News Releases

UArizona Health Sciences Researchers Identify Mechanism for Slowing Cancer Growth

Sept. 27, 2021

A newly discovered mechanism for controlling blood vessel growth in tumors points to possible strategies for developing new therapeutic interventions to overcome drug resistance.

Researchers discovered a mechanism tumors use to keep blood vessels growing, driving cancer growth and invasion.

Launching a New End-of-Life Care Training Program at UArizona Health Sciences

Sept. 24, 2021

Faculty at UArizona Center on Aging, colleges and centers will use a David and Lura Lovell Foundation grant to enhance end-of-life care education.

A new program under development at UArizona Health Sciences will offer age, gender and culturally sensitive training to students to help patients initiate and discuss end-of-life care. The interdisciplinary initiative will provide guidance to doctors, nurses, pharmacists and other health professionals.

UArizona Health Sciences Researchers Add Clarity to Role of Blood Pressure Medications in COVID-19 Infections

Sept. 23, 2021

Sarver Heart Center researchers clarify the interaction between blood pressure medications and SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

Researchers find blood pressure medications do not increase the likelihood of SARS-CoV-2 infection, good news for people with hypertension, or uncontrolled high blood pressure.

Summit Convenes UArizona Health Sciences and Industry Leaders to Spark New Medical Advances

Sept. 20, 2021

The third annual Drug Discovery and Development Summit aims to foster private-public collaboration and commercialization of new discoveries against diseases most burdensome to Arizonans.

Summit showcases interdisciplinary collaborations and future potential groundbreaking therapies.

Healthy Aging Research to Explore Diabetes, Phishing Scams, Stress and the Aging Brain

Sept. 15, 2021

Three grants are funding studies to address the diverse needs of an aging population, including treatments and interventions that promote healthy aging.

Three University of Arizona research teams are using seed grants to initiate studies that examine the impact of phishing scams on seniors, stress on the aging brain and using a hormone receptor to regulate diabetes.

Study Uncovers New Link Between Long-term Arsenic Exposure and Type 2 Diabetes

Sept. 15, 2021

Research led by the University of Arizona College of Pharmacy shows how chronic arsenic exposure disrupts the body’s natural antioxidant defenses, which may contribute to the development of diseases such as Type 2 diabetes.

Pumpkin Springs, in the Grand Canyon, is known for its high levels of arsenic.

UArizona Health Sciences Announces Newest Primary Care Physician Scholars

Sept. 14, 2021

A new class of 23 medical students received full-tuition scholarships to the UArizona Colleges of Medicine in Tucson and Phoenix.

Primary Care Scholarship recipient Fatouma Tall receives her white coat during the White Coat Ceremony at the UArizona College of Medicine – Phoenix on July 16.

New Training Program to Help Families, Children Affected by Opioid and Substance Use Disorders

Sept. 8, 2021

The Comprehensive Pain and Addiction Center will oversee the first peer support experiential learning and apprenticeship program in rural Arizona.

PeerWORKS will be the first apprenticeship program to train behavioral health paraprofessionals in rural Arizona and the first to place trainees in integrated care settings.

NIH Grant Advances UArizona Health Sciences Research on Women’s Brains, Menopause and Increased Risk for Alzheimer’s

Aug. 31, 2021

The Center for Innovation in Brain Science received a $15.1 million grant from the National Institutes on Aging to investigate perimenopausal brain aging.

UArizona Research Project to Monitor Health of SpaceX Inspiration4 Crew Members During Mission

Aug. 30, 2021

College Researchers Designed Novel Molecular Diagnostics Technology to Monitor the Health of Four Crew Members during First All-Civilian Mission to Orbit