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Scientists on a quest to prevent asthma by boosting immune system

A family history of respiratory illnesses led environmental researcher Paloma Beamer, PhD, to enroll her newborn son in a clinical trial to prevent asthma.

Portrait of Mingyu Liang, MB, PhD, standing outside in front of trees.

Mingyu Liang works to transform physiology at U of A

Onicio Leal Neto, PhD, MPH, stands at a desk next to a table full of people with laptops open in front of them.

Public Health launches first AI summer program

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New bachelor’s degree positions students for success in growing medical device industry

Uniquely U of A Health Sciences

Jonathan Lee-Confer assists a student putting an arm sensor on another student.

Preventing falls a deeply personal mission for researcher

Outdoor portrait of Justin Starren, MD, PhD, on the grounds of the University of Arizona Health Sciences

Making a commitment to connect people through technology

portrait of Aaron McGee in a research lab at the University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix

New research suggests synaptic plasticity is more autonomous than previously thought

A photo illustration of a man drinking water and covering his head while exposed to extreme heat

U of A-led taskforce leads effort to raise awareness of how medications may increase risk of heat-related illnesses

Portrait of Ricardo Correa, MD, of the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix’s Divison of Endocrinology, outside next to a mural.

Ricardo Correa filling the gap for the underserved

Portrait of Lisa Kiser standing in the Health Sciences Innovation Building.

Nursing’s Lisa Kiser is national nurse practitioner Fellow

A graduate student and a faculty member examine labels on containers in a lab

Graduate student using data analysis to protect firefighters from cancer

Zong-Ming Li sitting at his office desk holding an anatomical model of the inside of a hand.

Zong-Ming Li named medical biological engineering fellow

Stephen Dahmer, MD, stands outside wearing a blue suit coat, with his arms crossed

Connecting with Stephen Dahmer, MD

An exterior view of the Hopi Health Care Center in Polacca, Arizona.

Arizona Center for Rural Health receives $4.4 million in HRSA grants to bolster health services in outlying communities

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Finding a nutritious solution to a climate change challenge

A woman in a science laboratory, wearing a lab coat, gloves, a face mask and hair covering, works on an experiment with lab tools and lights.

U of A Health Sciences comes alive through lens of a staff photographer