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Can AI and a smartphone improve mental health treatment?

A graduate student is creating AI models to analyze smartphone data and detect behavioral changes that could lead to timely intervention and treatment.

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Micronutrient deficiency linked to chronic pain in new study

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Mingyu Liang works to transform physiology at U of A

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Toxic metals linked to impaired growth in infants in Guatemala

Uniquely U of A Health Sciences

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Nursing’s Rina Fox recognized for work in behavioral cancer care

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Medical student awarded Hillel Foundation scholarship

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New U of A 3-year medical degree program receives ABOR approval

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New degree positions students for success in growing medical device industry

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Nursing’s Silvia Xu awarded U of A Staff Award of Excellence

Portrait of Rick G. Schnellmann, PhD, standing with his arms folded in front of him.

Rick G. Schnellmann honored by Southern Arizona VA

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Smart sensors and smarter health: How AI and wearables are reimagining preventive health care

Fariba Donovan, MD, PhD, holds a pipette in a gloved hand in a lab at the University of Arizona Valley Fever Center for Excellence.

Fariba Donovan works to keep “The Last of Us” in fictional realm

2 Health Sciences-led teams win awards in Big Idea Challenge

Student explains adaptive foot pedal prototype to professor in Health Sciences Design makerspace

Professor’s teaching philosophy builds confidence with technology, sparks student creativity

An illustration of a T cell with Y chromosomes next to a cancer tumor, with a T cell without Y chromosomes in the background

Study shows loss of Y in blood cells hinders immune response to cancer

Jerome Koleski, MD, smiles while holding a crystal award as he stands next to a woman in a conference room.

Jerome F. Koleski honored with global family medicine award