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  • Prestigious Pew Award Goes to the UA’s Felicia Goodrum | June 30, 2008
    The award goes to young investigators of outstanding promise in the basic and clinical sciences relative to the advancement of human health | Health | Science and Technology | Teaching and Students
  • Children’s Research Center Director Awarded $2.5M MERIT Award | June 30, 2008
    Dr. Fayez K. Ghishan received the award from the National Institutes of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. | Health
  • $2.1M Training Grant Helps Boost Arizona Cancer Center’s Biology Program | June 25, 2008
    The Cancer Biology Program at the UA is the only program of its kind in the Southwest, excluding Southern California. | Health
  • New Grant Targets Networks to Reduce Tobacco Use | June 24, 2008
    The grant will support efforts at the Arizona Cancer Center to reduce the number of tobacco users, which has remained unchanged in recent years. | Health
  • Therapy Preventing Brain Damage in Cardiac Arrest Patients | June 23, 2008
    Therapeutic cooling technique has been used at UMC with great success as part of a multicenter study to assess its effectiveness and safety. | Health
  • UA Plans Joint Biotech Venture With Osaka University | June 20, 2008
    An agreement between the UA and Osaka University's School of Pharmaceutical Science will boost the biotechnology industry in both locations. | Health | Science and Technology
  • Public Health Has a New Dean | June 18, 2008
    The Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health has named its new dean, Iman Hakim, a national leader in health promotion. | General News | Health
  • Renowned Immunologist Joins UA College of Medicine | June 17, 2008
    Dr. Janko Nikolich-Zugich is an internationally noted expert on the immune system and age-related disorders. | Campus News | Health
  • Former PharmCampers Return to Give Kids Dose of Inspiration | June 13, 2008
    Former PharmCamp participants are returning to help the UA College of Pharmacy in its efforts to turn middle school students on to becoming pharmacists. | Health | Science and Technology | Teaching and Students
  • UA Researcher Takes Energy Healing From the Laboratory to the Corral | June 12, 2008
    Ann Baldwin's studies about the power of Reiki resulted in her becoming a practitioner and expanding her work to horses and dogs. | Health | Social Sciences and Education
  • Health Information Underload for Dial-Up Users | June 9, 2008
    A UA communication professor suggests that another kind of inequity is forming in the digital age, one that creates have-nots among dial-up customers seeking health information online. | General News | Health | Social Sciences and Education
  • UA Clinical Trial on Pycnogenol Shows Improvements in Diabetes Patients | June 9, 2008
    Patients with type 2 diabetes obtained desirable blood pressure control after adding the flavonoid-rich supplement Pycnogenol to their medications. | Health
  • UA Hosts Global Workshop to Address Mine Tailings | June 6, 2008
    The workshop brought together 48 international experts from Australia, Mexico, South Africa, the Tohono O’odham Nation and the United States to address mine tailing health and environmental concerns and solutions. | Health | Science and Technology
  • Plant Scientists Develop New Cell-Sorting Technique | June 3, 2008
    The technique has the potential to enhance our understanding of how cells of all types work or fail to work. | Health | Science and Technology
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