UArizona Health Sciences-Led Initiative Doubles Survival Rates After Severe Traumatic Brain Injury May 8, 2019 More than 130 fire departments and EMS agencies across Arizona have been trained through the Excellence in Prehospital Injury Care Project, or EPIC. Read more Image
UA-Led Initiative Doubles Survival Rates After Severe Traumatic Brain Injury May 8, 2019 The implementation of a massive, statewide public health initiative led by University of Arizona researchers and involving 21,000 prehospital care patients has doubled the survival rate of severe traumatic brain injury victims and tripled the survival rate among those who were intubated. Read more Image
UA to Announce Results of EPIC Project for Treating TBI May 6, 2019 News conference to announce the results of the Excellence in Prehospital Injury Care project, followed by a live demonstration conducted by the Gilbert Fire and Rescue Department and Mesa Fire and Medical Department, to include extrication of a simulated patient from a major vehicle crash. Read more Image
Dr. Donata Vercelli Awarded UA Koffler Prize May 2, 2019 For her excellence and distinction in research, Donata Vercelli, MD, has been awarded the University of Arizona Koffler Prize for Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity. Read more Image
UA College of Medicine – Tucson CME Office Receives ‘Reaccreditation with Commendation’ May 1, 2019 The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) has granted the Office of Continuing Medical Education (CME) reaccreditation with commendation—the highest status awarded by ACCME. Read more Image
Making a Difference: Helping Mothers, Helping Babies May 1, 2019 Dr. Saira Kalia, discusses the importance of maternal mental health and how perinatal psychiatry can affect the trajectory of a person’s life for the better. Read more Image
UA Genetic Counseling Graduate Program Gains Accreditation April 30, 2019 New graduate program at the UA College of Medicine – Tucson will begin in fall Semester 2019. Genetic counseling one of nation’s fastest-growing careers. Read more Image
UA to Study Link Between Prenatal Exposure to Pesticides and Childhood ADHD April 29, 2019 Melissa Furlong, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow and environmental epidemiologist at the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, will study the link between pesticides and childhood attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in Arizona, with funding from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Read more Image
First Surgeries Today in Banner – UMC’s New ORs in Tower 1 April 29, 2019 Blessings, ribbon-cutting and a robotic partial nephrectomy. Read more Image
UA College Partners with Space Tango to Test Diagnostic Tool in Space April 26, 2019 Center for Applied NanoBioscience and Medicine will integrate its health platform in the company’s automated CubeLab system to develop an easy way to test astronauts’ health in space. Read more Image