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The Queen of Cocci

Posted by Eliza Romero on December 14, 2022

Bridget Barker examining a dog

Disease ecologist Bridget Barker investigates Valley Fever, a potentially deadly disease spreading across the Southwest

To her colleagues, she’s become known as “the Queen of Cocci” because she’s cultivated her specialty studying the pathogens Coccidioides immitis and C. posadasii (cocci for short), which cause the disease Coccidioidomycosis, better known as Valley Fever. Associate Professor Bridget… Read more

Filed Under: The Pathogen and Microbiome Institute

Biochemists receive NIH funding to study potential treatment for chronic lung disease

Posted by Heather Tate on November 15, 2021

Scientists to apply findings from cancer research to reversing tissue damage caused by Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF)

Archana Varadaraj and Narendiran Rajasekaran working in labIdiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) is a serious, irreversible disease that causes scar tissue to build up in the lung, making it hard to breathe and slowing oxygen flow into the bloodstream. The activation of various cytokines (proteins that control the growth and activity of other immune system… Read more

Filed Under: College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

The impact of incarceration

Posted by Heather Tate on September 24, 2021

Ricky Camplain sitting outside of the Coconino County Jail

The United States has experienced an unparalleled epidemic of incarceration in the past 40 years.

That’s the crux of the research that Ricky Camplain, an assistant professor in Center for Health Equity Research (CHER) and the Department of Health Sciences, has done for years. Her research with collaborators has shown… Read more

Filed Under: Center for Health Equity Research, College of Health and Human Services, Department of Health Sciences, Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative

NAU-TGen study results show COVID-19 virus triggers antibodies from previous coronavirus infections

Posted by Heather Tate on January 19, 2021

Jason Ladner working in labThe results of a study led by Northern Arizona University and the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), an affiliate of City of Hope, suggest the immune systems of people infected with COVID-19 may rely on antibodies created during infections from earlier coronaviruses to help fight the disease.

COVID-19 isn’t humanity’s first encounter with a coronavirus, so named because… Read more

Filed Under: College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, COVID-19, Department of Biological Sciences, TGen, The Pathogen and Microbiome Institute

SHERC researchers survey 200 Arizona leaders on health equity issues in their communities

Posted by Heather Tate on January 12, 2021

RHES report coverDespite concerted national efforts to create healthier, more equitable communities, health disparities and health inequities still “loom large” in the United States, particularly for people of color and rural communities.

According to the recently released 2020 Regional Health Equity Survey Report (RHES), a way to address health equity issues may lie in cross-sectoral collaboration between Arizona’s top community leaders — those whose individual work, when brought together, directly… Read more

Filed Under: Center for Health Equity Research, College of Health and Human Services, Department of Health Sciences, Department of Occupational Therapy, Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative

NAU biologist collaborates on computational modeling tools to help predict efficacy of cancer drugs

Posted by Heather Tate on January 4, 2021

Test tubes in containerOne of the most promising areas of human cancer research is the study of signal transduction, or cell signaling. Communication between and within cells in the body is accomplished through signal transduction, as stimuli generated in one part of an organism travels through the circulatory system and initiates a response in specific target cells. As… Read more

Filed Under: College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, TGen

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