Environmental Lung Disease (RFG2) News

As the University of Arizona Superfund Research Center (UA SRC) begins its thirty-sixth year, it returns to the stewardship of the R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy, under the leadership of Xinxin Ding, PhD, department head of Pharmacology and Toxicology. With the recent renewal of this grant, the center received $15M over the next five years to continue addressing the unique human health risks encountered in the US Southwest, where distinct geological and climatic attributes affect human health and its exposure to a variety of toxicants, especially arsenic.

The University of Arizona has received a five-year federal grant of $14.8 million to help understand and mitigate health threats of dust from mine tailings and associated hazardous fungal spores, specifically within mining communities.

The University of Arizona Superfund Research Center received a $14.8 million, five-year grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, a division of the National Institutes of Health, to help understand and mitigate health threats from metalloid-contaminated dust from mine tailings and associated hazardous fungal spores, specifically within mining communities.

A study led by Dr. Fernando Martinez at the University of Arizona, is testing whether the capsules might do something even more remarkable: prevent wheezing before it ever starts. The concept is that early exposure to the bacterial fragments may teach the immune system to respond appropriately to triggers of wheezing and airway inflammation. The goal is to keep asthma from developing later on.

A new study will investigate whether levels of the lung protein CC16 in childhood can predict risk of early chronic obstructive pulmonary disease later in life.

In fact, an Amish community in northern Indiana is considered one of the least-allergic populations ever measured in the developed world.

University of Arizona Health Sciences researchers are testing Broncho-Vaxom® in children to see if it can stop asthma before symptoms ever appear.
U of A researchers say reduced exposure to bacteria may prevent the immune system from developing properly, which can increase the risk of asthma in children.

The Fulbright Program encourages researchers to maintain relationships abroad, whilst staying true to the University's mission.

7 University of Arizona faculty members named Fulbright scholars, which exemplify the high quality of the U of A’s faculty, the research they conduct and the education that the U of A provides.

The mix of chemicals in the atmosphere, and hotter and longer days during the summer, lead to more air quality alerts.