UAHS News Archive
New UA Research Study Aims to Predict and Prevent Deadly Disease in Premature Infants
Apr 24, 2018
Study aims to develop the first predictive test to identify and prevent necrotizing enterocolitis, a disease that kills thousands of premature babies each year.
Dr. Megha Padi Arrives from String Theory Background at Harvard to Expand Collaboration in Bioinformatics at UA Cancer Center
Apr 23, 2018
Megha Padi, PhD, harnesses the computational power of bioinformatics to learn more about cancer and how best to treat it — and empowers other cancer researchers to do the same.
Dr. Allan Hamilton named Regents' Professor
Apr 16, 2018
The Arizona Board of Regents has appointed five UA professors as Regents' Professors, the highest level of recognition bestowed on faculty in the Arizona state university system.
Dr. Michael D. Dake
Apr 12, 2018
In his new position, Dake will lead the integration of undergraduate and graduate education, research and clinical activities among the UA health colleges and their clinical partners. He comes to the UA from Stanford University and will start on June 4.
Immunotherapy: Cancer's New Frontier
Apr 6, 2018
Cancer patients' immune systems are receiving a boost from checkpoint inhibitors and other laboratory-made antibodies, which train T cells to attack cancer. An expanded understanding of cancer, genetics and immunobiology could revolutionize treatment.
UA Researcher Receives $1.65M Grant for Innovative Technique To Assess Traumatic Brain Injury
Mar 26, 2018
NIH grant will allow Theresa Currier Thomas, PhD, to study neurotransmissions in real time.
Accolades Begin for New UA Research Building in Downtown Phoenix
Mar 20, 2018
UA Biomedical Sciences Partnership Building wins two awards from real estate and construction industries.
Effect of Medicaid Policies on Health in Arizona Studied by UA Health Sciences, ASU Researchers
Mar 5, 2018
Funded by a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, researchers with the Center for Population Science and Discovery at the University of Arizona Health Sciences are collaborating with the Center for Health Information and Research at Arizona State University in a study to help inform policymakers and other stakeholders about Medicaid funding, administration
UA Cancer Center, College of Ag Team Examines Mediterranean Diet's Role in Cancer Prevention
Mar 1, 2018
March is National Nutrition Month. University of Arizona researchers are interested in how the Mediterranean diet can contribute to better health.
UA Receives $2.98M for Collaborative Study to Reduce Hazardous Chemical Exposure in the Workplace
Feb 26, 2018
Researchers at the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health received a $2.98 million, five-year grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to determine if a community health worker intervention can reduce exposures to hazardous chemicals in the workplace. The research will focus on small businesses―auto repair shops and beauty salons―on the south side of Tucson, Ariz
Avery Therapeutics Selected for Bioscience Entrepreneurship Program
Feb 23, 2018
The Tucson startup company conducted its basic science research in a University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center Lab.
UA Sleep Research for Student-Athletes Awarded NCAA Grant
Feb 20, 2018
Building upon the findings of the educational support sleep program they designed, two UA researchers have been awarded an NCAA grant to further enhance their program to help student-athletes get a good night’s sleep.
UA Study: Brain Liquefaction After Stroke is Toxic to Surviving Brain
Feb 20, 2018
Researchers at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson suggest liquefied brain fluid may be one cause of dementia after stroke.
UA Cancer Center Team Targets Tumor Suppressor to Treat ‘Triple-Negative’ Breast Cancer
Feb 2, 2018
A team led by UA Cancer Center researchers Agnieszka Witkiewicz, MD, and Erik Knudsen, PhD, screened for drugs that could target triple-negative breast cancer tumors, producing several new therapeutic candidates for this difficult-to-treat cancer.
$3.6M NIH Grant to UA-Led International Research Consortium Seeks Precision Medicine Solutions to Stopping Asthma in Childhood
Jan 23, 2018
Dr. Stefano Guerra, a University of Arizona respiratory scientist, will lead an international effort to target deficits of a specific protein found in lung cells as an indicator of persistence of asthma from childhood into adulthood. Results could lead to personalized therapies for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
UA Part of $8.9M Collaborative Grant to Understand How Dangerous Virus `Hides’ to Attack Another Day
Jan 23, 2018
Dr. Felicia Goodrum and several of the nation’s most prominent human cytomegalovirus researchers have been awarded a five-year, $8.9 million collaborative grant to investigate how the virus lies dormant until it activates and poses life-threatening disease risk.
UA Researchers Create First `Roadmap’ to Understand Ability of Herpesvirus to Remain Dormant in Humans to Attack Another Day
Jan 23, 2018
A collaborative team of UA researchers have created an in-depth model of the human cytomegalovirus during its sleep-like state in dormancy to better understand how the virus can lie dormant and then reactivate and pose life-threatening disease risk.
UA Physician-Scientist Awarded Grant to Develop First Diagnostic Test for Schizophrenia
Jan 9, 2018
Amelia Gallitano, MD, PhD, studies genetic pathways and their response to the environment, hoping to improve treatments for mental illness.
UA Cancer Center Receives $2M to Investigate Selenium Supplementation
Nov 8, 2017
The grant will continue UA researchers’ investigation of the benefits and harms of selenium supplementation, which could clarify conflicting information about colorectal cancer and diabetes risk in certain populations.
University of Arizona Scientists Awarded Space Research Grant
Nov 6, 2017
The Center for Applied NanoBioscience and Medicine is doing its part to protect the health of astronauts on long-duration missions, including NASA's Journey to Mars.