The UArizona Health Sciences Sensor Lab aims to bring students, faculty and the community together through the use of software sensor systems and human-centered hardware. The Health Sciences Office of Communications assisted with this story.

Researchers are worried that air quality studies may be harder to conduct in Tucson and other environments that are becoming hotter, drier, dustier and more extreme as a result of climate change. Paloma Beamer, PhD, a professor at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, is quoted.

Researchers have found that guided, group exercise can significantly improve strength and mobility for seniors 65 years and older. Kathleen Insel, PhD, RN, a professor at the UArizona College of Nursing, is quoted.

From accidental medicine overdoses to scorpion stings, see how a poison center answers the call (literally) to provide immediate life-saving information and medical expertise.

Gabriel Martinez will serve a two-year term on the committee that provides advice and assistance to the president and the secretary of Health and Human Services on a broad range of topics that impact people with intellectual disabilities.

The UArizona Health Sciences Sensor Lab awarded seed grants to eight faculty members and two student projects to improve health and wellness.

Friends and family gather to honor and celebrate College of Medicine – Tucson and College of Medicine – Phoenix medical students.

Deepta Bhattacharya, PhD, professor of immunobiology at the College of Medicine – Tucson, said there was evidence vaccine effectiveness is “slipping against omicron” in some age groups—notably older people and kids between 5 and 11—and that vulnerable people who were boosted months ago “may want to get another dose,” but for anyone else “it’s a choice” and probably not needed.

Kate Ellingson, PhD, an assistant professor at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, said BA.2’s impact on overall case numbers will depend on several other factors, including underlying immunity from previous infection and vaccination and how much people take precautions.