Rheumatology

UArizona, State of Arizona Expand Eligibility for COVID-19 Antibody Testing in Concert with $7.7M Study to Better Understand Immunity

TUCSON, Ariz. — Following a significant increase in the number of Arizonans who have been exposed to COVID-19, the University of Arizona and state of Arizona are expanding their free COVID-19 antibody testing program for 250,000 people across the state to include 15 new categories of essential workers considered at high risk for exposure. The antibody test, developed by researchers at UArizona Health Sciences, determines who has been exposed to and developed an immune response against COVID-19.

UArizona Portable Device May Bring Change to Standard of Care for Skin Cancer

TUCSON, Ariz. – Researchers at the University of Arizona Health Sciences have developed – and are continuing to improve – a handheld device to bring the next generation of skin cancer prevention and treatment options into more patient-care settings.

Rheumatology Grand Rounds

Title: “Crystalline Arthritis”
Presenter: Julia Buchfuhrer, DO

Farva Gondal, MBBS

UArizona COVID-19 Webinars to Help Recognize, Resolve Isolation’s Impact on Mental Health

TUCSON, Ariz. – Humans are social creatures and the isolation caused by sheltering-in-place can impact our mental health. That’s very significant when you consider the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found 36% of the U.S. population is experiencing symptoms of anxiety or depression disorder as a result of social distancing and stay-at-home orders during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Older Adults Share Fewer Memories as They Age

TUCSON, Ariz. – By the time people reach a certain age, they’ve accumulated enough life experience to have plenty of stories to tell about life “back in their day.”

Superfund Research Center Receives $10.6M to Study Mining Waste, Arsenic-Diabetes Link

TUCSON, Ariz. — Working to understand mine waste systems and their relationship to human and environmental health, the University of Arizona Superfund Research Center will explore the link between chronic exposure to arsenic and the development of diabetes, thanks to a $10.6 million grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.

Dr. Joann Sweasy Named Director of University of Arizona Cancer Center

TUCSON, Ariz. – Joann Sweasy, PhD, interim director for the past nine months, has been named director of the University of Arizona Cancer Center, and the inaugural holder of the Nancy C. and Craig M. Berge Endowed Chair for the director of the Cancer Center.

UArizona Cardiologist Receives ‘Escalator Award’ from Women as One International Organization

TUCSON, Ariz. – Khadijah Breathett, MD, MS, assistant professor of medicine in the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson, Division of Cardiology, was one of five physicians selected to receive a Women as One Escalator Award.

One Small Molecule, Potential Giant Step to Improve Cognitive Function

TUCSON, Ariz. – With only five available drugs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat Alzheimer’s disease – and no drugs to prevent or cure it – the National Institute on Aging has awarded a $6.1 million grant to the Center for Innovation in Brain Science at the University of Arizona Health Sciences to investigate a novel approach to treat the disease.

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