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UArizona Makers Race to Provide Personal Protective Equipment
With 3D printers among their tools, creators across University of Arizona campus are designing and manufacturing solutions for local hospitals short on equipment like masks, face shields and more.
UArizona Medical Students Rally to Help Tucson’s Homeless Amid Pandemic
Concerned about how the pandemic will impact the homeless population, University of Arizona Health Sciences students are screening Tucson’s homeless for symptoms of COVID-19.
Mayo Clinic’s Dr. Jonathan Holmes Appointed UArizona Chair of Ophthalmology
Jonathan M. Holmes, MD, a pediatric eye care and an alignment specialist, has been named the chair of the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson.
Dr. Andrew Weil to Discuss COVID-19 Strategies in Webinar
Six experts from the University of Arizona Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine, including Drs. Andrew Weil and Victoria Maizes, will discuss the exploration of integrative medicine based on the current evidence and research on the coronavirus's spread on April 7.
UArizona Health Sciences Ships COVID-19 Collection Kits to Navajo Nation
The University of Arizona Health Sciences ships 250 COVID-19 sample collection kits to Navajo Nation in Window Rock, Arizona, today.
UArizona Invention May Help COVID-19 Patients Breathe Easier
Researchers at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson, Drs. Sairam Parthasarathy and Marvin Slepian, have invented a new respiratory-assist device that may provide fast, safe relief to those who experience difficulty breathing.
UArizona Medical Students Step Up to Help Health Care Professionals
More than 70 University of Arizona medical students are helping health care professionals during the COVID-19 crisis by volunteering to provide child care, pet care, grocery shopping and more.
UArizona to Host COVID-19 Webinars Open to Public
University of Arizona Global plays host to this three-part webinar series to focus a virtual discussions on different aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic, led by UArizona experts from a variety of disciplines.
UArizona Professors Bring Pandemic Lessons to the (Virtual) Classroom
Faculty in a range of disciplines across the University of Arizona campus are incorporating COVID-19 discussions in their online classes.
UArizona Regents Professor Submits Designs to DOD for Three Low-Cost Ventilator Prototypes – One Using a Basketball
Led by Regents Professor Dr. Marvin J. Slepian, a team from the University of Arizona Center for Accelerated Biomedical Innovation has submitted a proposal to the U.S. Department of Defense for three ventilator prototypes – including one using a basketball – that offer simple, low-cost designs featuring easily acquired materials that could be fabricated rapidly and used for full or partial ventilator support.
UArizona Expert: Changes to Hospital Policies, Public Behavior Critical for Fighting COVID-19
Infection control expert Kelly Reynolds discusses, among other things, hospital infection control and ventilation measures and how they are being adjusted during the COVID-19 pandemic.
UArizona Cancer Center Joins Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network
The University of Arizona Cancer Center will receive $1.4 million as a collaborating center with the national network of academic, public health and community partners, working together to reduce the burden of cancer, especially among Hispanic cancer survivors.
Is COVID-19 Making You Stay at Home? Turn Your Home into a Healing Space!
Whether for a home office or general living space, the way you lay out your physical environment at home can reduce stress and create calm, say researchers from the University of Arizona.
Amid Shortage of COVID-19 Collection Kits, UArizona Scientists Race to Make More
University researchers produced 1,600 COVID-19 specimen collection kits over the weekend.
Aspiring Physicians Celebrate Match Day, Residency Results
One-third of the UA College of Medicine – Tucson Class of 2020 will remain in Arizona to practice medicine and pursue their residency training. Nearly 50 percent of the class will pursue primary care — a physician specialty that is critically low in Arizona and the nation.
Arizona Telemedicine Program Rapidly Responds to Coronavirus Pandemic
The award-winning program of the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson at the UArizona Health Sciences will conduct a major online training program regarding the COVID-19 pandemic for health-care providers and administrators, “Developing Telemedicine Services,” Monday, March 23.
UArizona Restructures ‘Match Day’ in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
The Match Day Ceremony hosted by the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson has been canceled out of caution for student and employee welfare due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, graduating medical students will celebrate in small groups and pick up envelopes that detail where they will begin their careers as physicians.
UArizona Cancer Center Appoints Dr. Babiker to Leadership Position
Dr. Hani Babiker, assistant director of early-phase therapeutics and director of phase I clinical trials, is overseeing the University of Arizona Cancer Center’s early-phase clinical trials, seeking to identify novel drugs and treatments for better cancer care.