Respiratory

The COVID-19 Vaccine And Pregnancy
Northern Arizona University Joins Arizona Cohort of National Long COVID Study
Connecting with Dr. Fernando Martinez
Covid's Rough Road In US Began With Some Barred From Wearing Masks
UArizona Invention May Help COVID-19 Patients Breathe Easier
Pandemic Provides Backdrop For Real-World Student Education
Do TikTok Sleep Hacks Actually Work? Here’s What The Sleep Experts Say
UArizona Recognizes Women In Research And Innovation
First Patient Didn’t Start Washington Outbreak, Simulation Finds
Discovery of High Levels of An Enzyme In Deadly COVID-19 Cases Could Lead To A Plan To Save Lives
F.D.A. Aiming to Speed Extra Vaccine Doses for Immunocompromised Patients
UArizona Vaccination Site Tops 100,000 Doses Administered
Study Shows Air Pollution Reduces Benefits of Exercise On The Brain
Sleep Apnea Raises Risk Of Long Covid By Up to 75% For Some, Study Says
Characterizing Adaptive Immune Response in Emphysema Patients to Better Inform Personalized Treatments
UArizona Partners With State To Provide COVID-19 Antibody Tests
How Aging Affects Your Immune System
Early-Life Risk Factors That Lead To Poorer Adult Lung Health
Research Collaboration Informs International Classification of Firefighting As Carcinogenic
Should You Fly Yet? Here's What An Epidemiologist And An Exposure Scientist Say
AZ HEROES Research Study Awarded $22M To Continue Evaluation of COVID-19 Immunity, Vaccine Effectiveness
$2.58M In Federal Funds Allow UArizona Health Sciences To Study Poorly Understood Fungal Asthma
DANGER IN THE DUST: Why Valley Fever Is A National Problem
U.S.-Mexico Asthma Study Examines Hygiene Hypothesis Amid Pandemic
Episode 304: Protecting Younger Children From COVID-19.
Study Sheds Light on How Valley Fever Spreads
Novel Coronavirus Circulated Undetected Months Before First COVID-19 Cases In Wuhan
UArizona Team To 3D Print Medical Masks
Wuhan Wet Market Worker Is Now The 1st Known Case of COVID-19, According To New Study
Sleep Awareness And Health
Put Down The Phone, Catch Better Zzzzs With Michael Grandner
Smartphone App Alerts University of Arizona Students If They Are Exposed To COVID-19
UArizona Researchers Discover Commonality In Fatal COVID-19 Cases
Students Encouraged To Get First Vaccine Dose By April 16
Episode 298: The Cost of Coping With COVID-19
UArizona Researchers Team Up to Address COVID-19 with the Help of TRIF and BIO5 Support
Q&A: UArizona Expert Talks Sleep Apnea, 'Coronasomnia' And Snoozing In Space
UArizona Partnership With State of Arizona Begins Providing COVID-19 Antibody Tests
Evidence Points To Animal Market, Not Lab, As Epicenter of Pandemic
Valley Fever Collaborative Awarded $3.3M In Research Funds
How Many Times Can You Get Reinfected With COVID? Here's What Experts Say
Addressing Sinus Infections Through Genetic Mutation
Immunity To COVID-19 Could Last Longer Than You'd Think
Tucson Woman Glad To Be Fully Vaccinated After Experiencing Odd Vaccine Side Effects
Pregnant Women Hit Hard By COVID-19 As Doctors Urge Vaccines
Confronting Vaccine Hesitancy With Facts And Empathy
TRIF-Supported COVID-19 Seed Grants Enable Collaborative Solutions to the Pandemic
Valley Fever Center For Excellence Promotes Awareness of Disease that Affects Tens of Thousands of Arizonans
Antibiotic Treatments For Asthma in Preschoolers Focus of UArizona Health Sciences National Study
Why Immersive Summer Programs Matter To Health Care Students
New Study At UArizona Tests If People Can Contract COVID-19 More Than Once
What We Actually Know About Waning Immunity
Unraveling the Mechanisms of Asthma
The Top 10 Health Sciences Connect Stories of 2021
How Long Do Covid-19 Vaccines Provide Immunity?
First Known Covid Case Was Vendor At Wuhan Market, Scientist Says
By Better Predicting Asthma Risk, Preventive Treatments Could Bypass Disease Development
As Threat of Valley Fever Grows Beyond The Southwest, Push Is On For Vaccine
UA Virus Experts: The Danger of The COVID-19 Delta Surge Beginning In Arizona
Scientists Investigate Link Between Hygiene And Asthma In Arizona Borderlands
Researcher Explains How Hemp Compounds Can Prevent COVID-19
Fact Finders: Will You Need A Third Shot?
FACT FINDERS: How Long Will The COVID Booster Last?
Arizona Scientists Have Mapped 100,000 Coronavirus Genomes, But Say the Work Isn't Done
AHA News: Move Around A Lot While You Sleep? It Might Be Bad News For Your Heart
$1.8M To Advance Device For Detecting COVID-19, Cancer, Contaminants
Metro Chamber To Honor Local Biz At Copper Cactus Awards
UArizona Study Looks At Wearing Masks Post-Vaccination
What We Know About The Omicron Variant And Vaccine Efficacy
Dr. Monica Kraft Awarded Rotary International’s Paul Harris Fellowship
UArizona Health Sciences Researchers To Study Long COVID As Part of National Collaborative
COVID-19 Research Initiative Reaches Out To Minorities
Founder Feature: Metfora
University of Arizona Studies Frontline Worker COVID-19 Immunity
UArizona Health Sciences Researchers Add Clarity to Role of Blood Pressure Medications In COVID-19 Infections
UA Students Part of Nationwide COVID-19 Vaccine Study
College Celebrates 2021 Annual Faculty And Staff Award Winners
FACT FINDERS: Comparing Natural Immunity Against COVID vaccine
University of Arizona Researchers Testing New Ways To Fight Bacterial Infections
Meet Landmark Stories - The Documentary Team Telling The Stories Behind The Science
Episode 332: Investigating How Genetic And Environmental Factors Combine To Develop Complex Diseases
'Flexibility Is The Key': A Q&A With Dr. Stephen Paul
Study Finds Molecular Explanation For Struggles of Obese Asthmatics
U.S. Says People Should Wait 8 Months Before A 3rd Vaccine Dose. But Some Aren't Holding Off
Undernourished Infants At Risk For Lung Restriction, Weaker Health As Adults
$3.6M NIH Grant To UA-Led International Research Consortium Seeks Precision Medicine Solutions To Stopping Asthma In Childhood
College Students Wanted For National COVID-19 Post-Vaccine Study
With The Holidays Looming, Experts Make Recommendations For COVID-19 Boosters
Addressing A Research Gap In Menopausal Asthma
Episode 336: Determining The Real Cost of Loss of Sleep
Better Sleep Health May Make It Easier For Smokers To Quit
What to Do About Fungal Infections
Vaccines Are Like Sunscreen … No, Wait, Airbags … No, Wait …
Tucson Startup Looks To Human Trials For Drug To Treat Lung Inflammation
14 Researchers To Win ABRC Grant Awards Worth Total of Over $5.92 Million
Can a Dog Vaccine For Valley Fever Lead To A Human One?
Why You Shouldn’t Panic Over The Omicron Variant
New Lecture Series Kicks Off With Exploration of Future Science Driven By COVID-19
How Mentorship Makes Research Happen
COVID-19 In Arizona: Community Spread, Vaccines And Education
What You Don’t Know About Valley Fever Could Hurt You
Episode 22: Innovation happens one breath at a time
After Omicron, We Could Use A Break. We May Just Get It
Biomedicine
Reflecting On Arizona’s Pandemic One Year In
Could A Halloween-Induced Nightmare Be Bad For Your Health?
University of Arizona Health Sciences Studying Antibiotic Treatments For Asthma In Preschoolers
New Center Leads Collaborative Research to Improve Firefighter Health
Collaborations Shape College of Nursing Research
UA’s Dr. Monica Kraft Receives Distinguished Achievement Award From American Thoracic Society
Diversity Fuels STEM Research and Education at BIO5
What The Omicron Wave is revealing About Human Immunity
Is It Valley Fever? 8 Symptoms You Should Know
Arizona Researchers To Study Cross-Border Childhood Asthma
Researchers Receive $3.3M to Study Integrative Health Program To Help People Stop Smoking
Some People Haven't Gotten COVID Despite Being Exposed To It. Scientists are trying To Learn why
Kids Are Getting Hit Hard By Respiratory Viruses. Here's What Scientists Know — And What They Don't
Rapid COVID-19 Tests Can Be Useful – But There Are Far Too Few To Put A Dent In The Pandemic
Valley Fever Continues To Affect AZ Researchers Work To Halt It
Valley Fever Center For Excellence Celebrates 25 Years
Exercise In Average, Healthy Individuals Not Impacted By COVID-19 Vaccination
Awards Highlight Best of Medical Field
COVID-19 Vaccine Reduces Severity, Length, Viral Load for Those Who Still Get Infected
Researchers to Study Why COVID-19 Strikes Asthma Sufferers Less Severely Than Others
Study Aims To Reduce Firefighter Cancer Risk
People in Action: Dr. Monica Kraft
Tucson Honors The Best In Healthcare
Valley Fever Case Count Jumps
Student And Alumni Podcasts Promote Public Health
D-M Signs On To Community Partnerships
FACT FINDER: COVID-19 Delta Variant Mutates To Delta Plus
Study Shows Air Pollution Reduces Benefits of Exercise On The Brain
New ABOR Regents’ Research Grant Seeks To reduce Cancer Risk In Arizona’s Firefighters; Additional Grants Address Groundwater Supply, Forest Health
'Freezer Farm' Ready To Store More Than 1.6M Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine At UArizona
UA Boosts Awareness of Valley Fever
The Slow Dating Movement: How COVID-19 Changed Romance
UArizona Research Again Ranks Among Nation's Top Public Universities
Genetic Variation Linked To Respiratory Disease
New Study On Delta Variant Reveals Importance of Receiving Both Vaccine Shots, Highlights Challenges Posed By Mutations
10 winners named in 2021 Arizona Innovation Challenge
Regents' Research Grants – Reducing Cancer Risk in Arizona's Firefighters
How Long Does It Take To Spread COVID-19? Health Experts Say It Depends
University of Arizona Research Shows Protein Could Help Treat Asthma
UArizona Study Shows People With Mild COVID-19 Infections See Long-Term Symptoms
University of Arizona Reports First Seven Omicron Variant Cases
Fighting Asthma With Farm Dust
Missed Shot: County Falls Just Short of Mid-Year COVID Vaccination Goals
UA Launches Study Into Cancer Risks of Wildland Firefighters
Researchers Receive $3.3M to Study Integrative Health Program To Help People Stop Smoking
How Science Beat The Virus
UA Doctor Aims To Raise Awareness of Valley Fever
Tech Talk: Automated Agriculture, Energy Tracking And A Sleep Apnea Trial
Transforming the Future of Health Care Through Technology
$6.9M Grant Benefits Environmental Health Research In Arid Climates
AZ Heroes Study Adds To COVID Vaccination Report
What To Know About Valley Fever During The COVID-19 Pandemic
CEO & Founder of Aqualung Therapeutics Corp., Joe G.N. Garcia MD To Present Corporate Update At The Annual Biotech Showcase In San Francisco
Startup RaeSedo Inc. Awarded $3.4M STTR Grant To Develop New Asthma Therapies
With Limited Surveillance of Covid-19 Variant, It’s Déjà Vu All Over Again
Lung On A Leaf' Model To Study Pulmonary Diseases
Cancer Patients On Chemotherapy Likely Not Fully Protected by COVID-19 Vaccine, Study Finds
New Discoveries In Pulmonary Hypertension At UArizona
New Treatment Helps With Traumatic Brain Injury
COVID-19 And Social Interaction
WFH | Here's How To Stay On Top of Your Nutrition, Fitness And Mindfulness
FACT FINDERS: How Effective Is The Pfizer Vaccine Against The Omicron Variant?
UArizona Health Sciences Researchers Awarded $7.3M To Study Long COVID
Moderna Vaccine Vs Pfizer Vaccine
McCarthy's $95 Million Valley Fever Bill Would Boost Research, Drug Development
AZ HEROES Research Study Expands To Include Children
Aegis Consortium Leaders Envision A Pandemic-Free Future
UA Physician-Scientist Receives Grant To Study Sleep Apnea and Heart Health
Your Vaccinated Immune System Is Ready For Breakthroughs
Tech Launch Arizona Tackling COVID-19 With Innovations Targeting Infections
Does Air Pollution Reduce The Benefits of Physical Activity On The Brain?
Dr. Purnima Madhivanan Honored By Tucson NAACP
COVID-19 Vaccine Came Quickly, But Not At The Expense of Safety, Expert Says
Taking Aim At A Deadly Lung Disease
Dr. David Harris Honored For Role In COVID-19 Response
Two years Into The COVID-19 Pandemic
An Incurable Infection Is On The Rise. A Vaccine Remains Elusive.
Should You Get Vaccinated While Pregnant?
Vaccine Developed by UArizona Researchers Could Prevent Valley Fever
COVID-19 Vaccine Protects Adolescents In Real-World Study
Immunity Debt And A Cycle of Sickness
How A Smartphone App And Contact Tracing Helped Keep UArizona Open And Curb COVID-19 Spread
UA Health Sciences Study Looking For Ways To Keep Asthmatic Children Out of The ER
A Deadly Fungal Disease On The Rise In The West Has Experts Worried
The Daily Wildcat Presents 'Of Power and Pandemics' — A Three-Part Series
Dusty Secrets Could Help Asthma Sufferers
College of Medicine – Tucson Clinical Trial To Study A Simple Breathing Exercise For Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Study Shows SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies Provide Lasting Immunity
Engineer Manages Informatics For $9.2M Project Studying Long-Term Complications of COVID-19
What We Know So Far About How COVID Affects The Nervous System
Do Vaccines Work Against Omicron? Lab Studies Are Coming, But Won't Tell Whole Story.
Three Years On, The Pandemic — And Our Response — Have Been Jolting. Here’s What Even The Experts Didn’t See Coming
Hang On For 3 More Months
Laws Intended To Protect Firefighters Who Get Cancer Often Lack Teeth
Developing a Better Way to Measure Frailty in Patients with Advanced Heart Disease
Women In STEM At The UA
Arizona Senate Committee Aims To Minimize Cancer In Fire Service
NC Rivals Bond Over Their Kindergarten-Bound Daughters And End Up Transforming The Field of Respiratory Disease Biology
State And County Preparing For A Fall Covid-19 Surge
Vaccines, Asteroids And Puppies: The Top UArizona Stories of 2021
Improving Firefighter Health Through Research
'It Does Affect More Than Your Lungs': Why COVID-19 Survivors May Need To Get Screened For Heart Damage
University of Arizona College of Science: Donata Vercelli
Can A Simple Breathing Exercise Improve Sleep And Blood Pressure?
UArizona Launches New Valley Fever Initiative
Monica Kraft, MD: Asthma In Women
Despite COVID, UArizona Reports Strong Year For Innovation And Commercialization
Talk of 'Herd Immunity' Alarming For UArizona COVID-19 Researchers
What you need to know about boosters and vaccines now that the omicron variant is dominant in Arizona
UArizona Bioscience Startups Accepted to Flinn Foundation Entrepreneurship Program
COVID-19 Vaccinations Begin At UArizona
Episode 168: The Microbes Shaping Our Lives
New UA Study Finds Cancer Patients Protected From Virus After Three Doses
Seven Arizona Bioscience Startups To Watch In 2022
Four Questions: A Rattlesnake's Seasonal Snooze
AZ HEROES Research Study Awarded $15M To Continue, Expand Evaluation of COVID-19 Immunity, Vaccine Effectiveness
Statewide Study Builds Knowledge About Health Risks Before, After COVID-19 Infection
Incidence of SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among COVID-19 Vaccinated And Unvaccinated Healthcare Personnel, First Responders, And Other Essential And Frontline Workers: Eight US Locations, January–September 2021
Immunity Acquired From A Covid Infection Is As Protective As Vaccination Against Severe Illness And Death, Study Finds
Covid Q&A : Will Vaccines Bring Life Back To Normal?
Fire Safety Wash Kits Given To Fire Departments In Southern Arizona
Almost 2 Years Later, Experts Still Can't Agree On The Origins of COVID-19
Thesis Thursday: Danielle Philo
The Quest For Longer-Lasting Covid-19 Vaccines
Aqualung Therapeutics Receives $1.7 Million NIH Fastrack Award
Public Health Faculty And Students Pursue Global Research
UArizona To Roll Out New COVID-19 Test, Enhanced Requirements In Spring
Top 10 UArizona Health Sciences News Stories of 2021: COVID-19, Cannabis For Pain Relief, Valley Fever And More
New Valley Fever Training Is Changing Medical Care And Saving Lives
New California Variant May Be Driving Virus Surge There, Study Suggests
Emphysema May Raise The Risk Of An Aneurysm Rupturing
Politics of Vaccine, Mask Mandates Complicate Return To Normal On College Campuses
Joining Forces in the Fight Against Valley Fever
Dr. Donata Vercelli Appointed As Regents Professor
Valley Fever Could Spread Beyond Southwest
COVID-19 Testing Team Receives UArizona Team Award For Excellence
What You Need To Know About Pfizer's COVID-19 Vaccine
UArizona Researchers Identify Bacterial Lysates That Could Prevent, Treat COVID-19
Has life returned to normal? 8 COVID-19 experts weigh in
Here's Why That Second Coronavirus Shot Can Be Such A Doozy
Startup Seeks To Control Dust In A Dry World
BIO5 Research & Innovation: From Functional Foods To Regenerative Science
Episode 318: Assessing Progress In The Fight Against COVID-19.
Recovery Initiative: Researchers Studying Long COVID-19
Arizona COVID-19 Genomics Union To Track Coronavirus
Many With Mild COVID-19 Infections Experience Long-Term Symptoms
UArizona Researchers Develop Smartphone-Based COVID-19 Test
Researchers To Study Why COVID-19 Strikes Asthma Sufferers Less Severely Than Others
ABRC Grant to Support Research of Lung Disease Linked to Smoking
More Answers To Your COVID-19 Vaccination Questions
What Deep Breathing Does To Your Body
BizTucson: Fall Issue 2021
Arizona Universities Push For Long COVID Answers As Symptoms Persist In Millions
EPA-Funded Study Will Measure Soil And Dust Ingestion Levels In US Children
Could Copper Disable The Virus Behind COVID-19?
Q&A: Immunobiologist Deepta Bhattacharya Discusses COVID-19 Vaccines And Variants
UArizona Plans For Additional In-Person Classes
UArizona Health Sciences Researchers To Study Long COVID As Part of National Collaborative
Sarver Heart Center Member Awarded Research Grant
Unlikely Teammates Transform the Field of Respiratory Disease Biology
Uncovering How Microbes In The Soil Influence Our Health And Our Food
Cancer Patients On Chemotherapy Likely Not Fully Protected By COVID-19 Vaccine
New Research Points To Wuhan Market As Pandemic Origin
Arizona Researchers To Study Cross-Border Childhood Asthma
Researchers and Clinicians Create Two-Way Texting System To Gather and Provide Critical COVID-19 Health Data
FACT FINDERS: Vaccine Protection, Eight Months Later
The Vaccine Leads The March To Ending The COVID-19 Pandemic
Facilities Battles COVID-19 In The Air And On The Ground
Long COVID Is Already Having a Massive Impact On the Health Care System
The Vaccine Leads The March To Ending The COVID-19 Pandemic
UArizona Scientists Assemble COVID-19 Collection Kits
AZ HEROES Data Show First Responders At Higher Risk of COVID-19 Infection
Wuhan Market Was Epicentre of Pandemic’s Start, Studies Suggest
Episode 323: Measuring Pollutants That Are Contaminating Indigenous Communities
As US Struggles With Lack of Coronavirus Testing, Our Sewage May Provide Clues
UArizona Health Sciences Study Suggests Greater Vaccination Push Needed To Combat Delta Variant
Study Explores COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness
Fighting Valley Fever
Allergist Warns Of Strong Winds And Pollen Amid Bad Allergy Season
University of Arizona Involved In Study of Female Firefighters’ Health Fisks
UA Researchers Working On Tests To Detect COVID-19 Antibodies In People Without Symptoms
Study Shows Vaccine Protects Dogs Against Valley Fever
Aqualung Therapeutic’s ALT-100 Monoclonal Antibody Cited as A Novel Therapeutic for Lung Fibrosis
A New Era: Creating Defenses Against Disease After COVID-19
Drug Discovery To Consultations: Pharmacists And Pharmaceutical Sciences On The Frontlines of COVID-19
Shredder' Enzyme Might Tear Cells Apart In Severe COVID-19
Ruslan Rafikov
Associate Professor, Medicine , Member of the General Faculty, Member of the Graduate Faculty, Associate Professor, BIO5 Institute

Dr. Rafikov laboratory is focused on molecular mechanisms of pulmonary vascular cell dysfunction in pulmonary hypertension and acute lung injury. The lab is exploring mechanisms of metabolic reprogramming, mitochondrial dysfunction, and proliferative signaling.

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