Students in their final year of medical school received the academic merit-based scholarship.

Nonprofit Hyundai Hope on Wheels gave the Hope Scholar Award to Emmanuel Katsanis, MD, professor of pediatrics at the College of Medicine – Tucson, who will use the award's $400,000 grant to research treatments for childhood leukemia and other blood-related cancers.

Previous research led by Janet L. Funk, MD, professor of medicine at the College of Medicine – Tucson, found curcumin supplements provided some benefits for osteoarthritis and insulin resistance or diabetes; however, some products contained industrial solvent residues, albeit below toxic levels.

AcademyHealth announced four new leaders to its 2024 Board of Directors, including Ricardo Correa, MD, director of the Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Fellowship Program in the College of Medicine – Phoenix.

Tally Largent-Milnes, PhD, who once aspired to be a physician, has carved out an impactful space in the field of migraine research.

Academic researchers and industry professionals will discuss drug development at the Fifth Annual Arizona Drug Discovery and Development Summit.

Experts including Steven Dudley, PharmD, director of the Arizona Poison and Drug Information Center, discuss the health benefits of CBD products, as well as the possibility they could trigger false positive drug tests.

The Arizona Poison and Drug Information Center at the R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy partnered with the Arizona Department of Health Services and Blackbox Healthcare Solutions to launch the Arizona Resource Equity and Access Coordination Hub, a program aimed at enhancing equitable access to care for rural communities.

The new molecules exploit the iron dependency of malignant cells and could lead to the development of new anticancer drugs.