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Falloposcope cancer screening tool testing advances to next steps

Jennifer Barton, PhD, is spearheading an effort to diagnose ovarian cancer earlier and give high-risk patients a new option.

Two male researchers wearing dark safety glasses test a prototype of an imaging device in a lab. Behind them is a computer screen that shows an image of the sample being studied.

New imaging tech promises to help doctors better diagnose and treat skin cancers

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Anemia drug could have new life in treating nerve injuries

Two young girls look at a display that reads “Practice Being in Pharmacy” as three young women standing behind posterboards point things out to them.

Wonder for all: A day of hands-on health adventures

Uniquely U of A Health Sciences

Jennifer Barton, PhD, wearing a red blazer and glasses is working in a laboratory, holding a small object. A computer screen displaying a microscopic image is visible in the background, along with a microscope, other lab equipment and shelves.

Falloposcope cancer screening tool testing advances to next steps

Two young girls look at a display that reads “Practice Being in Pharmacy” as three young women standing behind posterboards point things out to them.

Wonder for all: A day of hands-on health adventures

University of Arizona celebrates new AI-powered MRI and BIO5 Brain & Body Imaging Center

Nursing student Misty L. Pagán, DNP, poses for a photo in an outdoor setting. She is wearing a white coat over a blue dress and has a stethoscope wrapped around her neck.

From grief to purpose: How a PhD student discovered her calling in nursing

An action photo of a football player wearing a white helmet, blue jersey and white pants trimmed in red and blue while running a football.

Athletes team up with the Valley Fever Center for Excellence

A group of students smile together while gathering around a table decorated in a red cloth with red and blue balloons in the background.

First Doctor of Physical Therapy Program students begin studies

aerial drone photograph of University of Arizona campus with health sciences buildings and Banner hospital

A decade of impact: the U of A/Banner academic medicine partnership

Photo of several people chatting together in a circular room filled with examining tables in the new lab space of the University of Arizona School of Health Professions Physical Therapy and Physician Assistant studios.

Doctor of Physical Therapy Program kicks off with open house

Rebuilding nature’s blueprint to target cancer

Six white robot arms working on blue circles on a semiconductor manufacturing line

Leveraging research, industry expertise to speed biomedical breakthroughs

A person focuses on a fake head and eye using an ophthalmology simulator in the Center for Simulation and Innovation at the College of Medicine – Phoenix. Another person is blurred in the foreground.

Teachers step into health science students’ shoes to spark STEM futures

Portrait of Alejandro Vazquez, PharmD, standing outside smiling.

Alejandro Vazquez lets his lived experience do the teaching