News Releases

Vance Johnson to Discuss Addiction and Recovery at UArizona Health Sciences Event

Oct. 15, 2021

Former Wildcat football player Vance Johnson will discuss the stigma surrounding addiction and share his personal journey during the free event.

Study Aims to Train Advanced Heart Disease Providers to Remove Bias from Treatment Decisions

Oct. 14, 2021

Researchers seek to reduce bias and remove barriers to equitable treatment for advanced heart disease through standardized health care protocols.

A grant from the National Institutes of Health is funding a new study that aims to reduce implicit bias, thereby reducing disparities in the treatment of advanced heart disease, by implementing an evidence-based physician training program.

Binational Health Fair and Leadership Summit To Focus on Shared Health Challenges

Oct. 12, 2021

The summit focuses on developing a public health approach for programs and policies that benefit the people of both countries and the border region.

Conference Explores How to Build a Teaching Health Center Program

Oct. 6, 2021

The University of Arizona Center for Rural Health is hosting a conference for health professionals, “Teaching Health Center: Is it the Right Fit for Your Organization?” on Oct. 8-9.

Barnes, Heeke To Speak at UArizona Arthritis Center ‘Bear Down Celebration’

Oct. 6, 2021

UArizona Women’s Basketball Head Coach Adia Barnes and Vice President and Director of Athletics Dave Heeke will headline the annual Arthritis Center fundraiser.

UArizona Awarded $60 Million to Lead Precision Aging Network

Sept. 30, 2021

The National Institutes of Health -unded network aims to develop more effective brain-aging treatments and interventions targeted to the individual.

Cancer Patients on Chemotherapy Likely Not Fully Protected by COVID-19 Vaccine, Study Finds

Sept. 30, 2021

Researchers find lower immune response to COVID-19 vaccine for patients on chemotherapy; third dose of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine boosts immune response.

Arizona Center for Rural Health Receives $8M COVID-19 Disparities Grant to Help Arizona’s High-Risk, Underserved Communities

Sept. 30, 2021

The grant will help address COVID-19 disparities among racial and ethnic minority populations and rural communities in Arizona.

The Center for Rural Health is expanding mitigation and prevention resources and services to reduce COVID-19 related disparities among underserved and high-risk populations.

UArizona Nursing Soars in Inaugural U.S. News & World Report Best Bachelor of Science in Nursing Rankings

Sept. 29, 2021

University of Arizona College of Nursing BSN program ranked No. 1 in Arizona, No. 23 nationally and No. 16 among public universities.

The Tucson-based BSN program was the first academic program offered by the College of Nursing. The BSN-Integrative Health program at the Gilbert campus launched in 2019.

UArizona Health Sciences Immunologist Nikolich-Žugich Named Researcher of the Year

Sept. 28, 2021

Immunologist and gerontologist Janko Nikolich-Žugich, MD, PhD, named Arizona's Bioscience Researcher of the Year by the Arizona Bioindustry Association.