UAHS News Archive
UAHS Career Development Awards to 4 Junior Faculty Foster Clinical, Translational Research
Mar 26, 2019
The University of Arizona Health Sciences Career Development Awards program seeks to nurture the development of new clinical trials and biomedical and behavioral interventions to treat disease and the number of health scientists for our state and nation. This year the awards will fund sleep-, cancer- and cardiovascular disease-related research by four promising young investigators.
On Every Front: Developing a Diverse Scientific Workforce To End the Alzheimer’s Epidemic
Mar 21, 2019
Roberta Diaz Brinton, PhD, inaugural director of the Center for Innovation in Brain Science at the University of Arizona Health Sciences, has been awarded a $1.8 million National Institutes of Health training program grant to develop a cross-disciplinary and translationally oriented workforce to discover new drugs for Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases and shepherd them through the drug-development pipeline.
UA’s Dr. Terry Badger Inducted into the International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame
Mar 18, 2019
The honor recognizes Dr. Badger’s substantive research focusing on depression, symptom management and quality of life among cancer survivors and their families.
Implantable 'Tea Bag' in Development Releases Insulin for Children with Diabetes
Mar 8, 2019
A $1.2 million grant from the JDRF will support University of Arizona researchers as they continue to perfect and test an implantable "tea bag" that senses glucose levels and automatically releases insulin when needed.
UA Researcher Seeks to Prevent Heart Failure after a Heart Attack
Mar 4, 2019
American Heart Association funding will allow UA College of Medicine – Phoenix post-doctoral fellow to target fibroblasts.
UA Researcher Seeks to Prevent Heart Failure after a Heart Attack
Mar 3, 2019
American Heart Association funding will allow UA College of Medicine – Phoenix post-doctoral fellow to target fibroblasts.
Latest Anti-retroviral Drug Regimens Provide `Lazarus Effect’ for HIV Patients Suffering from Frailty
Feb 26, 2019
Frailty related to HIV infection “is rapidly becoming a specter of the past” and today it “is possible to control HIV infection in all patients,” according to a perspective article authored by a clinical team at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson.
UA Physicians and Scientists Developing Technology to Prevent Adverse Reactions to Medications
Feb 26, 2019
The Flinn Foundation grant will help the UA College of Medicine – Phoenix and Banner Health incorporate precision medicine tailored to a person's genetics.
UA Physicians and Scientists Developing Technology to Prevent Adverse Reactions to Medications
Feb 25, 2019
The Flinn Foundation grant will help the UA College of Medicine – Phoenix and Banner Health incorporate precision medicine tailored to a person's genetics.
New, Minimally Invasive Treatment for Enlarged Prostate Shows Promise
Feb 24, 2019
Banner – UMC first to offer PAE in Southern Arizona
UA Study Confirms Self-reported Sleep Duration an Accurate, Useful Health Measure in Children
Feb 14, 2019
A new study by researchers at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson shows that sleep duration reports by children and their parents are fairly accurate.
UA Study Confirms Self-reported Sleep Duration an Accurate, Useful Health Measure in Children
Feb 13, 2019
A new study by researchers at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson shows that sleep duration reports by children and their parents are fairly accurate.
Researchers to Compete in ‘Shark Tank,’ Demo Technology, More at Research Day, Feb. 13
Feb 12, 2019
University of Arizona researchers will compete in a Shark Tank-style competition, demonstrate their medical technology and more during Research Day, a first-of-its-kind event coordinated by the UA College of Medicine – Tucson.
Turns out Some Germs Are Quite Beneficial to Your Health
Feb 3, 2019
Recent advances in “next-generation sequencing” have made it possible to gain understanding of the complex nature of microbes and their importance to human health, a UA physician-scientist explains.
Anti-Cancer Immune Response may be Boosted with Combination Therapy, UA Cancer Center Lab Helps Discover
Jan 30, 2019
The University of Arizona Cancer Center collaborated with researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina to uncover better ways to harness the immune system to fight cancer.
Anti-Cancer Immune Response may be Boosted with Combination Therapy, UA Cancer Center Lab Helps Discover
Jan 29, 2019
The University of Arizona Cancer Center collaborated with researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina to uncover better ways to harness the immune system to fight cancer.
Why Women? — Studying the Role of Gender in Alzheimer’s Disease
Jan 25, 2019
Roberta Diaz Brinton, PhD, inaugural director of the Center for Innovation in Brain Science at the University of Arizona Health Sciences, received $5.9 million from the National Institute on Aging to study the role of gender in Alzheimer’s disease and develop precision medicine interventions to prevent — and potentially reverse — the course of the disease in both women and men.
Why Women? — Studying the Role of Gender in Alzheimer’s Disease
Jan 24, 2019
Roberta Diaz Brinton, PhD, inaugural director of the Center for Innovation in Brain Science at the University of Arizona Health Sciences, received $5.9 million from the National Institute on Aging to study the role of gender in Alzheimer’s disease and develop precision medicine interventions to prevent — and potentially reverse — the course of the disease in both women and men.
First Statewide Study Shows More Cardiac Arrests Due to Opioid Overdoses
Jan 22, 2019
UA medical students’ research shows tragic impact on young people who abuse opioids.
First Statewide Study Shows More Cardiac Arrests Due to Opioid Overdoses
Jan 21, 2019
UA medical students’ research shows tragic impact on young people who abuse opioids.