After Alzheimer's, vascular dementia is the second-most common type of dementia. Following more than a decade of development in the lab, researchers are preparing to evaluate a novel peptide in humans.

BIO5’s Vignesh Subbian, PhD, will receive the AZBIO Educator of the Year Award, while firms linked to Cardiology’s Marvin Slepian, MD, and Pulmonary’s Billie Bixby, MD, will get Fast Lane Awards. And Jennifer Carew, PhD, will speak at an AZBIO Week event.

Dr. Meredith Hay has harnessed a career’s worth of expertise in cardiovascular and brain physiology to develop a tiny peptide that she hopes will have an outsize impact on neurological health.

A Cystic Fibrosis Foundation hike leader, Pathology’s Deb Fuchs, MD, said they’ll take a transverse route along the South Rim from the South Kaibab Trail, across the Tonto Plateau and returning on the Bright Angel Trailhead — all on Oct. 3.

Professor and Chair of Neurosurgery Julie Pilitsis, MD, PhD, MBA, leads a team hard at work on a non-invasive low-intensity focused ultrasound platform to treat chronic neuropathic pain without surgery or implanted hardware.

Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine Brittany Arcaris, MD, shares what the process of dehydration looks like at the cellular level.

Sameeha Rashid knows the first steps toward medical breakthroughs happen in the lab. As an MD/PhD student, she investigates the heart’s power to heal itself.

The University of Arizona has been approved for $30.6 million in research funding from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, or PCORI.

Geriatric ED accreditation by the American College of Emergency Physicians recognizes interdisciplinary collaboration focused on optimizing age-friendly emergency care for older adults.