There currently is no effective therapy for coronary artery disease — a precursor to ischemia and myocardial infarction (heart attack) — but through her research, BIO5 member Shirin Doroudgar an assistant professor in the Department of Internal Medicine and a member of the Translational Cardiovascular Research Center at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix, seeks to change that.

See examples of University of Arizona research projects during the KEYS Research Internship that trains the next generation of innovators.

A study by BIO5 member Jeff Burgess and other researchers found that occupational exposure to chemicals may increase firefighters’ risk of prostate cancer.