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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.

Medical students Jerry Ruvalcaba and Katie Simic stand side by side outdoors, smiling in their white lab coats embroidered with titles from the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix.

Couple commits to caring for Phoenix together

A decorative image shows a cell as it travels through the body.

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

A microscopic view of cells shows one large purple cell surrounded by smaller "normal" cells. The purple cell is about four times the size of the normal cells.

Researchers find potential link between chronic pain, immune condition

Uniquely U of A Health Sciences

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Study seeks to transform methadone treatment for opioid use disorder

human T cell

$13M NIH grant funds research aimed at revitalizing immune systems of older adults

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$1.5M DOD grant will create virtual reality test to assess TBI in the field

Students take part in a clean-up activity in Willcox, Arizona.

AZ-HOPE receives $3.2M HRSA grant to support future health care professionals

A 2018 predoctoral National Institutes of Health Translational Research in Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias training grant that successfully trained 15 graduate students at the Center for Innovation in Brain Science has been renewed for five years.

NIA grant supports training of next generation of Alzheimer’s disease researchers

Student-faculty team of inventors devises tools to address orthopedic challenges

Researchers surveyed Arizona CoVHORT study participants who opted not to receive COVID-19 boosters in hopes that the results would help design interventions to help protect more people from the latest variants.

Study uncovers reasons Americans did not get booster vaccines

Irritable bowel syndrome, or IBS, affects an estimated 10-15% of the U.S population. Research has shown COVID-19 can cause acute gastrointestinal issues, which researchers think might increase the risk of developing IBS.

New study will examine irritable bowel syndrome as long COVID symptom

Van Dexter Difuntorum Calo is one of 11 medical students at the UArizona College of Medicine – Phoenix to receive a Primary Care Physician Scholarship.

Future primary care doctors receive scholarships for medical school

Brielle Edwards (right), a student at the University of Arizona R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy, was one of five UArizona Health Sciences Quidel Ortho Global Scholarships recipients. Derrick Nwobodo (left), also a Coit College of Pharmacy student, received a QuidelOrtho Global Scholarship last year.

QuidelOrtho Global Health Scholarships awarded to UArizona Health Sciences students

College of Medicine – Tucson researchers tackle immune rejection of biomedical implants

portrait of karen hastings on the college of medicine phoenix campus

Hastings named inaugural chair of College of Medicine – Phoenix Department of Dermatology