June 23, 2022 Dr. Heddwen Brooks Elected To APS Leadership Council Dr. Heddwen Brooks professor of physiology in the UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson, has been elected as a councilor of the American Physiological Society (APS).
March 22, 2022 Awards & Accolades 54 BIO5 members, including Drs. Heddwen Brooks, Zong-Ming Li, Savio L-Y. Woo, have received various awards for their work over the past year.
March 8, 2022 Leading by example: A community of support for women and girls in science Dr. Heddwen Brooks provides career guidance and compassion to help females pursue both motherhood and an outstanding career.
March 2, 2022 Dr. Heddwen Brooks Elected To The American Physiological Society Leadership Council Dr. Heddwen Brooks, professor of physiology in the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson, has been elected as a councilor of the American Physiological Society (APS).
October 6, 2020 Immune Cells May Explain High BP After Menopause Women generally have lower blood pressure than men until after menopause, and Dr. Heddwen Brooks' research seeks to understand why.
September 30, 2020 UArizona researchers find that hypertension in postmenopausal women could be caused by changes to the immune system Study demonstrates that menopause-induced changes to protective immune cells might contribute to the sharp increase in high blood pressure among postmenopausal women. These findings may also have implications for sex differences in COVID-19 responses.
