Health Sciences In The Media

The Patient Registry, Imaging Database and Tissue Bank, developed by researchers at the University of Arizona Health Sciences, represents a unique resource researchers can use to develop novel tools to help doctors diagnose and predict likely outcomes for skin cancer.

Dartmouth College is convening all seven living U.S. Surgeons General, including Richard Carmona, MD, MPH, distinguished laureate professor at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, for a discussion of the nation’s mental health crisis this fall.

Joel A. Dvoskin, PhD, clinical assistant professor of psychiatry at the College of Medicine – Tucson, discusses the psychology behind online hate speech in broad terms following a raid by FBI agents in Utah that killed a man who threatened President Biden.

Researchers have uncovered a way to potentially improve outcomes from pre-term births and prevent obesity-related liver disease. In a new study, scientists saw improvement in both conditions with an inflammation-targeting antibody.

A $1.5 million National Cancer Institute grant will fund “Student Transformative Experiences to Progress Undergraduate and Graduate Professionals,” an intensive, multidisciplinary cancer prevention and control research training program for undergraduate and graduate students.

"Well at Work: Creating Wellbeing in Any Workspace," a book by Esther Sternberg, MD, professor of medicine and director of research at the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine in the College of Medicine – Tucson, is reviewed.

A listing of nursing of nursing college options in Tucson includes the College of Nursing.

With a $4 million grant form the National Institutes of Health, researchers at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health will focus on behavioral interventions to improve firefighter sleep and recovery.

A $3.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health will allow researchers to study how new technology can help cancer patients manage symptoms and related stress from cancer treatment while at home.

Studying Valley fever trends over several years, a team at the Valley Fever Center for Excellence at the College of Medicine – Tucson has created a forecasting tool to determine when the illness is spiking in the community.