June 17, 2021 Sarver Heart Center Minority Outreach Program Receives Walmart National Day of Giving Grants Walmart awards $20,000 to UArizona Sarver Heart Center Minority Outreach Program/Community Coalition for Heart Health Education on National Day of Giving.
June 28, 2021 UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson’s Accelerated Pathway to Medical Education Welcomes First Class The UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson has accepted six high school graduates in a new program that reduces the time to a medical degree to seven years.
June 30, 2021 COVID-19 Vaccine Reduces Severity, Length, Viral Load for Those Who Still Get Infected Real-world data from the AZ HEROES study show COVID-19 vaccines are highly effective in preventing SARS-CoV-2 infections, and when breakthrough infections do occur, the level of infection and impact of the disease are significantly reduced.
July 7, 2021 ‘Helpers Stay Quit’ Study Seeks to Keep Newly Quit Smokers from Relapsing A UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson study aims to reduce relapse rates of recently quit smokers by training them to help others quit smoking.
July 29, 2021 $1.9M Grant to Boost Behavioral Health Care Providers in Rural, Medically Underserved Communities A new program will train psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner students and psychology interns in real-world integrated health care settings.
Aug. 9, 2021 Dr. Benjamin Lee Named Chair of College of Medicine – Tucson Department of Urology Dr. Lee will continue leading the department after increasing faculty, clinical visits, surgical procedures and research over the last five years.
Sept. 8, 2021 New Training Program to Help Families, Children Affected by Opioid and Substance Use Disorders The Comprehensive Pain and Addiction Center will oversee the first peer support experiential learning and apprenticeship program in rural Arizona.
Nov. 3, 2021 Vascular Surgeon Leads NIH-funded Study of Brain Blood Flow and Alzheimer’s Disease Researchers hope that finding a connection between carotid disease and Alzheimer’s could provide a new pathway for preventing dementia.
Nov. 9, 2021 UArizona Health Sciences Study Identifies Breast Cancer Treatment Disparities Among Native American, Indigenous Women Native and Indigenous women had a higher percentage of mastectomy and a lower percentage of lumpectomy compared with white women.
Nov. 12, 2021 Pima County Health Director Named UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson Alumni of Year Theresa Cullen, MD, also with 27 years at the Indian Health Service, VA and U.S. Public Health Service, hopes to inspire others to a “life of service.”