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Solutions for trouble sleeping

KGUN9 speaks with the UArizona Psychiatry Department's Sleep and Health Research Program Director Michael Grandner about COVID-related sleep issues.


Exploring the Effects of Intergenerational Trauma
Pain that’s not transformed, gets transmitted

Addressing past and present-day traumas like racism is the key to helping new generations heal and move on. By Krishna Taneja, MD, and Noshene Ranjbar, MD, University of Arizona Department of Psychiatry.


Two professors given first Integrative Medicine in Residency Award

As holistic approaches are becoming increasingly accepted in Western medicine, the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine has taken steps to recognize two professors who have worked integrative medicine into conventional medical education. On April 2, the center awarded Dr. Noshene Ranjbar and Dr. Andrea Gordon with its first-ever Integrative Medicine in Residency Innovation Award.


Insomnia, loneliness and COVID-19

A team of UArizona psychiatrists and sleep researchers led by William “Scott” Killgore, psychiatry professor in the College of Medicine—Tucson, found evidence in surveys that during the wide lockdown period in April, there may have been a spike in suicidal thoughts in the United States.


Did insomnia cause April's spike in suicidal thoughts?

UArizona Department of Psychiatry researchers - Scott Killgore and Michael Grandner - found two possible reasons for the increase in suicidal thoughts: loneliness and anxiety-induced insomnia.


Insomnia, Loneliness and COVID-19

Department of Psychiatry researchers - William "Scott" Killgore and Michael Grandner - have found that loneliness and insomnia triggered by fears of COVID-19 may be driving an increase in thoughts of suicide.


Decae salud mental por coronavirus y protestas

Telemundo speaks with Gustavo Perez, PhD, assistant professor of Psychiatry, about mental health issues surrounding coronavirus and the Black Lives Matter protests.


Noshene Ranjbar, MD Assistant Professor Department of Psychiatry, University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson Director, Integrative Psychiatry Clinic
Business awards in Southern Arizona

The University of Arizona Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine presented its 2020 Integrative Medicine in Residency Innovation Award to Dr. Noshene E. Ranjbar, of the department of psychiatry in the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Tucson.


UArizona Researchers Assess Mental Health Impact of Insomnia, Loneliness and COVID-19

A team of University of Arizona researchers says loneliness and insomnia triggered by fears of COVID-19 may be driving an increase in thoughts of suicide.


Noshene Ranjbar, MD Assistant Professor Department of Psychiatry, University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson Director, Integrative Psychiatry Clinic
$2.8M Study to Develop Family-Based Intervention Program for Chronic Disease Prevention among American Indian Youth

The grant, “Achieving American Indian Youth Energy and Mental Health Balance,” is led by Francine C. Gachupin, PhD, MPH, associate professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine and assistant director of the department’s Native American Research and Training Center. Department of Psychiatry faculty member Noshene Ranjbar, MD, assistant professor of Psychiatry, serves as one of the co-investigators.


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