Exploring Copper's Potential as Antibiotic April 1, 2019 While antibiotic resistance is on the rise, pharmaceutical companies are making fewer and fewer new antibiotics. UA immunobiologist Michael Johnson says this trend is in urgent need of reversal and believes copper might just be the key. Read more Image
UA Health Sciences Students Win Spot in National CLARION Interprofessional Case Competition March 28, 2019 A team of three students from the University of Arizona College of Nursing, College of Pharmacy and Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health will compete April 12-13 in Minneapolis, Minn., where they will have a chance to win a grand prize of $7,500. Read more Image
Dr. Meredith Hay Elected President of the American Physiological Society March 28, 2019 Dr. Hay seeks to advance physiology’s brand and increase students’ awareness of physiology as a discipline. Read more Image
UA, Banner – University Medicine Recognized as ‘Scleroderma Research and Treatment Center’ in Tucson March 27, 2019 UA pulmonologists and rheumatologists say the designation will increase patient referrals, improve access to clinical trials and research funding for this autoimmune rheumatic disorder that affects, by some estimates, as many as 300,000 Americans. This is only the second such center in Arizona. Read more Image
UAHS Career Development Awards to 4 Junior Faculty Foster Clinical, Translational Research March 26, 2019 The University of Arizona Health Sciences Career Development Awards program seeks to nurture the development of new clinical trials and biomedical and behavioral interventions to treat disease and the number of health scientists for our state and nation. This year the awards will fund sleep-, cancer- and cardiovascular disease-related research by four promising young investigators. Read more Image
New Patient Tower Opens at Banner – UMC Tucson March 26, 2019 Nine-story hospital tower opens to patients April 22; community preview April 7 Read more Image
UA Physician and iTether Create App for Pregnant Women, New Moms, with Opioid Addiction March 25, 2019 Grant allows for development of new online platform. Read more Image
On Every Front: Developing a Diverse Scientific Workforce To End the Alzheimer’s Epidemic March 21, 2019 Roberta Diaz Brinton, PhD, inaugural director of the Center for Innovation in Brain Science at the University of Arizona Health Sciences, has been awarded a $1.8 million National Institutes of Health training program grant to develop a cross-disciplinary and translationally oriented workforce to discover new drugs for Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases and shepherd them through the drug-development pipeline. Read more Image
Arizona Poison and Drug Information Center Celebrates National Poison Prevention Week March 20, 2019 The Center provides the public with tips to prevent opioid misuse and poisonings. Read more Image
Future UA Doctors in Phoenix Learn Next Step at Match Day March 18, 2019 Fourth-year medical students will begin residency training in the summer. Read more Image