News Releases

Urgent Care data show Valley fever season has begun in Arizona

July 27, 2023

To increase the chances of receiving proper care, people with symptoms of pneumonia should ask to be tested for Valley fever.

MD/PhD student receives F30 fellowship training grant

July 26, 2023

College of Medicine – Phoenix student Anngela Adams, an MD/PhD student in Dr. Karen Hastings’ lab, is furthering her skin cancer research.

Can prehabilitation improve inflammatory biomarkers in American Indian cancer patients?

July 20, 2023

An NCI grant will fund a UArizona Cancer Center clinical trial that will use lifestyle interventions to improve outcomes in American Indian patients.

CAMI receives $4M financial investment from Maricopa County

July 18, 2023

The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors designated $4 million in ARPA funds to support research to prevent and treat diseases such as long COVID.

Next class of physicians gathers for White Coat Ceremony

July 17, 2023

Incoming UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson medical students will receive their official white coats representing their future profession on July 21 at Centennial Hall.

“‘That others may live’ is a creed I lived for for eight years. As a doctor, I will continue to give my all to help those in my care,” said U.S. Air Force veteran and reservist Alex Hilser, a second-year medical student at the College of Medicine – Tucson who was recently named a Tillman Scholar.

UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson Student Selected as Tillman Scholar

July 13, 2023

Second-year medical student Alexander Hilser was one of 60 people honored by the Pat Tillman Foundation this year.

MD/PhD student receives F30 grant from the NIH to further her skin cancer research

July 13, 2023

College of Medicine – Tucson student Elizabeth Borden is investigating how immunoediting contributes to the immune recognition of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma.

Disability organizations partner to host ‘Backpacks & Boosters’ vaccine and wellness fair

July 10, 2023

The free event is open to all and designed with accessibility for the disability community in mind.

On the left, cells isolated from breast cancer cells were treated with RANKL, a growth factor that stimulates bone resorption, to produce osteoclasts (pink). When morphine was added to the cell culture (right), the number of osteoclasts increased, suggesting that morphine stimulated osteoclast production.

Study shows how morphine may contribute to bone loss and cancer-induced bone pain

July 5, 2023

A study published in the journal PAIN is the first to show how morphine interacts with toll-like receptor 4 to contribute to pain evolution and bone loss.

SWEHSC research led by Karletta Chief, PhD, involves assessing short-term exposures and risk perceptions on the Navajo Nation following the catastrophic Gold King Mine spill in 2015.

Center receives $7.8M NIH grant to address environmental health challenges

June 29, 2023

The funding will allow the Southwest Environmental Health Sciences Center to continue research efforts focusing on environmental and health challenges in arid lands, including the Southwest.