Allied health programs to expand workforce in critical areas
Future University of Arizona Health Sciences students will have new health care career opportunities thanks to that the Arizona Board of Regents approving three new degree programs.
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New degree programs for physical therapy, physician assistant and nurse-midwifery aim to address health care workforce shortages.HealthCompassionDeterminationExplorationNew Economy InitiativeThe University of Arizona Health Sciences received approval from the Arizona Board of Regents to launch three new degree programs aimed at addressing ongoing health care work...
Source: The University of Arizona: Health - April 15, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: mittank Source Type: research
Valley Fever Collaborative awarded $3.1M in research funds
This study will try to connect the dots between strains that cause people to get sick, where in the land they come from and what it is about those hot spots that makes the fungus thrive. With this new information, we might prevent infections at work sites or even for everyone who lives here. "Six individual projects will take place using a Regents ' Grant funded by the state ' s Technology and Research Initiative Fund. They are:Identifying Valley fever hotspots from genetic clusters in patient specimensGalgiani will lead a team of researchers seeking to determine to what degree Valley fever human infections are due to ho...
Source: The University of Arizona: Health - April 12, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: mittank Source Type: research
Flinn Foundation commits $5.52M to College of Medicine – Phoenix
The gift will establish two research faculty positions and support training to further translational research in cardiovascular diseases, neurosciences and mental health.
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Lauren MacDonnell, a research associate in the Translational Cardiovascular Research Center, processes samples in the TCRC lab.
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Source: The University of Arizona: Health - April 6, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: mittank Source Type: research
Women in climate change: Mona Arora
UArizona is celebrating Women ' s History Month by highlighting a few climate researchers across campus who hope to create a better future for everyone.
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Mona Arora works to build the health system's capacity to address public health problems, including climate change. One of her current projects is to bring together teams to understand how the COVID-19 response can inform both pandemic and climate preparedness.
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Source: The University of Arizona: Health - March 24, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: mikaylamace Source Type: research
Residency Match Day returns to in-person celebration
Friends and family gathered this month to honor and celebrate College of Medicine – Tucson and College of Medicine – Phoenix students.
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Source: The University of Arizona: Health - March 23, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: mittank Source Type: research
Tapping into technology to improve health care research
The new UArizona Health Sciences Sensor Lab is expanding health care research by providing access to wearable sensors and advanced digital technologies.
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The Sensor Lab connects researchers across disciplines to tap into technological and digital solutions to health care issues using artificial intelligence, virtual reality, mobile applications and more.
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Source: The University of Arizona: Health - March 22, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: mittank Source Type: research
New program will teach surgery for space missions
The College of Medicine – Phoenix will serve as home base for the first-ever U.S. program to teach surgery and procedural skills for space missions.
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A new fellowship in partnership with College of Medicine – Phoenix, SpaceX and Banner Health will go beyond primary care medical oversight of astronauts. Fellows will also learn about aerospace surgery and procedural skills for space missions.
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Source: The University of Arizona: Health - March 22, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: mittank Source Type: research
Gov. Ducey proclaims March'Arizonans in Health Research Month' to celebrate All of Us UArizona-Banner milestone
Gov. Ducey proclaims March'Arizonans in Health Research Month' to celebrate All of Us UArizona-Banner milestone
Arizona leads the nation in enrolling participants in the National Institutes of Health ' s All of Us Research Program.
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Nationwide, more than 320,000 people have joined the All of Us Research Program, and approximately 50,000 of those participants come from Arizona.HealthCollege of Medicine - TucsonCollege of PharmacyDeterminationExploration
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Source: The University of Arizona: Health - March 18, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: mittank Source Type: research
UArizona engineer leads $1M project to fight vision loss
Biomedical engineering and optical sciences professor DK Kang is developing a way to diagnose and treat corneal ulcers that ' s eight times cheaper and 20 times faster than today ' s gold standard.
Emily Dieckman
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Dongkyun"DK" Kang, a biomedical engineering and optical sciences assistant professor at UArizona, was developing a smartphone confocal microscope to diagnose cancer in rural settings when a researcher on the other side of the world reached out to see if his the same technology could be used to diagnose corneal ulcers.
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Source: The University of Arizona: Health - March 9, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: ablue Source Type: research
UArizona Health Sciences colleges climb in Blue Ridge rankings of NIH funding
The R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy, College of Nursing and Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health posted significant gains in research funding, according to rankings compiled by the nonprofit Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research.
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Jun Wang, an assistant professor in the R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy, received several large NIH grants to fund research into identifying antiviral drug targets for viruses such as SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, and enterovirus D68, which causes moderate to severe respiratory illness in children.Hea...
Source: The University of Arizona: Health - March 4, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: mittank Source Type: research
Student views of racism in medicine a catalyst for change
Echoes of frustration over racism in medicine rebound among students, staff and faculty, as students work for positive change in medical school and health care overall.
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University of Arizona Health Sciences physicians and trainees gathered for a Black Lives Matter silent protest in June 2020 after the death of George Floyd, who had been murdered by a Minneapolis police officer.
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Source: The University of Arizona: Health - February 28, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: mittank Source Type: research
Aegis Consortium leaders envision a pandemic-free future
A new initiative seeks to unite global experts from universities, government agencies, nonprofits and industry to develop solutions to future pandemics.
Stacy Pigott
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Members of the Aegis Consortium are working to develop new therapies and methods to protect vulnerable populations now, while using the knowledge gained during this pandemic to prepare for – and hopefully prevent – future pandemics.
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Source: The University of Arizona: Health - February 24, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: mittank Source Type: research
Diversity efforts evolve at UArizona Health Sciences colleges
Diversity, equity and inclusion efforts have spread beyond the Colleges of Medicine as the other Health Sciences colleges address racism in health care.
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Students, faculty and staff at the five Health Sciences colleges have been active in developing programs to address heightened equity, diversity and inclusion concerns following national social unrest tied to the death of George Floyd in 2020.HealthBlack History MonthCollege of Medicine - PhoenixCollege of Medicine - TucsonCollege of NursingCollege of PharmacyCollege of Public HealthCompassionDiversityI...
Source: The University of Arizona: Health - February 16, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: mittank Source Type: research
' Chipping away' at the iceberg of health disparities
'Chipping away' at the iceberg of health disparities
Kelly Palmer joined the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health faculty in January, not long after earning her doctorate from the college. As a researcher studying diseases that disproportionately affect Black women, Palmer says her work is a team effort – and incredibly personal.
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University CommunicationsPalmer-web.jpg"Black women are my mother, my sister, my cousin, the members of my sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha," said Kelly Palmer, an assistant professor in the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of P...
Source: The University of Arizona: Health - February 14, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: mittank Source Type: research
UArizona researchers develop AI-driven method for diagnosing lung disease
Metabolite technology developed in the College of Medicine – Tucson has been licensed to startup MetFora.
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Ruslan Rafikov and Dr. Olga Rafikova, both associate professors of medicine at the College of Medicine – Tucson, have developed a new way to provide earlier diagnosis of lung disease. The technology is the basis for MetFora, a new startup the researchers launched with Tech Launch Arizona.
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Source: The University of Arizona: Health - February 10, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: mittank Source Type: research
