News Releases

Study Seeks to Improve Medication Adherence, Reduce Hypertension Disparities

Nov. 29, 2021

UArizona R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy researchers hopes to increase medication adherence through culturally tailored education and other interventions.

Researchers Receive $3.3M to Study Integrative Health Program to Help People Stop Smoking

Nov. 23, 2021

Researchers will partner with tobacco quitlines and community organizations to recruit participants to receive phone-based tobacco cessation interventions.

Reseachers at the College of Nursing will use a grant from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health to study phone-delivered interventions to help people stop smoking.

UArizona Health Sciences Researchers to Study Long COVID as Part of National Collaborative

Nov. 19, 2021

The NIH RECOVER Initiative aims to identify risks contributing to post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection, and approaches for treatment and prevention.

The Researching COVID to Enhance Recovery (RECOVER) Initiative was established to find answers to critical PASC-related issues including why some people recover while others do not, PASC risk factors, and strategies for preventing and treating PASC.

UArizona Researchers Develop Ultra-Thin 'Computer on the Bone'

Nov. 18, 2021

Engineers and physicians teamed up to develop a wireless device to monitor and protect bone health.

MOVE UP Outreach Program Administers 36,000 COVID-19 Vaccines in Arizona’s Rural and Underserved Communities

Nov. 18, 2021

The mobile health MOVE UP program has hosted hundreds of COVID-19 vaccination clinics for hard-to-reach populations in central and southern Arizona.

College of Nursing student Valerie Pedersen gives a woman a COVID-19 vaccine at a MOVE UP clinic at the Consulate of Mexico in Douglas hosted by the UArizona Health Sciences in partnership with the Cochise County Health Department.

Research Study on Cancer Risk for Wildland Firefighters Funded by FEMA

Nov. 16, 2021

A new study will measure carcinogen exposure to evaluate cancer risk among wildland firefighters, who are often exposed to harmful compounds on the job.

Grants Create New Center to Address Native American Disability Challenges

Nov. 15, 2021

The Native Center for Disabilities aims to improve disability services and employment access for Native youth and adults with disabilities.

Pima County Health Director Named UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson Alumni of Year

Nov. 12, 2021

Theresa Cullen, MD, also with 27 years at the Indian Health Service, VA and U.S. Public Health Service, hopes to inspire others to a “life of service.”

Compound Developed at UArizona Health Sciences Provides Innovative Pain Relief

Nov. 10, 2021

Researchers targeted a common sodium ion channel to reverse pain and saw positive results that could lead to a non-addictive solution to treat pain.

Compound 194 (left) was developed by researchers to uncouple the interaction between CRMP2 and the enzyme Ubc9, which indirectly regulates the sodium ion channel NaV1.7. A new study showed that the resulting reduction in sodium currents reduced pain. (Image: Samantha Perez-Miller, Aude Chefdeville and Rajesh Khanna)

UArizona Health Sciences Study Identifies Breast Cancer Treatment Disparities Among Native American, Indigenous Women

Nov. 9, 2021

Native and Indigenous women had a higher percentage of mastectomy and a lower percentage of lumpectomy compared with white women.