UAHS News Archive
Pandemic Fuels Rise in Drug-Related Deaths, UArizona Expert Says
Aug 11, 2020
University of Arizona pharmacologist Dr. Todd Vanderah discusses how the conditions created by the COVID-19 pandemic and the response could be exacerbating drug use and overdose.
UArizona’s $3M Cancer ‘Moonshot’ Grant Targets American Indian Colorectal Cancer Screening
Aug 10, 2020
A University of Arizona Cancer Center grant aims to improve colorectal cancer screening in Arizona’s American Indian communities, where screening rates lag behind those for others across the nation.
UArizona’s $3M Cancer ‘Moonshot’ Grant Targets American Indian Colorectal Cancer Screening
Aug 9, 2020
A University of Arizona Cancer Center grant aims to improve colorectal cancer screening in Arizona’s American Indian communities, where screening rates lag behind those for others across the nation.
UArizona Health Sciences Researcher Studies Statins for Stroke Therapy
Aug 6, 2020
A $2.8 million grant will fund research to develop an improved therapeutic treatment for acute ischemic stroke patients that may help them recover faster with fewer long-term complications.
UArizona Health Sciences Researcher Studies Statins for Stroke Therapy
Aug 5, 2020
A $2.8 million grant will fund research to develop an improved therapeutic treatment for acute ischemic stroke patients that may help them recover faster with fewer long-term complications.
Health Disparities in Advanced Heart Failure Treatment – Intersection of Race and Sex
Aug 3, 2020
Sarver Heart team led by Khadijah Breathett looking into gender and racial bias found doctors more judgmental on women’s appearance and social support networks, particularly African American women.
UArizona Health Sciences Researcher Seeks Safer, More Effective Leukemia Treatment
Aug 3, 2020
Dr. Emmanuel Katsanis is studying a new chemotherapy treatment for patients with blood-related cancers, such as leukemia, who undergo a particular type of bone marrow transplant procedure.
UArizona Health Sciences Researcher Seeks Safer, More Effective Leukemia Treatment
Aug 2, 2020
Dr. Emmanuel Katsanis is studying a new chemotherapy treatment for patients with blood-related cancers, such as leukemia, who undergo a particular type of bone marrow transplant procedure.
Health Disparities in Advanced Heart Failure Treatment – Intersection of Race and Sex
Jul 30, 2020
Sarver Heart team led by Khadijah Breathett looking into gender and racial bias found doctors more judgmental on women’s appearance and social support networks, particularly African American women.
Constitution Has Answers for Balancing Health and Liberties Amid COVID-19, UArizona Experts Say
Jul 30, 2020
Three experts in constitutional law, environmental law and public health write in a new essay that one of America’s founding documents provides a framework for finding common ground to fight COVID-19.
UArizona Reports Record Number of Startups for Fiscal Year 2020
Jul 30, 2020
With 19 new companies added to its roster last fiscal year, the University of Arizona has now launched more than 100 startups since revamping its commercialization operation in late 2012.
UArizona First-of-Its-Kind Study Offers Insight into Bacteria Found in Bacterial Vaginosis
Jul 29, 2020
A University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix study could help researchers develop treatment for common vaginal infection that affects more than 3 million U.S. women a year.
UArizona Reports Record Number of Startups for Fiscal Year 2020
Jul 28, 2020
With 19 new companies added to its roster last fiscal year, the University of Arizona has now launched more than 100 startups since revamping its commercialization operation in late 2012.
UArizona First-of-Its-Kind Study Offers Insight into Bacteria Found in Bacterial Vaginosis
Jul 28, 2020
A University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix study could help researchers develop treatment for common vaginal infection that affects more than 3 million U.S. women a year.
UArizona Researchers Detangle Protein Interaction Implicated in Down Syndrome and Alzheimer’s
Jul 28, 2020
New findings by University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson chemists Drs. Wolfgang Peti and Rebecca Page provide a foundation to better understand and treat these neurological disorders.
UArizona President Outlines Fall Return to Campus
Jul 28, 2020
The university will offer four class formats and implement a range of safety measures on campus when the fall semester begins on Aug. 24 as scheduled with a mix of in-person and remote instruction.
UArizona Health Sciences Researchers Narrow in on Novel Treatment for Alzheimer’s Disease
Jul 28, 2020
A $3.8-million federal grant will allow a team led by the University of Arizona College of Pharmacy to continue to develop a drug to prevent or reverse this devastating neurodegenerative disorder.
UArizona Aims to Provide Rapid Tests for Those Exposed to Biothreats, Such as COVID-19
Jul 27, 2020
With Department of Defense funding, the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix leads effort to develop portable device to detect biological threats, like the virus that causes COVID-19.
UArizona, State Expand COVID-19 Antibody Test Eligibility, Launch $7.7M Study on Immunity
Jul 22, 2020
A free statewide COVID-19 antibody testing program expands to 15 categories of essential workers at high risk of exposure, in concert with a $7.7 million UArizona study to better understand immunity.
Nationally Recognized Geriatric Psychiatrist Appointed UArizona Chair of Psychiatry
Jul 20, 2020
Dr. Jordan Karp, expert in geriatric psychiatry, depression treatment and suicide prevention, is named chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson.