Program to Ensure Rural Access to Health Care Receives Federal Funding Boost Sept. 25, 2019 Longstanding University of Arizona Health Sciences program provides technical assistance, training and expertise to Arizona’s 15 critical access hospitals and 31 rural health clinics and EMS providers. Read more Image
Dr. David Labiner to Receive Arizona Epilepsy Foundation Award Sept. 24, 2019 The UA Health Sciences faculty member, researcher and Banner physician will be honored during the foundation’s annual gala. Read more Image
UA Health Sciences Leads $3M NIH Study to Evaluate Sexual Assault Prevention Program in Arizona Bars Sept. 24, 2019 A program to prevent sexual violence in Arizona is the focus of a study led by researchers at the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health. Read more 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 Image
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
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 Image
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!
Study Changes Guidelines for Sepsis Management Sept. 17, 2019 University of Arizona Health Sciences researcher ends debate among physicians regarding sepsis management. Read more Image
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!