Popular UArizona Science City Event and Tucson Festival of Books Canceled Due to Coronavirus Concerns March 10, 2020 Health Sciences colleges, clubs and programs will be affected. Read more Image
Aspiring Doctors to Learn their Future at Match Day Ceremony March 9, 2020 On Friday, March 20, medical students at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson will tear open envelopes simultaneously revealing where they will go for their residency training. Surrounded by friends and family, the emotion-filled ceremony is considered the most exciting day of medical school. Read more Image
Mice Study Identifies Hormone That Suggests Why Women Experience More Pain Than Men March 9, 2020 Scientists from the University of Arizona College of Medicine have found that prolactin, known for promoting lactation in expectant mothers in their final months of pregnancy and after childbirth, may be the reason why some women are more vulnerable to developing pain than men. IFL Science
Faculty Commons + Advisory Grand Opening Event – March 4, 2020 March 6, 2020 The Faculty Commons + Advisory is a one-stop-hub for faculty to connect with support and resources from across the University of Arizona campus. Read more Image
¿Cuán preocupados debemos estar por el coronavirus? (How worried should we be about the coronavirus?) March 6, 2020 Dr. Cecilia Rosales, associate dean of Phoenix programs and professor at the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, talks about coronavirus and what people need to know to protect themselves. Telemundo Arizona (video)
Native Americans and Higher Cigarette Use: Stereotype Goes Up in Smoke March 5, 2020 University of Arizona Health Sciences study finds when whites and Native Americans in comparable income and education levels are compared, whites consume more cigarettes and are more nicotine dependent. Read more Image
Study: Whites consume more cigarettes and are more nicotine dependent than Native Americans March 5, 2020 A new study by researchers at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson, found that when comparing white people and Native Americans with similar income and education levels, whites consume more cigarettes and are more nicotine dependent. News Medical Life Sciences
Welcome to Health Sciences Connect! March 4, 2020 A new digital destination for faculty, staff and students to find out what’s happening on the University of Arizona Health Sciences campuses. Read more Image
Training Students to Use Naloxone to Prevent Overdoses March 2, 2020 Local law enforcement and health care organizations train students in opioid overdose prevention and overdose reversal drugs. Read more Image
Pushing drug discoveries developed in Tucson to patients' bedside is focus of UA effort Feb. 29, 2020 The new Arizona Center for Drug Discovery promises to energize the drug discovery process across campus and help push innovative technologies developed in Tucson from the lab to the patient’s bedside. Arizona Daily Star