News Releases

$10.8M Initiative Unites Engineering, Health Researchers to Improve Cancer Treatments

Dec. 15, 2022

A University of Arizona project creates humanlike cancer models and growth environments to help improve prevention, diagnosis and treatment.

The new pathway to a Bachelor of Arts in Wellness and Health Promotion Practice is called a “2+2” because students study for two years at Pima Community College and two years at the University of Arizona Health Sciences.

New Partnership with Pima Community College Provides Pathway to BA in Wellness Degree

Dec. 15, 2022

Students interested in health and wellness careers will benefit from a 2+2 program that culminates with a bachelor’s degree in a field with tremendous career growth potential.

Yellen Family Donates Art Collection to College of Medicine – Phoenix

Dec. 13, 2022

Barry and Patricia Yellen's art collection, valued at more than $1 million, will advance the future of health care in Arizona.

Martinez Joins All of Us UArizona-Banner as Executive Director

Dec. 8, 2022

LeeAnn Martinez brings more than two decades of experience in clinical administration and program management to All of Us UArizona-Banner Health.

A new state-of-the-art genome sequencing machine will allow the PANDA Core for Genomics and Microbiome Research to expand high-throughput sequencing capacity not only for researchers at the University of Arizona Health Sciences, but also for scientists throughout the state.

Researchers Gain New Tool to Study Rare Childhood Diseases

Dec. 7, 2022

A new whole-genome sequencer at the Steele Children’s Research Center will expand research capabilities that could lead to earlier diagnoses of diseases and new treatments.

Five new seed projects will benefit from the All of Us Researcher Workbench, a cloud-based platform where researchers can access health data from a diverse group of participants from across the U.S. in one of the largest biomedical data resources of its kind.

All of Us Research Program UArizona-Banner Announces Seed Project Awardees

Dec. 6, 2022

Five new seed projects will use the All of Us Research Program dataset to start a wide variety of new studies.

Long COVID, also known as post-COVID-19 conditions, includes a wide range of health consequences that persist or begin more than four weeks following initial SARS-CoV-2 infection.

UArizona Health Sciences Researchers Awarded $7.3M to Study Long COVID

Dec. 5, 2022

The University of Arizona Health Sciences is one of five sites that will be tracking the burden, distribution and impact of post COVID-19 conditions.

Research and Health Care Technologies Focus of HealthTech Connect Event

Dec. 2, 2022

Join HealthTech Connect in Phoenix on Dec. 15 for a half-day program devoted to advances in health technologies.

UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson Names New Department of Medicine Chair

Nov. 30, 2022

A fellow of the American College of Cardiology and the American College of Physicians, James Liao, MD, joins the University of Arizona Health Sciences from the University of Chicago.

Researchers will study the effectiveness of blood or plasma donations in lowering levels of certain cancer-causing chemicals and whether doing so reduces the risk of cancer or cardiovascular disease.

Study Aims to Reduce Firefighter Cancer Risk

Nov. 21, 2022

A $4 million Regents’ Research Grant will allow researchers to test new ways to reduce the risk of occupational-related cancer for firefighters.