Translational and Regenerative Medicine
UA Nephrology Cohosts Free Training for Fellows, Residents on Dialysis Vascular Access, May 5
The University of Arizona Division of Nephrology is hosting a Dialysis Access Education Workshop on Saturday, May 5, 8 a.m.-1 p.m., in the Arizona Simulation Technology & Education Center (ASTEC) on the UA Health Sciences campus, 1501 N. Campbell Ave., Tucson.
UA Sleep Researcher Receives $3.6M Grant to Study Sleep Health on U.S.-Mexico Border
Michael A. Grandner, PhD, MTR, director of the University of Arizona Sleep and Health Research Program, has been awarded a $3.6 million grant from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities to study sleep and health along the U.S-Mexico border.
UA Researchers to Study How to Stop Stress from Causing Pain
More than 50 million people in the United States suffer from pain in the absence of injury. This includes patients with migraines, fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome and many other disorders.
UA Athletics, Bear Down Luncheon Help Raise Funds for Arthritis Center Research
The University of Arizona Arthritis Center got additional air time on May 10 for its 2018 Bear Down Luncheon, which was held the previous day at Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar, from KVOA Channel 4 and sports anchor Paul Cicala
Drs. Breathett, Ramos Pen ‘Healthy Dose’ Blogposts on Medical Bias, Precision Medicine
Two articles posted as blogposts to “The Health Dose” blog by the University of Arizona Health Sciences tackle tough issues over medical bias with minority patients and the nationwide launch May 6 of the All of Us℠ Research Program—at a moment when the Arizona cohort leads the nation in recruitment and received confirmation that the state’s largest award from the National Institutes of Health just got bigger.
UA Researcher to Work with Community Partners to Develop ‘Playbook’ for Prescribing Antibiotics in AZ Skilled Nursing Facilities
Katherine Ellingson, PhD, assistant professor of epidemiology at the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, received a three-year, $387,000 Arizona Biomedical Research Commission Investigator Grant, to develop an antibiotic stewardship program, or “playbook,” for prescribing antibiotics to treat
Unlocking Cancer’s Secrets Using the ‘Social Networks’ of Cells
Recent headlines have cast suspicion on social network analysis, which can mine data from the internet to target advertisements or potentially influence elections.
But what if we could use those same tools not for the economic or political gain of a few, but for the health of all humankind? Scientists now can harness the tools of social network analysis to understand connections among genes, an advance that someday could lead to medical advancements.
Banner YouTube Video Interviews Now Linked to Web Profiles for DOM Docs
Lights, camera, action! The wait is over for those University of Arizona College of Medicine faculty members who filmed interviews for new Banner Health video profiles around the end of 2017.
Moving Days Start May 9 for DOM Support Staff into New Space on 6/7OPC
Relocation of support staff and some physicians moving to new office space will begin tomorrow, May 9, involving the University of Arizona Department of Medicine.