Physiology Honors Students Celebrated during Family Weekend Oct. 15, 2020 In-keeping with the wonderful virtual events surrounding Family Weekend, we in the Physiology Department would like to pay tribute to the many outstanding students in our Physiology Undergraduate Program and celebrate your outstanding academic achievements during the 2019-2020 school year -- that is, last fall and spring. Read more Image
A Research Scientist, Doing the Heavy Lifting Oct. 8, 2020 Andrea Jeffers Wellington was featured in a scientist spotlight about her work in a research lab at the University of Arizona that studies diabetic retinopathy, hopeful that this work will ultimately lead to solutions that will help prevent sight-threatening damage. Read more Image
UArizona Prepares to Offer More In-Person Classes Oct. 6, 2020 On Oct. 12, the university hopes to resume in-person instruction for classes of 30 or fewer students that were designated in-person or flex in-person courses at the time of registration. Read more Image
Immune System Changes May Cause High Blood Pressure in Postmenopausal Women Sept. 30, 2020 A new study finds menopause-induced changes to protective immune cells may add to a spike in high blood pressure in postmenopausal women – findings with implications for sex differences in COVID-19 responses. Read more Image
UArizona Sees Improvement in COVID-19 Numbers, Compliance Sept. 29, 2020 The number of positive test results on campus decreased following a 14-day shelter-in-place recommendation. Read more Image
UArizona Health Sciences Exceeds $200M in Research Funding for First Time, Boosted by COVID-19 Collaborations Sept. 24, 2020 University of Arizona Health Sciences passes $200 million milestone in research funding in fiscal year 2020, addressing some of the world’s most challenging health conditions, including COVID-19. Read more Image
Future Primary Care Physicians Grateful for Full-Tuition Scholarship, Excited to Serve their Communities Sept. 23, 2020 Sixteen first-year students are among 32 new PCP Scholarship recipients this academic year at the UArizona Colleges of Medicine in Tucson and Phoenix – both schools still have scholarships available. Read more Image
University to Continue Holding Only ‘Essential Courses’ in Person Through Oct. 2 Sept. 22, 2020 While the campus has seen a spike in cases over the last few weeks, Friday’s positivity rate was down from last week, and no new students were admitted to isolation housing over the weekend. Read more Image
Dr. Monica Kraft to Lead All of Us Research Program at UArizona and Banner Health Sept. 22, 2020 Funded by the National Institutes of Health, the All of Us Research Program is a historic effort to collect and study data from at least 1 million people in the United States. Read more
UArizona Health Sciences Researchers Prepare First Potential Drug Therapy for Vascular Dementia for Clinical Trials Sept. 16, 2020 Dr. Meredith Hay won a $5.7 million grant for clinical trials on a novel peptide therapy that, if successful, would be the first drug to treat vascular dementia – the second most common form of dementia. Read more Image
