Health and Food Safety

Researchers will partner with tobacco quitlines and community organizations to recruit participants to receive phone-based tobacco cessation interventions.

Hear from Dr. Jeff Burgess about a new Regents’ Research Grant. UArizona will lead a study in collaboration with other institutions across the state to test whether blood or plasma donations can lower levels of cancer-causing chemicals.

Through a recently approved Regents’ Research Grant, UArizona will lead a study, in partnership with the Arizona Fire Chiefs Association and Arizona State University, to target enrolling 1,500 Arizona firefighters to test the effectiveness of whether blood or plasma donations lower cancer-causing “forever chemicals” levels.

A $4 million Regents’ Research Grant will allow researchers to test new ways to reduce the risk of occupational-related cancer for firefighters.

The results of a recent study from UArizona Health Sciences researchers suggest that blue-wavelength light therapy may be useful for improving sleep and reducing PTSD symptoms while increasing the efficacy of treatments in individuals with clinically significant levels of PTSD.

A UArizona lab led by Dr. Ian Pepper which launched the first tests for COVID-19 in wastewater is now turning its attention to chemicals called PFAS seeping into Pima County groundwater.

UArizona medical researcher Dr. Darren Cusanovich is examining how our genes program cellular diversity. His lab focuses on how our interaction with the environment affects genetic input which creates disorders like asthma, which affects 25-million Americans.

A new initiative at UArizona will work to reduce the burden of diet-sensitive disease in vulnerable Arizona communities using culinary medicine — an emerging field that blends the art of cooking with the science of medicine and nutrition to use food to prevent and help manage chronic diseases like diabetes.

Dr. Melissa Herbst-Kralovetz an associate professor at the UArizona College of Medicine - Phoenix received the J. Christian Herr Award from the American Society for Reproductive Immunology (ASRI) for her work in technology transfer that will positively impact women.

Feast for Your Brain, a free community event with presentations by aging experts as well as entertainment and learning opportunities, will take place Saturday, Sept. 10, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Health Sciences Innovation Building.