In Arizona and around the United States, hospitals are noticing a shortage in the number of nurses available to work around the clock to care for both COVID-19 patients and those with other conditions. Betty Parisek , EdD, MSN, RN, a clinical assistant professor with the College of Nursing and the program director of the Bachelor of Science in Nursing Integrative Health (BSN-IH), hopes the holistic approach taught by the BSN-IH program will be a great start towards a greater number of qualified nurses in the time to come.

Michael Grandner, PhD, the director of the Sleep and Health Research Program at the College of Medicine – Tucson, shares tips for getting a good night's sleep.

UArizona researchers Altaf Engineer, PhD, and Esther Sternberg, MD, a professor of medicine at the College of Medicine – Tucson and director of research at the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine, say the pandemic has forced employers to think about how office spaces can reduce employees' stress and enhance their well-being. The researchers are the lead authors of a new paper that aims to be the go-to guide for architects, planners and others in the building industry for designing spaces that help improve people's emotional well-being and physical health.

The Center for Innovation in Brain Science received a $15.1 million grant from the National Institutes on Aging to investigate perimenopausal brain aging.

Research conducted by Joe Gerald, MD, PhD, associate professor of public health policy and management at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, shows the rate of COVID-19 transmission among children is poised to surpass that of older age groups for the first time. “With continued K–12 in-person instruction, plus opening of our major universities, there will be additional pressure on transmission among children and young adults," Dr. Gerald said.

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Part one of a two-part series on how the pandemic intensified a sense of purpose and prompted lasting changes in education, research and outreach.

Dr. Koenraad Van-Doorslaer, PhD, an assistant professor of virology and immunobiology at the College of Medicine – Tucson, says the most effective mask is the N95, usually reserved for healthcare workers, followed by the KN95. "Regardless of what type of mask people are wearing, I think it's important that we wear something," Van-Doorslaer said.