UAHS News Archive
UArizona Mobile Health Unit Outreach to Spanish-Speakers Crucial Link in COVID-19 Battle
May 7, 2020
UArizona Cancer Center, Banner – University Medicine continue state-of-the-art cancer care and cutting-edge clinical research during COVID-19 pandemic since “Cancer doesn’t sleep, so neither can we.”
UArizona Mobile Health Unit Outreach to Spanish-Speakers Crucial Link in COVID-19 Battle
May 7, 2020
The Health Resources and Services Administration has awarded $1.35 million to the University of Arizona Center for Rural Health to support 16 hospitals in rural Arizona to combat the coronavirus pandemic.
UArizona Researchers Identify Potential Pathway to Make Opioids Safer, More Effective
May 5, 2020
Researchers from the UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson found that inhibiting heat shock protein 90 in the spinal cord enhanced effectiveness of opioid therapy and could decrease its side effects.
UArizona Researchers Identify Potential Pathway to Make Opioids Safer, More Effective
May 4, 2020
Researchers from the UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson found that inhibiting heat shock protein 90 in the spinal cord enhanced effectiveness of opioid therapy and could decrease its side effects.
Two UArizona Doctors Co-Author ASAIO Paper on Advanced Life Support for COVID-19 Patients
May 4, 2020
The paper, published in two medical journals last week, lays out best practice guidelines for patients in intensive care units requiring advanced life-saving therapies due to the novel coronavirus.
UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson to Celebrate ‘Virtual’ 2020 Convocation
May 4, 2020
On May 14, a total of 117 medical students from the University of Arizona in Tucson officially will become physicians and earn their Doctor of Medicine degrees.
Two UArizona Doctors Co-Author ASAIO Paper on Advanced Life Support for COVID-19 Patients
May 3, 2020
The paper, published in two medical journals last week, lays out best practice guidelines for patients in intensive care units requiring advanced life-saving therapies due to the novel coronavirus.
UArizona Researchers Repurpose Suramin to Fight Oral Mucositis and Diabetic Foot Ulcers
May 1, 2020
This University of Arizona-led breakthrough has the potential to benefit hundreds of thousands of patients whose current healing options are either partially effective or painful and invasive.
Dr. Roberta Diaz Brinton Featured at Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation Virtual Event, May 6
May 1, 2020
The director of the UArizona Center for Innovation in Brain Science will be joined by NBC’s Andrea Mitchell, host of this year’s fundraiser, and the ADDF director to discuss the latest research.
UArizona Researchers Repurpose Suramin to Fight Oral Mucositis and Diabetic Foot Ulcers
Apr 30, 2020
This University of Arizona-led breakthrough has the potential to benefit hundreds of thousands of patients whose current healing options are either partially effective or painful and invasive.
UArizona President to Have Blood Drawn for COVID-19 Antibody Testing
Apr 29, 2020
After his blood draw, Dr. Robert C. Robbins will announce plans for the university’s fall semester. Appointments for this first round of testing for 4,500 people in Pima County are filled. No walkups.
UArizona Researchers Pivot to Tackle COVID-19, Splitting More Than $500,000 in Funding
Apr 28, 2020
Thirteen research teams will address various aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic with financial support from rapid-turnaround seed grants supplied through funding from the state and University of Arizona BIO5 Institute.
UArizona Researchers Pivot to Tackle COVID-19, Splitting More Than $500,000 in Funding
Apr 27, 2020
Thirteen research teams will address various aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic with financial support from rapid-turnaround seed grants supplied through funding from the state and University of Arizona BIO5 Institute.
Majority of 2020 Flinn Scholars Choose UArizona
Apr 23, 2020
The University of Arizona will welcome 12 of this year's 19 Flinn Scholars, who are among Arizona's highest-achieving high school seniors.
UArizona Launches Two-Way Texting System to Gather, Provide Critical COVID-19 Health Data
Apr 19, 2020
A research team at the University of Arizona Health Sciences and Data Science Institute has launched a crowd-source texting system to gather vital public health data to help fight COVID-19 in Arizona.
UArizona Launches Two-Way Texting System to Gather, Provide Critical COVID-19 Health Data
Apr 17, 2020
A research team at the University of Arizona Health Sciences and Data Science Institute has launched a crowd-source texting system to gather vital public health data to help fight COVID-19 in Arizona.
UArizona Partners with State to Provide COVID-19 Antibody Tests
Apr 15, 2020
The state investment will allow UArizona to test 250,000 of Arizona’s front-line workforce.
UArizona Partners to Form Arizona COVID-19 Genomics Union to Track Coronavirus
Apr 9, 2020
Genomic sequencing will track the new coronavirus, provide critical data for global biomedical researchers and give Arizona an edge in responding to the pandemic.
UArizona Medical Students Rally to Help Tucson’s Homeless Amid Pandemic
Apr 7, 2020
Concerned about how the pandemic will impact the homeless population, University of Arizona Health Sciences students are screening Tucson’s homeless for symptoms of COVID-19.
UArizona Partners to Form Arizona COVID-19 Genomics Union to Track Coronavirus
Apr 7, 2020
Genomic sequencing will track the new coronavirus, provide critical data for global biomedical researchers and give Arizona an edge in responding to the pandemic.