UA Researchers Study Link Between Menstrual Cycle and Quitting Smoking Nov. 14, 2018 Researchers at the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health and the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the UA College of Medicine – Tucson received a $347,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to study how the menstrual cycle impacts quit efforts in women of reproductive age who smoke. Read more Image
New UA/Banner Health Valley Fever Clinical Guidelines to Help Avoid Delays in Diagnosis Nov. 14, 2018 Banner Health has launched new clinical practice protocols developed with input from the University of Arizona Valley Fever Center for Excellence to help physicians more quickly diagnose and treat patients with Valley fever infections. Read more Image
UA Sonoran Center for Excellence in Disabilities Welcomes New Director, Wendy Parent-Johnson, PhD Nov. 14, 2018 Dr. Parent-Johnson will lead the UA Sonoran Center, which focuses on the issues of health, wellness, employment and community inclusion for adults with developmental and other disabilities, across the life span. Read more Image
UA to Support Smokers on Their Journey to Quit Nov. 14, 2018 The University of Arizona Cancer Center is building a robust tobacco-cessation program to provide support to tobacco users hoping to quit. Read more Image
UA Psychologist to Lead New Core Effort of Arizona Alzheimer's Disease Center Nov. 6, 2018 As this public health crisis escalates, researchers are working fervently to better understand the disease and who is most at risk for developing it, as well as to find ways to detect it earlier and to slow or halt its progress. Read more Image
UA’s Dr. Donata Vercelli Elected First Female Secretary General of International Allergy Collegium Nov. 6, 2018 Donata Vercelli, MD, has been elected secretary general of the Collegium Internationale Allergologicum, a group of distinguished international physicians and scientists who study the emerging field of allergy and clinical immunology. As secretary general, Dr. Vercelli eventually will become the first female president of the organization. Read more Image
Expanding Roles for Genetic Counselors in the Era of Precision Medicine Nov. 6, 2018 As physicians begin to order an increasing number of genetic tests, a question remains: who can help patients, and sometimes providers, interpret genetic information? Read more Image
UA Professor Receives Grant for Innovative Research in Preventing Heart Failure Nov. 1, 2018 NIH grant will allow Taben Hale, PhD, to study cardiac fibroblasts. Read more Image
Human Papillomavirus is Not a Defeated Virus Oct. 22, 2018 What lacks a brain but has the ability to swiftly avoid setting off our body’s intruder detectors, bringing its own blueprints into our cells to make more of itself, and in some cases, cause cancer? Human papillomavirus. Read more Image
Empowering Breast Cancer Patients with Genetic Testing Oct. 16, 2018 In 2013, Academy Award-winning actress Angelina Jolie wrote a now famous opinion piece for the New York Times detailing her journey involving genetic testing for breast and ovarian cancer. Read more Image