A University of Arizona-led team finds that mitochondria — the cell’s power plants — plug directly into the nucleus, fueling the genes that build the heart, brain and body.

We congratulate Kurt R. Denninghoff, MD, professor of emergency medicine, as the lead author on a recent milestone article in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Using immersive, artificial scenarios — whether they involve high-tech gadgetry or actual humans pretending to be sick — is a sure-fire way to develop students who feel well-prepared by the time they’re seeing real patients.

Through classroom discussion and sustainability advocacy in his own community, Brian Drummond, MD, encourages students to consider how climate change affects patient health.

Regents Professor Juanita Merchant, MD, PhD, devotes her career to “hedgehog,” a cell signaling pathway that may hold keys for improving neuroendocrine cancer treatment and help identify new drug targets.

With Division of Endocrinology presenters Ronadip Banerjee, MD, PhD, division chief, and Jennifer Stern, PhD, the key focus was on glucagon and GLP-1 receptor agonists’ role in weight-loss and healthspan improvement as we age.

Researchers received a $3.8 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to examine how being awake in the middle of the night could impact a person’s ability to make decisions.

With a focus on pandemics, lungs and sleep research, this NIH-funded program is recruiting biomedical sciences research candidates for the 12th cohort of an scientific training fellowship led by Sairam Parthasarathy, MD, Francisco Moreno, MD, and Janko Nikolich, MD, PhD. Starting in July, it’s open to applicants from across the U of A Health Sciences. Learn more and apply.

With multiple Department of Medicine faculty acting as judges and evaluators, poster and oral vignette presenters outdid themselves at this annual event to cap off research projects often presented at symposiums and conferences around the nation.

A study led by researchers from the departments of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine showed that azithromycin did not help preschool children in the hospital emergency department with bouts of severe wheezing.