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Arizona to Test 250,000 First Responders, Healthcare Workers for COVID-19

April 14, 2020

(Reuters) - Arizona on Tuesday said it would provide coronavirus antibody tests for 250,000 health-care workers and first responders in the largest such testing in the United States to date.

The blood tests show who has been exposed to the novel coronavirus and successfully built immunity, the University of Arizona, which will produce and carry out the tests, said in a statement.

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SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 in older adults: what we may expect regarding pathogenesis, immune responses, and outcomes

April 10, 2020

SARS-CoV-2 virus, the causative agent of the coronavirus infectious disease-19 (COVID-19), is taking the globe by storm, approaching 500,000 confirmed cases and over 21,000 deaths as of March 25, 2020. While under control in some affected Asian countries (Taiwan, Singapore, Vietnam), the virus demonstrated an exponential phase of infectivity in several large countries (China in late January and February and many European countries and the USA in March), with cases exploding by 30–50,000/day in the third and fourth weeks of March, 2020. SARS-CoV-2 has proven to be particularly deadly to older adults and those with certain underlying medical conditions, many of whom are of advanced age.

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UArizona Health Sciences seeks new way to understand human aging

Dec. 9, 2019

TUCSON, Ariz. - The human body gets stressed every single day. Whether we contract a minor infection or even argue with a loved one, these small stressors impact our immune system. Over time, these repeated stressors can impact how we age, says Janko Nikolich-Zugich, MD, PhD, an internationally noted immunologist and co-director of the University of Arizona Center on Aging at the College of Medicine - Tucson.
Now, thanks to a $4.5 million grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the physician-scientist will study how common infectious, psychological and physical stressors affect our immunity, lifespan and the aging process. The new grant is called a MERIT Award (Method to Extend Research in Time) will double funding from five years of funding to 10.

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UArizona Colleges of Medicine to Provide Free Tuition for Primary Care Medical Students

Nov. 22, 2019

TUCSON, Ariz. – In a move to address both the severe statewide primary care physician shortage and the growing burden of student debt, the University of Arizona Colleges of Medicine in Tucson and Phoenix will begin providing free tuition in the spring semester to students who agree to practice primary care in a federally designated underserved community in Arizona for at least two years after completing their residency.

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AAHCM Annual Meeting October 18-19, 2019

Aug. 28, 2019

Register now for the 2019 AAHCM Annual Meeting, October 18-19 (featuring a Preconference presented by the Home Centered Care Institute on October 17) at the Loews Chicago O'Hare in Rosemont, IL.

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Annual "Stand Up to Falls Symposium"

Aug. 27, 2019

Date: September 27, 2019
Time: 12:00-4:00 PM

Venue: 

First Christian Church
6750 N 7th Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85013

Register:  https://2019afpcsymp.eventbrite.com 

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Op-Ed: Elder abuse and the power of social isolation and loneliness

June 9, 2019

World Elder Abuse Awareness Day was June 15. The day was designated by the International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse and the World Health Organization to increase sensitivity to the fact that, worldwide, 15.7% of older adults experience some form of mistreatment. In the U.S., about 1 in 6 is a victim.

 

 

 

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Sharon Kha

Sharon Kha: Living with Parkinson's OpEd

April 11, 2019

Counting one’s blessings is a highly overrated activity when one has an incurable disease like Parkinson’s. It is so much easier to count the things we’ve lost: We’ve lost our balance, our strength, our voice, our independence and our mobility. New losses accumulate like flakes of snow that drift across the landscape of our future. I’ve been living with those losses for nearly 20 years.

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Family Caregiver Day at the Capitol, March 21, 2019

March 21, 2019

Lisa M. O'Neill, MPH, DBH, an assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Geriatrics, General Internal Medicine and Palliative Medicine, manager of the Arizona Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program (AzGWEP) and associate director of research and education for the UA Center on Aging, will be going as chair of the Governor’s Advisory Council on Aging.

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Researchers to Compete in ‘Shark Tank,’ Demo Technology, More at Research Day, Feb. 13

Feb. 2, 2019

TUCSON, Ariz. – University of Arizona researchers will go head-to-head for a $10,000 prize on Wednesday, Feb. 13, in a shark tank-style competition hosted by the UA College of Medicine – Tucson.

Innovative ideas will be pitched to a panel of “sharks,” a cast of UA celebrity judges who include UA President Robert Robbins, MD; the competition will be emceed by UA Provost Jeffrey Goldberg, PhD.

The event is part of Research Day, a first-of-its-kind, daylong event coordinated by the UA College of Medicine – Tucson.

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