Research Matters Archive

UA College of Nursing Receives $2.5M Grant to Improve Interventions for Cancer Survivors
Jun 4 2018 - 8:05am
The four-year National Cancer Institute grant will enable Terry A. Badger, PhD, RN, PMHCNS-BC, FAAN, to study whether psychosocial interventions will help ethnically diverse survivors improve their symptoms.
UA Study Finds Link Between Sleep Loss, Nighttime Snacking, Junk Food Cravings and Obesity
Jun 1 2018 - 1:17pm
The study found poor sleep quality was associated with nighttime snacking and a high likelihood of craving junk food. The study also found that junk food cravings were associated with increased risk of obesity, diabetes and other health problems.
UA Research Shines in International Ranking
May 31 2018 - 8:43am
University faculty's research output and influence earn high marks in the latest Center for World University Rankings.
All of Us Research Program Begins National Enrollment Effort; Nine Banner Sites in Arizona Enrolling Volunteers
May 24 2018 - 9:59am
Events are planned across the nation to engage diverse communities in the national recruitment effort. In Arizona, Banner Health and the University of Arizona Health Sciences have been enrolling volunteers into the program as a National Institutes of Health pilot site since 2017.
Pharmacology Researchers Seek Solutions to Opioid Epidemic
May 21 2018 - 11:39am
The UA's focus has been on helping people with chronic pain without using narcotics or other addictive drugs.
UA Surgeons Developing New Tool to Detect Urine Blockage
May 19 2018 - 10:40am
Surgeons at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson are developing a tool that may make detecting urine blockage simpler for patients.
UA Health Sciences and UA Researchers Awarded ABRC Grants Totaling Nearly $6M for Health Research
May 17 2018 - 12:28pm
The three-year Arizona Biomedical Research Commission Awards will fund research relating to neuropathic and cancer pain, migraines, opioids, antibiotics, antivirals, sinusitis, obesity, diabetes, Parkinson’s disease, pulmonary disease and pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome.
Enzyme's Movement May Be Key to New Cancer Drugs
May 15 2018 - 4:32pm
Interfering with the motion of a kinase enzyme might be a new approach for the development of anti-cancer drugs.
UA Sleep Researcher Receives $3.6M Grant to Study Sleep Health on U.S.-Mexico Border
May 14 2018 - 9:30am
The Nogales Cardiometabolic Health and Sleep Study seeks to learn more about sleep health and sleep disorders in the border region, how sleep issues are related to social, behavioral and environmental factors and their potential role in regard to risk factors for cardiovascular disease and diabetes.
UA Researchers to Study How to Stop Stress from Causing Pain
May 14 2018 - 8:57am
Researchers at the UA College of Medicine – Tucson have received $2.7 million to learn how stress can produce pain — and how to stop it from occurring.

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