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Falloposcope cancer screening tool testing advances to next steps

Jennifer Barton, PhD, is spearheading an effort to diagnose ovarian cancer earlier and give high-risk patients a new option.

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Why does losing the Y chromosome make some cancers worse? New $6.5M NIH grant could provide clues

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Researchers find potential link between chronic pain, immune condition

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New imaging tech promises to help doctors better diagnose and treat skin cancers

Uniquely U of A Health Sciences

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Jessica Rainbow inducted into Western Academy of Nurses

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Nursing is named Southern AZ Red Cross partner of the year

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MIS, nursing, legal writing excel in latest US News rankings for graduate programs

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Removing barriers to high-quality opioid use disorder care

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Ready or not, AI is in your classroom

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Nursing’s founding mothers were devoted to research

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Nursing’s Park accepted into pain group’s leadership academy

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Top 10 Health Sciences Connect stories of 2024

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Nursing honors over 250 graduates at fall convocation

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U of A Health Sciences researchers receive $3.4M grant to improve asthma care in schools

CAMI Inaugural Executive Director Deepta Bhattacharya, PhD, a professor of immunobiology at the College of Medicine – Tucson; University of Arizona Health Sciences Senior Vice President Michael D. Dake, MD; Arizona Board of Regents Chair Cecelia Mata; University of Arizona President Suresh Garimella, PhD; City of Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego; and SmithGroup Design Director Mark Kranz, FAIA, stand side by side, holding shovels in dirt.

Cannabis terpenes, CAMI and long COVID: U of A Health Sciences’ top news releases of 2024

40 Under 40 list includes 3 from U of A Health Sciences