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 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.

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.

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

While Caucasions are 20 times more likely to develop melanoma than people of color, the reality is when it's diagnosed in people of color it’s typically in the deadliest of stages. "The rate for melanoma is now 30 per 100,000 in Arizona compared to 22.7 per 100,000 in the United States as a whole," said Robin Harris, a professor at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health and co-director of the Skin Cancer Institute at the UArizona Cancer Center.

Menopause’s effects on the brain are often temporary, according to a new study. But there’s a caution for women at risk of Alzheimer’s.