More than 110 College of Medicine – Tucson medical students will simultaneously open envelopes revealing where they will complete their residency training.

The Graham County Health Department is asking community members to take part in a survey to understand the health issues people in Graham County face. The survey is part of an assessment in collaboration with the Southeast Arizona Health Education Center (SEAHEC) and the UArizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health.

Occupational and environmental health and safety experts offer key considerations related to existing PPE, new respirators and exposure times for crews on the front lines of wildland fires. The story references a $1.5 million Federal Emergency Management Agency grant funding a study at the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health to evaluate cancer risks among wildland firefighters to find ways to reduce those risks.

Jordan Karp, MD, the department chair and a professor of psychiatry at the College of Medicine – Tucson, previews "Psychiatry for Non-Psychiatrists: The University of Arizona Update in Behavioral Medicine for Primary Care," a virtual conference, March 12. The second of the four-part series features the 30-minute lecture “Diagnosis & Treatment of ADHD Across the Lifespan: A Primer for Primary Care Physicians.”

University of Arizona's Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine Integrative Medicine clinic research was included in a new white paper published by the Family Medicine Education Consortium and Samueli Foundation. According to the paper, U.S. health care systems and clinics report reducing costs, improving patient experience and health, while enhancing clinician wellbeing by delivering integrative care.

First lady Jill Biden touted her husband’s push to eradicate cancer and the Biden administration’s efforts to improve health care for Native Americans during a stop Tuesday at the Tohono O’odham Nation outside Tucson. Biden met with tribal health officials and University of Arizona Cancer Center leaders.

In response to the alarming rise in mental illnesses such as depression, anxiety, insomnia, addiction, and suicide, the department of psychiatry at the College of Medicine – Tucson has created a conference to train primary care physicians to more confidently care for patients with these conditions. Jordan Karp, MD, the department chair and a professor of psychiatry at the College of Medicine – Tucson, previews the fully virtual conference to be held on Saturday, March 12.

An implantable, bioartificial pancreas two decades in the making may soon provide a new treatment option for adults and children with Type 1 diabetes.