Research Matters Archive

UA Researcher Receives $1.65M Grant for Innovative Technique To Assess Traumatic Brain Injury
Mar 26 2018 - 9:41am
NIH grant will allow Theresa Currier Thomas, PhD, to study neurotransmissions in real time.
UA Receives $2.98M for Collaborative Study to Reduce Hazardous Chemical Exposure in the Workplace
Feb 26 2018 - 11:33am
Researchers at the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health received a $2.98 million, five-year grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to determine if a community health worker intervention can reduce exposures to hazardous chemicals in the workplace. The research will focus on small businesses―auto repair shops and beauty salons―on the south side of Tucson, Ariz
UA Sleep Research for Student-Athletes Awarded NCAA Grant
Feb 20 2018 - 11:16am
Building upon the findings of the educational support sleep program they designed, two UA researchers have been awarded an NCAA grant to further enhance their program to help student-athletes get a good night’s sleep.
UA Study: Brain Liquefaction After Stroke is Toxic to Surviving Brain
Feb 20 2018 - 8:57am
Researchers at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson suggest liquefied brain fluid may be one cause of dementia after stroke.
UA Cancer Center Team Targets Tumor Suppressor to Treat ‘Triple-Negative’ Breast Cancer
Feb 2 2018 - 2:55pm
A team led by UA Cancer Center researchers Agnieszka Witkiewicz, MD, and Erik Knudsen, PhD, screened for drugs that could target triple-negative breast cancer tumors, producing several new therapeutic candidates for this difficult-to-treat cancer.
$3.6M NIH Grant to UA-Led International Research Consortium Seeks Precision Medicine Solutions to Stopping Asthma in Childhood
Jan 23 2018 - 10:18am
Dr. Stefano Guerra, a University of Arizona respiratory scientist, will lead an international effort to target deficits of a specific protein found in lung cells as an indicator of persistence of asthma from childhood into adulthood. Results could lead to personalized therapies for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
UA Part of $8.9M Collaborative Grant to Understand How Dangerous Virus `Hides’ to Attack Another Day
Jan 23 2018 - 8:59am
Dr. Felicia Goodrum and several of the nation’s most prominent human cytomegalovirus researchers have been awarded a five-year, $8.9 million collaborative grant to investigate how the virus lies dormant until it activates and poses life-threatening disease risk.
UA Researchers Create First `Roadmap’ to Understand Ability of Herpesvirus to Remain Dormant in Humans to Attack Another Day
Jan 23 2018 - 8:10am
A collaborative team of UA researchers have created an in-depth model of the human cytomegalovirus during its sleep-like state in dormancy to better understand how the virus can lie dormant and then reactivate and pose life-threatening disease risk.
UA Physician-Scientist Awarded Grant to Develop First Diagnostic Test for Schizophrenia
Jan 9 2018 - 9:25am
Amelia Gallitano, MD, PhD, studies genetic pathways and their response to the environment, hoping to improve treatments for mental illness.
UA Cancer Center Receives $2M to Investigate Selenium Supplementation
Nov 8 2017 - 9:13am
The grant will continue UA researchers’ investigation of the benefits and harms of selenium supplementation, which could clarify conflicting information about colorectal cancer and diabetes risk in certain populations.

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