Ricardo Correa, MD, program director for endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism fellowship at the College of Medicine – Phoenix, shares advice about the importance of research in medicine and how students and residents can get involved through the AMA Research Challenge.

Allison J. Huff, DHEd, assistant professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the College of Medicine – Tucson, is involved in a clinical trial using artificial intelligence technology that analyzes a patient’s words, voice, and facial expressions to detect mental health conditions and integrates with telehealth services.

UArizona R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy researchers hopes to increase medication adherence through culturally tailored education and other interventions.

Dr. Rodgers’s life-long passion for discovery leads her to inspire underrepresented groups to pursue the joys of scientific investigation.

#6 Nighttime Snacking: While eating late may not seem like a huge problem, research from the University of Arizona Health Sciences suggests that it could lead to obesity and diabetes in the long run.

Mindy Fain, MD, co-director of the University of Arizona Center on Aging, discusses the new Interprofessional End-of-Life Care Training Program that will build on the current curriculum to prepare students for having difficult conversations with patients.

A newly detected variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 could complicate efforts to control the pandemic, but Arizona public health officials say more investigation is needed to clearly understand the situation.

More Americans are getting the COVID-19 vaccine, but a recent study in the Journal of the American Medical Association showed that 32 percent of people in the U.S. remain unlikely to get vaccinated against the virus.

Changes in transmissibility, clinical presentation and ability to evade immunity “are going to be the three key pieces to look for as more is learned about the variant in the next several weeks,” said Joe Gerald, MD, PhD, an associate professor of public health policy and management at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health.

Emotionally fraught conversations are best navigated by listening actively, understanding people’s concerns and avoiding divisive side topics.