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Photo of Lisa Chamberlain, MD, MPH, standing at a podium in front of a table full of people. A projector screen at the front of the room reads “Welcome. What a first month this has been.”

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Lisa Chamberlain takes helm of pediatric unit at College of Medicine – Tucson

A man and a woman pose for a photo while holding a framed document between them.

Inside a decade of collaboration between Banner Health and University of Arizona

Four members of a surgical team stand side by side in an operating room.

U of A, Banner Health perform Tucson's first robotic kidney donation surgery

A bald young woman holding a poster that says “Way to Go Jackie” stands in between two women in scrubs.

Arizona Tech Week conference puts patients’ experiences in the spotlight

Uniquely U of A Health Sciences

Judith Hunt, MD, has found her home practicing rural medicine in Payson, Arizona.

Dr. Judith Hunt: Rural Medicine’s Change Agent

The Enduring Impact of a Global Research Internship

Assistant Clinical Professor Lorre Laws, PhD, and her daughter Katie DiBene, who graduated from the College of Nursing’s Master of Science for Entry into the Profession of Nursing program.

Dr. Lorre Laws Proudly Hoods Daughter at Nursing Convocation

Lisa O’Neill, DBH, MPH, and Mindy Fain, MD, will launch a a six-month pilot for an interprofessional end-of-life care training program for University of Arizona Health Sciences students through the Center on Aging. (Getty Image)

Aging Well with Dr. Lisa O’Neill

Researchers at the Center for Innovation in Brain Science are flipping the traditional research model by first considering known factors underlying diseases and then seeking treatments using technologies to scan data for patterns that suggest certain compounds may impact those biological pathways.

Datasets and ‘Flipped’ Research Drive Alzheimer's Advances

Students benefit from NIH funding through the unique opportunity of learning and training in the labs of faculty who are conducting innovative research.

R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy Named Top 5 by AACP

Harriet Barratt, MD, poses in front of her painting Stance, an acrylic spray paint on wood, on the fifth floor of the Health Sciences Education Building in Phoenix.

Phoenix Surgery Resident Finds Solace in Art

Timian Godfrey, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, addresses attendees at the 48th Arizona Rural Health Conference in Flagstaff, Arizona. Her presentation focused on innovative strategies to attract and retain nurses for rural and tribal communities. (Photo courtesy of University of Arizona Center for Rural Health).

State Tribal, Rural Areas Focus Internally for Nursing Needs

“People have studied sex hormones – primarily estrogen and testosterone – and pain for decades, but nobody's really understood how it works,” said Frank Porreca, PhD, whose research has identified prolactin as a potential therapeutic target for female-prevalent pain.

Identifying a Link Between Prolactin and Female Pain

Ryan Sitton, MPH, created this painting to represent the challenges of climate change as part of EHS 525 Global to Local: Environmental Change and Human Health, a course Mona Arora, PhD, MSPH, created to engage the complex emotions around climate change.

Public Health Students Use Art To Express Climate Change Challenges

Alexandra “Lexie” Bowers, a wood burning and mixed media artist, shows Shirin Doroudgar, PhD, an assistant professor at the College of Medicine – Phoenix, the progress she has made on the art inspired by Dr. Doroudgar’s heart cell research.

Artist + Researcher Project = Success

Michael Grandner, PhD, MTR, a UArizona psychologist and behavioral scientist on sleep health, is featured in a documentary, “The Quest for Sleep,” which can be seen Aug. 21 at The Loft Cinema in Tucson.

Put Down the Phone, Catch Better Zzzzs with Michael Grandner