Browse Health stories - October, 2009

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  • Anthropologists Call for Improved Global Response to Animal-Borne Infectious Diseases
    Health, Social Sciences and Education October 29, 2009
    UANews | UA Regents' Professor Mark Nichter was part of a panel of experts calling for improved coordination between countries to help stem disease outbreaks brought on by animal-borne pathogens.
  • Construction Begins on New Behavioral Health Facilities
    Health October 27, 2009
    UANews | The new facilities are expected to open in the summer of 2011 to serve people with mental health and substance use crises.
  • Research May Help Plants, Humans Survive Stress, Disease
    Health, Science and Technology October 27, 2009
    UANews | New technology to analyze gene expression at the level of different cell types offers new insights in the ways that plants and animals react to the environment and how they change when they are diseased. 
  • Professor Awarded More Than $1M to Study Pharmacists’ Effect on Transplant Patients
    Health October 26, 2009
    UANews | Marie Chisholm-Burns has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the effects of pharmacists' involvement in renal transplant patients' drug therapy.
  • Study Seeks Stroke Survivors for Tai Chi Exercise Class
    Health October 23, 2009
    UANews | The UA College of Nursing is seeking stroke survivors to participate in a free, 12-week program of tai chi.
  • School of Mind, Brain, and Behavior to Offer New Teaching and Research Avenues
    Health, Science and Technology, Social Sciences and Education October 22, 2009
    UANews | The school, which includes psychology, speech, language and hearing sciences, neuroscience and cognitive science, will also offer new undergraduate majors and collaborative projects between researchers.
  • T-Health Institute Officially Opens on Friday
    Health October 22, 2009
    UANews | The Arizona Telemedicine Program is hosting the grand opening event for the T-Health Institute.
  • Retired Retail Executive Donates $5M Estate Gift to Arizona Cancer Center
    Health October 21, 2009
    UANews | The endowment fund will support breast cancer research.
  • Public Health Professor Studying Firefighter Safety
    Health October 19, 2009
    UANews | Dr. Jeff Burgess has been awarded $2.3 million for two national research grants to study and prevent injuries among firefighters.
  • Worobey Receives Sterling Controversy Prize
    Health, Science and Technology October 12, 2009
    UANews | UA evolutionary biologist Michael Worobey has earned the Simon Fraser University's Nora and Ted Sterling prize in support of controversy.
  • UA Professor Elected to Institute of Medicine of the National Academies
    Health October 12, 2009
    UANews | Dr. Setsuko K. Chambers has been elected a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. Election to the Institute is considered one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine.
  • Researchers to Study How Dogs Decrease Asthma Susceptibility
    Health October 9, 2009
    UANews | Researchers at the UA aim to learn more about how the presence of dogs at home seems to reduce the risk of children contracting asthma and its related conditions later in life.
  • $7.5M Stimulus Grant to Fund Translational Medicinal Chemistry Program
    Health October 8, 2009
    UANews | The National Institutes of Health has awarded a $7.5 million grant to the UA and TGen to fund a drug discovery and development center.
  • Cancer Center Partnership for Native American Cancer Prevention Awarded $15.7M
    Health October 5, 2009
    UANews | The grant provides funding to continue developing sustainable solutions to cancer disparities among Native Americans.
  • Drive-Through Flu Shot Clinic Offered for UA Employees and Students
    General News, Health October 1, 2009
    UANews | Employees and students can get their seasonal flu shot by attending a drive-through clinic this weekend.