Building Bridges with Indigenous Communities: Stamets Gift Funds New Scholarship for Fellowship in Integrative Medicine Dec. 9, 2020 People with training in local and indigenous healing traditions or working in underserved communities can benefit from the new award. Read more Image
Guest Column: Student Inspired by Alzheimer’s Research Dec. 9, 2020 Greg Branigan is a first-generation MD/PhD student driven by research linking a breast cancer drug with Alzheimer’s prevention. Read more Image
UArizona Researchers Show Engineered T Cells Offer New Disease Therapies Dec. 9, 2020 A new study has found that a novel T cell genetically engineered by University of Arizona Health Sciences researchers is able to target and attack pathogenic T cells that cause Type 1 diabetes, which could lead to new immunotherapy treatments. BizTUCSON
UArizona Partners with Phoenix VA Dec. 9, 2020 The University of Arizona and the Phoenix VA will open a medical research space this month at the College of Medicine in downtown Phoenix to help veterans with their medical needs. KTAR has aired this story 6 times between Dec. 9 & 10. KTAR-AM Phoenix
UArizona Modeling Team Says if Surge Continues Hospitals Could Only Care for COVID-19 Patients by January Dec. 9, 2020 Medical experts are urging Pima County residents to stay home after hospitals hit capacity Wednesday night. "If we don't intervene, quickly, then we will, in fact, overwhelm our hospital system. Right now that's the critical weakness is we may not have room, in the end, for everybody come Christmas Day," said Joe Gerald, an associate professor in the University of Arizona's Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health. KGUN-TV (ABC) Tucson
As COVID-19 Worsens, Life in Arizona Remains More Normal Than During the First Pandemic Wave Dec. 9, 2020 As hospitals face a crisis because of the surging number of COVID-19 patients, most Arizonans have fewer restrictions on their day-to-day lives than they did during the first wave of the illness. "We're at a level of spread that is at or higher, arguably, depending on what variables you look at, as we were in our initial peak here in Arizona. At that time we had much more shutdown than we do now," said Dr. Farshad Fani Marvasti, a public health expert, physician and associate professor at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix. The Arizona Republic
Arizonans Sick for Months as New Study Seeks to Understand ‘Long-Haulers’ Dec. 9, 2020 University of Arizona Health Sciences researchers are conducting a multiyear research study – Arizona CoVHORT – to answer questions about risk factors for severe COVID-19 infection and how the virus impacts long-term health outcomes. KGUN-TV (ABC) Tucson
Uncovering the Mind-Body Connection of Touch Dec. 8, 2020 Inspired by her work at an orphanage, Dr. Katalin Gothard aims to understand how the brain interprets the social, emotional and physical aspects of touch. Read more Image
UArizona Professors Elected to National Academy of Inventors Dec. 8, 2020 Robert Norwood and Laurence Hurley have been elected as fellows of the academy, the organization's most prestigious designation. Read more Image
Equipping Rural Health Care Providers to Diagnose COVID-19 Dec. 8, 2020 In rural areas with limited access to X-ray machines and CT scans, lung ultrasound could help providers diagnose COVID-19 infections. Read more Image