January 27, 2022 University of Arizona Awarded The 2022 Beckman Scholars Program The Beckman Scholars Program provides the opportunity for undergraduate students in chemical and biological sciences to grow as scientists through independent research and mentoring.
July 6, 2021 Dr. Amanda Wilson Honored With Health Sciences Career Development Award The University of Arizona Health Sciences Career Development Awards (CDA) program recently selected Dr. Amanda Wilson, as one of its four 2021 recipients.
May 12, 2021 Covid-Tracing Apps May Finally Get Their Moment As cases drop, pings should too, said Joanna Masel, who helped pilot the Covid app Arizona uses. It’s “good to live in a world,” she said, with fewer notifications -- and fewer cases.
May 10, 2021 Munk Debate: Can We Stop People From Dying of Old Age? Dr. Joanna Masel professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Arizona and BIO5 member uses mathematical models to better understand evolutionary consequences in biochemistry, genetics, cellular biology, physiology, and ecology.
February 22, 2021 Contact-Tracing Apps Help Reduce COVID Infections, Data Suggest Evidence that ‘contact tracing’ apps work has been hard to come by. Now, studies show mounting evidence that apps can prevent infections and are a valuable public-health tool including, a study by Dr. Joanna Masel, leading a pilot study of the COVID Watch
December 16, 2020 How A Smartphone App And Contact Tracing Helped Keep UArizona Open And Curb COVID-19 Spread
July 22, 2020 BIO5 members join forces as team leads on UArizona’s test, trace and treat campus re-entry group Joyce Schroeder and Kristen Pogreba-Brown are lending their unique expertise and collaborative approach to mitigate the risk of returning to campus this fall.
