Researchers at the University of Arizona Cancer Center's Skin Cancer Institute are spending countless hours researching new medicines to battle melanoma. “Ultimately the things I’m doing are experimental. I'm the guy who tries to come up with novel weapons on a molecular basis,” said Georg Wondrak, a professor at the College of Pharmacy and a research member at the UArizona Cancer Center.

The College of Medicine – Tucson is offering a new Bachelor of Science in Medicine degree. "My overall hope is that we provide something that students really, really like. We want to give something that will be another option for students to say 'hey I want to try some of this or look at it.' I hope that it helps with student's decisions as far as career," said Todd Vanderah, PhD, head of the Department of Pharmacology.

The gift will fund training for practitioners of Indigenous healing traditions and those working in underserved communities.

The Health Sciences Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion promotes increased awareness of LGBTQ+ issues with activities that cultivate empathy.

New studies suggest that teens and preteens may be cooling on vapes. Ivo Abraham, a professor at the College of Pharmacy, sees “some signals of growing awareness that this is not healthy.”

The College has advanced several spots over the past year based on significant increases in research funding.

UArizona College of Nursing has received a new $30,000 grant to support students in the Doctor of Nursing Practice program.

Dr. Joann Sweasy discusses what inspired her to become a cancer researcher, how research has evolved and what the future looks like for the UArizona Cancer Center.

Mean sleep duration increased in 2020 by 5 to 11 minutes in nearly all groups studied, according to an analysis of Fitbit data from more than 163,000 users in six major U.S. cities "particularly hard hit" by the COVID-19 pandemic. “It was also interesting to see that the degree of change in sleep was correlated with the degree of improvement in resting heart rate," said Michael Grandner, PhD, director of the Sleep and Health Research Program and associate professor at the College of Medicine – Tucson.