Stories

Health Sciences Students Analyze COVID-19 Published Research

May 26, 2020

The College of Medicine – Phoenix is helping evaluate the quality of the research being released rapidly about the virus that causes COVID-19.

Research into COVID-19 tests, treatments and practices is widespread and varied. A team at the College of Medicine – Phoenix is developing a system for understanding the research underway.

Pediatric Care Survey Shines Light on Coronavirus’s Darkness

May 20, 2020

Health Sciences researchers spearhead global effort to capture a snapshot of real-time critical care of pediatric COVID-19 patients.

With Health Sciences coordinating the effort, 161 sites across six continents gathered data about how pediatric critical care units were responding to the COVID-19 crisis.

Faculty Mentor Uses Life Experience to Boost Student Success

May 18, 2020

Known as a champion of students, Dr. John Streicher fosters success through his roles as an assistant professor, researcher and graduate program director.

Dr. John Streicher mentors undergraduate and graduate student researchers in his laboratory, where his research program focuses on opioids and pain relief.

Health Sciences COVID-19 Toolkit Empowers Isolated Teens

May 18, 2020

Seeing a gap in resources for teens, Health Sciences researchers created a video for teens addressing mental health during times of isolation.

Even when they’re confined indoors with other family members, teens can still nurture their social networks with technologies, such as telephone, text and video chat.

2020 Grad Profile: Southern Arizona Dreamer Heads to Harvard

May 14, 2020

Undergraduate Victor Miranda participated in the Summer Institute on Medical Ignorance at the Center for Innovation in Brain Science.

University Developing Plans to Resume Research

May 14, 2020

Efforts are underway to test social distancing, disinfecting in laboratories to help create guidelines for safely reactivating research activities.

Researchers wear personal protective equipment and work six feet apart to protect themselves and one another from the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19.

2020 Grad Profile: Bachelor Program Preps Future Pharmacist

May 14, 2020

Samantha Dando is among the first to earn a Bachelor of Science in pharmaceutical sciences.

2020 Graduates: Five Standout Students Flipping Their Tassel

May 14, 2020

Thousands of UArizona students are graduating this week, including several standouts who studied at Health Sciences, now looking at much brighter futures.

Five graduating students who studied at Health Sciences colleges or centers: (from left) Jeffrey A. Asman, Meucci Ilunga, Victor Miranda, Samantha Dando, Erik Ceron.

2020 Grad Profile: Cancer Center Research Inspires A Passion

May 14, 2020

Meucci Watchman Ilunga was 16 when he left the Navajo Nation to start his undergraduate program. Now he plans to pursue a PhD.

2020 Grad Profile: Starting a Second Career in Pharmacy

May 14, 2020

Jeffrey Asman left his undergraduate education to start a business in the 1980s and is now about to enter the job market as a pharmacist.