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![[A new study found that adult lung health can be influenced by nutritional problems during pregnancy, low birth weights for gestational age and being underweight in childhood. (Getty Images)]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/gettyimages-1176140066-card.jpg?itok=X5hIehsU×tamp=1721926164 "A new study found that adult lung health can be influenced by nutritional problems during pregnancy, low birth weights for gestational age and being underweight in childhood. (Getty Images)")
February 9, 2022
A UArizona Health Sciences-led study involving several researchers from the Asthma and Airway Disease Research Center, including Dr. Stefano Guerra, identified poor childhood nutrition and growth as risk factors for lung disease and weaker health as an adult.
![[Man in shorts outdoors on a road holding his knee as if in pain during a run.]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/knee_pain_1309561958-card.jpg?itok=5OPryeZT×tamp=1694623407 "A $2.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health will allow researchers to determine if changes in knee structure during aging can predict pain, functional limitations and the need for future knee replacements.")
January 27, 2022
University of Arizona Health Sciences researchers will study the links between knee structure changes and clinical outcomes in people with osteoarthritis.
November 15, 2021
While rare nationally, Valley fever is common in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Every year, 150,000 people in the U.S. are infected, and Arizona is home to two-thirds of them.
October 25, 2021
A team led by Valley Fever Center for Excellence researchers successfully tested a vaccine for dogs, with two doses providing high levels of protection.
September 7, 2021
The Comprehensive Pain and Addiction Center will oversee the first peer support experiential learning and apprenticeship program in rural Arizona.
![[Bhupinder Natt, MD, Medicine ICU medical director at Banner – University Medical Center South, was presented with a Clinical Excellence Award.]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/card_natt-bhupinder_202100662_com_faculty_excellence-7558.jpg?itok=DQ3gxb0-×tamp=1708383206 "Bhupinder Natt, MD, Medicine ICU medical director at Banner – University Medical Center South, was presented with a Clinical Excellence Award.")
August 12, 2021
The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson presented the winners of the 2021 Faculty Excellence Awards at the August 11 Faculty Excellence Reception. Among those earning recognition were Drs. Laura Meinke and Bhupinder Natt.
June 29, 2021
Real-world data from the AZ HEROES study show COVID-19 vaccines are highly effective in preventing SARS-CoV-2 infections, and when breakthrough infections do occur, the level of infection and impact of the disease are significantly reduced.
June 27, 2021
The UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson has accepted six high school graduates in a new program that reduces the time to a medical degree to seven years.
June 15, 2021
The Medical Scientist Training Program is designed to train students planning careers in academic medicine or biomedical research.
![[Valley fever is much better understood worldwide thanks to the UArizona Valley Fever Center for Excellence’s research, education and outreach efforts.]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/2021-06-10_022321-valley-fever-center-nhg_3755-card.jpg?itok=oeFpuO2i×tamp=1692816503 "Valley fever is much better understood worldwide thanks to the UArizona Valley Fever Center for Excellence’s research, education and outreach efforts.")
June 10, 2021
The center, led by Dr. John Galgiani, a professor in the Department of Medicine's Division of Infectious Diseases at the UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson, focuses on research, outreach and education to fulfill its mission of protecting people against a deadly fungal disease native to the Southwest.
June 8, 2021
A new Bachelor of Science in Medicine expands opportunities for students to pursue jobs in health care, where demand for trained professionals is rising.
May 11, 2021
Jordan Karp, MD, an expert on mental health in the aging population, will deliver the keynote address at the Arizona Arthritis Center’s Living Healthy With Arthritis Conference.
![[The UArizona Health Sciences Asthma & Airway Disease Research Center has spent decades researching the origins of adult respiratory diseases, including asthma and COPD, which often begin in the wheezing and lower respiratory infections of youth.]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/asthma_airway_1310226962_card.jpg?itok=UEG9Wz63×tamp=1721928985 "The UArizona Health Sciences Asthma & Airway Disease Research Center has spent decades researching the origins of adult respiratory diseases, including asthma and COPD, which often begin in the wheezing and lower respiratory infections of youth.")
May 4, 2021
The Asthma & Airway Disease Research Center, with numerous faculty from the Department of Medicine’s pulmonary and other divisions throughout the years, has revolutionized our scientific understanding of asthma and other respiratory diseases.
April 28, 2021
Data blitzes, spotlight talks and special session on diversity, equity and inclusion highlight the second annual event that is free and open to the public.
April 20, 2021
The UArizona Hillel Foundation has awarded College of Medicine – Tucson student Gabrielle “Gabi” Mintz the Shirley D. Curson Medical Student Scholarship.
![[Children on playground: The hygiene hypothesis, the idea that children exposed to more germs early on in life develop greater immunity and are less likely to get asthma and other diseases, will be explored in a UArizona-led cross-border study.]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/hispanic_kids_playing-149847186_card.jpg?itok=rPrfgUtQ×tamp=1721934792 "Children on playground: The hygiene hypothesis, the idea that children exposed to more germs early on in life develop greater immunity and are less likely to get asthma and other diseases, will be explored in a UArizona-led cross-border study.")
April 7, 2021
UArizona Health Sciences researchers – including the Pulmonary division’s Dr. Tara Carr – are taking a three-pronged approach to analyze asthma in children in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, and Tucson, Arizona – even before they’re born.
March 29, 2021
The full-tuition program aims to improve Arizonans’ health and reduce medical student debt by addressing a dire need for qualified medical professionals.
March 19, 2021
On Match Day, about 120 UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson students learned where they’ll launch their careers as new residents after graduation.
March 18, 2021
About 120 students in the UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson’s Class of 2021 learn where they’ll launch medical careers as resident physicians in virtual ceremony Friday, March 19.
February 17, 2021
Increases in total National Institutes of Health funding have led to higher rankings for several colleges and departments.