As a practicing endocrinologist, she specialized in treating patients with diabetes. Leslie Ritter, PhD, RN, FAAN, professor at the UA College of Nursing and the UA College of Medicine Department of Neurology, had worked as a nurse in intensive care units treating patients with heart attacks and strokes. Both have returned from the bedside to the bench, looking for ways that clinical outcomes might be improved. Together, they are leading a research team that is investigating the effect of turmeric on vascular inflammation and stroke. Their discoveries eventually may give turmeric an honored place in the medicine cabinet.