David Garcia, PhD, associate professor in the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, joined the board of directors of NASH kNOWledge, an organization that provides education and awareness of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis.

Bivalent vaccines contain the mRNA components of the spike genes of the SARS-CoV-2 virus ancestral strain and the BA.4/5 subvariants.

Twenty-seven medical students have been awarded scholarships through the Primary Care Physician Scholarship Program.

From providing accurate COVID-19 information to advocating for testing and vaccination with cultural sensitivity, promotoras, or Spanish-speaking community health workers, were key to serving marginalized Hispanic populations. Jill Guernsey de Zapien Border, director of the Transborder and Binational Public Health program in the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, is quoted.

Health experts are expecting another COVID-19 surge this fall and winter due to waning immunity from vaccines and more people spending time indoors. Natasha Bhuyan, MD, clinical assistant professor in the College of Medicine – Phoenix, is quoted

Building an AI tool to improve medical interviews is the continuing focus of a Vertically Integrated Project offered by Health Sciences Design.

Building an AI tool to improve medical interviews is the continuing focus of a Vertically Integrated Project offered by the UArizona Health Sciences Design program. Related content.

People ages 18-64 can participate in the Randomized Assessment of Influenza Vaccine Efficacy Network study through a regional site led by University of Arizona Health Sciences researchers.

The Yuma Center for Excellence for Desert Agriculture set up a lab to test wastewater for early warnings of COVID-19's spread throughout Yuma. This collaboration between public health and wastewater testing requiring the expertise of a range of professionals across multiple industries is considered a One Health approach. Frank A. von Hippel, PhD, professor in the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health and lead of the UArizona Health Sciences “One Health” research initiative, is quoted. The Health Sciences Office of Communications assisted with this story.