases, Particularly Among Young Adults, During COVID-19 Pandemic June 14, 2021 Mean sleep duration increased in 2020 by 5 to 11 minutes in nearly all groups studied, according to an analysis of Fitbit data from more than 163,000 users in six major U.S. cities "particularly hard hit" by the COVID-19 pandemic. “It was also interesting to see that the degree of change in sleep was correlated with the degree of improvement in resting heart rate," said Michael Grandner, PhD, director of the Sleep and Health Research Program and associate professor at the College of Medicine – Tucson. Healio
Episode 86: Chemicals and Toxic Materials: Environmental Effects of What We Use June 14, 2021 Frank A. von Hippel, a professor of environmental health sciences in the Mel & Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, and Joe Schwarcz of McGill University’s Office for Science and Society, discuss the unknown environmental and health ramifications from harmful chemicals. Healthy Living Healthy Planet Radio
FACT FINDERS: How Novavax Differs From Other COVID-19 Vaccines June 14, 2021 The Novavax vaccine differs from other Covid-19 vaccines because it already has the spike protein of the virus but it cannot cause the actual disease. ”I would love to see that vaccine here, it’s much more easily stored and transported, it would make it a lot easier to get that type of vaccine out to the rest of the world as well,” said Deepta Bhattacharya, an immunobiologist at the College of Medicine – Tucson. KOLD-TV (Tucson, AZ)